Was that ARod or Le Tari?

The guy with the big teeth who played Dudley's father on "Diff'rent Strokes":

"Not a hint of smugness. Not a trace of gloating. Contentment instead of conceit.

Was that A-Rod or the Dalai Lama?"

Tee hee.

"Was that A-Rod or Edmund Hillary?

Sir Hillary, after becoming the first man to scale Mount Everest, devoted his life to building hospitals and schools for the Sherpa people of Nepal."

Chortle.


"This from the former teen prodigy who became a certified cheater, perhaps the most gifted player in baseball history who indisputably became the highest-paid, found serenity by giving in to the greater good.

Was that A-Rod or Frank William Abagnale?"

Whoa. How obscure are these references gonna get?

" 'We both talked about what an amazing feeling it was to be world champs and how badly we want to do that again,' Rodriguez said. 'It becomes an addiction. You want to just keep winning.'

Was that A-Rod or Derek Jeter?"

Waka waka.

Maybe ARod really is a lot like Derek Jeter. Still arrogant and egotistical and smug, but just good at charming the press corps.