A-Rod Likes Himself More Than 'Roids

Alex Rodriguez posed for some questionable photos for a cover shoot for Details Magazine.

Why would the superstar take such glamorous pictures? There seems to be no real reason for the Yankee slugger to embarrass himself even more than he already has with all of the steroid accusations coming out.

The article in Detail Magazine was confusing as to whether or not it was fact or fiction. Apparently, the day before he came to the people at Detail magazine, he was being questioned in a gym by a Sports Illustrated reporter about his positive steroid testing.

But in the Detail article, Rodriguez seemed as though he was just as concerned about his statement of liking a particular Madonna song.

The article is more or less just an extended lunch interview with Rodriguez. He talks about his occasional subway rides to Yankee stadium for night games and also his relationship with the pop icon, Madonna.

It recaps A-Rod's press conference before spring training began and how his confession was typical and "isn't terribly convincing."

But why take pictures posing in front of a mirror for a simple article that is supposed to be about "the confessions of a damned Yankee."

Maybe Rodriguez is trying to make it seem like he's just another person. Maybe he is tying to show that he is no different from the rest of us and he can be tempted by power and money just as easily as an average person.

Or maybe he is just trying to get all the heat from the public away from his steroid usage. This would seem like something likely, considering how Public Relations agents of sports stars work these days.



The pictures are both revealing, and frankly a little disturbing. After all of the allegations against A-Rod, the public doesn't seem as though they are his biggest fans anymore, which doesn't leave the superstar with many people gawking over him looking at himself.

Photographs are one thing, but posing on a mattress with no sheets, in what looks like a warehouse, in front of a mirror leave people wondering...what the heck are you thinking A-Rod?