A-rod gets his collectibles for free--Neil Best, Newsday

In his Watchdog blog, Best notes Keith Hernandez' comments on the Mets-Pittsburgh game on SNY Wednesday Night:

• "It turns out Alex Rodriguez - currently having a fairly good season in the Bronx - asked for and received one of Hernandez' game-used baseball gloves. Apparently A-Rod collects mitts from Gold Glove winners or something.

Hernandez said during the telecast that he gave Rodriguez the last glove he used - with the Indians in 1990. He didn't charge A-Rod for it.

• Off the air, Hernandez said all this happened only a month or so ago. He said A-Rod had been asking him for years for a glove, sometimes when he has seen Hernandez during inter-league games."

(It takes a certain mentality to ask a legendary player to part with something this substantial. Personally, I can't imagine doing so, but if this is the same mentality it takes to win baseball games, then it's slightly understandable). sm

• From Neil Best's "Watchdog," 7/26/07

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