Alex Rodriguez is a slumlord?

**greysfang** · December 7th, 2007, 10:37 PM

A-Rod a Tightwad?

Posted Dec 7th 2007 11:47AM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Talk Sports

The only thing baseball hunk Alex Rodriguez likes less than signing autographs for fans is spending his Yankee millions to fix up the apartment buildings he owns in Tampa, Fla. Foul ball!

Residents of the Newport Riverside complex -- one of 16 properties the slugger owns nationwide -- complain of cardboard taped over broken windows, roaches and shoddy plumbing. Home rundown!

"My mom ... thinks I live in the projects," one tenant tells The New York Times. "She's scared to come over here."

What would Mr. Furley say?

Damn Yankees.

**kingcap72** · December 8th, 2007, 01:44 AM

Add one more to the almost 300,000,000 reasons to hate A-Rod.

**msdeb** · December 8th, 2007, 02:28 AM

its my duty as a Red Sox fan to hate him anyway

**kingcap72** · December 8th, 2007, 03:14 AM

^^It's my duty as a Yankee fan to hate him because he's a waste of money and space.

**witchcurlgirl** · December 8th, 2007, 02:23 PM

Lowlife prick...He's Mr. April

Remember his trashy wife with her "Fuck You" shirt at the stadium when A-Rod got caught cheating? That's class....

**mrs.v** · December 8th, 2007, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by kingcap72

^^It's my duty as a Yankee fan to hate him because he's a waste of money and space.

Second that

**Pippin** · December 9th, 2007, 12:59 PM

What a piece of garbage; he should be forced to live in one of those dumps, just like Joe Pesci had to do in the movie which name escapes me.

**Chimera** · December 9th, 2007, 01:01 PM

Why are so many wealthy people cruds? Just asking..

**kingcap72** · December 9th, 2007, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Pippin

What a piece of garbage; he should be forced to live in one of those dumps, just like Joe Pesci had to do in the movie which name escapes me.

I know which movie you're talking about. It's called The Super.

And if A-Rod had to live in one of his slums, he'd be whining about how people pick on him all of the time.

**Pippin** · December 9th, 2007, 01:15 PM

The Super! That's it, thanks for that...I couldn't remember it.

This jerk would also whine about how much it costs to maintain an apartment block, too. (Maybe 'maintain' isn't the proper word to use). That's one of the first bitches slumlords have. They shrug their shoulders and protest, "That costs money!" if someone wants a broken window or a terlet replaced.

I know that from past experience. Bastids!

**kingcap72** · December 9th, 2007, 01:20 PM

^^And what makes it worse is that he's the highest paid baseball player, so he can't complain about the money. But then had the balls to want MORE money, when he doesn't do anything to earn the salary he's getting now. The Yankees should've just cut their losses and let him go.

**ariesallover** · December 9th, 2007, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

Remember his trashy wife with her "Fuck You" shirt at the stadium when A-Rod got caught cheating? That's class....

LOL! Did they get divorced? Whatever happened to the stripper/bodybuilder he was caught with?

**Pippin** · December 9th, 2007, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by kingcap72

^^And what makes it worse is that he's the highest paid baseball player, so he can't complain about the money. But then had the balls to want MORE money, when he doesn't do anything to earn the salary he's getting now. The Yankees should've just cut their losses and let him go.

Oh...overpaid athletes are a real sore point with me to begin with. Don't even get me started about some of them!

Then they buy up buildings which they neglect and demand God knows how much rent for them? Depending upon the local rental board laws, the tenants are often powerless and this bugs me to no end. GRRR...

Mr. Pippin was at work once when our 'landlord' decided to spring a surprise visit on me. Our neighbour next door had called him, claiming he smelled smoke so the ever so considerate piece of walking toxic waste buzzed me. He stuck his foot in my front door and demanded to see our carpeting...can you imagine?

Now I am a small woman but I have a wee bit of a temper, especially when it comes to the slumlord, who I can't stand. The worm owns the building because his mother left it to him in her will when she passed away; we originally rented from her and not from The Aarschgnoddle, which is what I call the owner. "If you don't take that feckin' foot out of the doorway, I'll break it!" I shrieked. "And who the hell would care about a carpet burning in this DUMP anyway?" I was on a roll. "At least it would be clean!" Oh, I was hoppin'.

He removed his foot, but looked gobsmacked when I referred to the building as a DUMP. He was really taken aback.

He wouldn't speak to me for a couple of months after that, and told Mr. Pippin that he thought I had a few screws loose, which I probably do, but can you imagine?

You know another thing that really bugs me? The term "landlord". I mean, let's face it, the owner of this, this dwelling I live in is hardly a lord and as for the land, yes, there's a backyard. It's time to put that archaic term to rest.

End of rant....and thanks for listening!

**kingcap72** · December 9th, 2007, 10:50 PM

^^You're a better person than me. Because if some landlord just tried to bumrush their way into my house for some b.s. reason somebody would have to call the cops on me.

But, make no mistake, if it was your husband instead of you, he wouldn't have been bold enough to threaten to break his foot.

And, yeah, I hear you about the spoiled, overpaid athletes, who whine about how they don't make enough. My response when I hear them bitch is, get a real 9-5 job and then let's see you complain.