Well, not the Arctic, exactly. Minnesota. Alex Rodriguez is now a part owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves, regarded by many as the most godforsaken franchise in professional sports. Maybe A-Rod can change that. In any event, he now spends time in Minnesota and apparently owns a home here. So when we got a foot of snow earlier this week, he had to deal with it. Allegedly. He posted this on Instagram:
Axios expressed skepticism, citing Minnesotans who are hard to fool when it comes to shoveling snow:
Yes, but: That’s a very large driveway, A-Rod can definitely afford snow removal and the sticker is still on the shovel.
Good point!
* Plus, are those tire tracks?
Um, yeah. They are. This was a tough snowfall even for mechanized shovelers: a snow plow got stuck in my driveway.
The response: Many of his own followers were skeptical, including his former nemesis Johnny Damon, who wrote, “Video or I ain’t buying it.”
* A-Rod replied: “ha ok!! Video coming your way!! Miss you my guy!!!”
What he did: Though A-Rod delivered with a 15-second follow-up video showing him shoveling, many still doubted his abilities.
By the numbers: Axios Twin Cities carried out a poll on Instagram. As of 10am on Thursday, 94%, or 705 voters, said he didn’t do it.
* “That’s called cleaning up after a snowblower went through,” follower Teresa F. added.
* “The video reminds me of my younger brother in the 70’s trying to look like he is helping shovel . . . NOT,” one Axios reader wrote in an e-mail.
That driveway would take about a week to shovel. I’m pretty certain A-Rod didn’t do it. To be fair, though, he might have been kidding. I just hope he sticks around Minnesota long enough to do something about the Wolves.
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