How much would you pay to grill Alex Rodriguez over his PED allegations? One man has $3,500 saved up for just that opportunity.
Brooklyn resident Joe Schiff is bidding to have lunch with the Yankees slugger as part of David Ortiz’s Celebrity Golf Classic, according to NJ.com. Schiff told the website the devious reason behind his bid.
“I thought it would be pretty cool to sit down with one of the most controversial people in the world,” Schiff said. “What I’m thinking about asking A-Rod is: Are you guilty?
“I want to make it as awkward as possible for him. … He’s ripping off the Yankees off for $28 million a year. I think it’s wrong.”
Schiff has already bid against himself and said he is willing to go all the way up to $3,500, if necessary, though one could question the strategy behind divulging that information with bidding open until Dec. 14.
Would A-Rod pay $3,600 to get out of an uncomfortable lunch?
Rodriguez’s arbitration hearing has been completed, and he is awaiting a decision on his 211-game suspension from MLB for alleged PED use.
Schiff, who works in software sales, also wants to ask Rodriguez about his dating life, remembering The Post’s story from the 2012 playoffs that A-Rod tried to retrieve a girl’s phone number from the Yankee Stadium seats.
“You’re a pretty smart guy, but I don’t know how you make all the wrong choices in life,” Schiff said of Rodriguez, who is dating Torrie Wilson. “Why can’t you just settle down?”
Schiff did concede he would be willing to talk baseball at lunch, if he got shut down by a publicist.