A-Rod’s return to baseball in spite of a 211-game ban levied against him in baseball’s performance-enhancing drug probe is sure to turn heads as one of the most bizarre in the history of the sport. The Post takes a look at some of the scandal-scarred Yankee’s other ridiculous moments:
STRAY-ROD (May 30, 2007)
The then-married A-Rod gets caught out with a busty blond stripper in Toronto.
THE SLAP (Oct, 19, 2004)
In Game 6 of the ALCS (above), A-Rod hits a slow roller fielded by Boston pitcher Bronson Arroyo and slaps the ball out of his glove. The umps call A-Rod out for interference.
THE SHOUT (May 30, 2007)
Another less than professional move. As a base runner, A-Rod yells “mine” or “I got it” as he passes Toronto shortstop John McDonald, distracting him, and the ball falls.
GAME DAY IN THE PARK WITH ALEX: (July 19, 2006)
The Post catches A-Rod sunbathing on a rock in Central Park (above) — just hours before a night game in which he would go 0-for-4 and commit three errors against Seattle.
MADONNA & KABBALAH: (2008)
A-Rod is linked to Madonna throughout the year and reportedly even attends Kabbalah services with the Material Girl.
THE MIRROR KISS: (March 16, 2009)
Details magazine runs pictures of A-Rod kissing his own visage in a mirror (above) adding to his reputation as an image-obsessed egomaniac.
THE MOUND BREACH: (April 22, 2010)
After a foul ball, A-Rod returns to first base, cutting across the diamond and over the pitcher’s mound — violating an unwritten rule and angering Oakland hurler Dallas Braden.
CAMERON & THE POPCORN (Feb. 6, 2011)
National TV cameras capture A-Rod in a cloyingly cutesy moment as his then-gal pal, actress Cameron Diaz, feeds him popcorn in a luxury box at Super Bowl XLV (above).
A BAD CALL: (Oct. 16, 2012)
Lifted from Game 1 of last year’s ALCS against Detroit, A-Rod finds the time to ask for the phone number of bikini model Kyna Treacy, sitting in the stands with her pal Katie Quinn at Yankee Stadium (above).