Favored Red Sox Team Fans Don Blonde Babe Masks for A-Rod

You knew those rabid Red Sox fans weren't going to let A-Rod off that easy.  A bunch of fans arrived at Fenway Park in "blond babe" masks to bash the married Bomber for his off-field antics with his stripper gal pal, Joslyn Noel Morse.

A-Rod was photographed last Sunday night entering a Toronto strip club with Morse. 

The Boston Red Sox are now a big +220 or 2 to 1 favorite to win the American League pennant, well ahead of the last place New York Yankees.  (see Bet on Major League Baseball Here).

But it in the end it was Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees who walked off with a victory.

One game after Alex Rodriguez offended some baseball purists by distracting a fielder during a popup, the Yankees built on that victory by beating the Red Sox 9-5 on Friday and climbing out of the AL East cellar. No longer tied for last with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York still trails Boston by 121/2 games.

"I think we need to be a little more fiery," said New York manager Joe Torre, who was ejected for arguing a caught stealing in the fifth and was joined by reliever Scott Proctor after his errant pitch in the ninth -- the fifth hit batter of the game -- cleared the benches and bullpens.

"I think we showed fight tonight. We need to assert ourselves ... just get that determination back," Torre said. "I hope we can build on this because we're good. We're much better than we've been playing, but obviously the results haven't shown."

Outside the stadium, a group from Boston's WBCN radio demonstrated just how fiery they could be.  The group donned women's blond wigs and circled the stadium holding up posters that read, "I'm with A-Rod" and showed the silhouette of a pole dancer.

"We want everyone to know we're part of the honest wives' club," said Chris Rucker, 29, the promotional director for the station. "That's they way that we want to keep it around here."

Inside, fans were seen en masse wearing plastic masks depicting a pale-faced, blond-haired woman - mocking his off-the-field companion Joslyn Noel Morse.

Jim Phipps of Wakefield, Mass., brought the masks - 33 leftovers from a birthday party - and passed them out to people in his section.

"I was watching 'Good Morning America' and they showed a picture from The Post of A-Rod and I said, 'Hey, that girl looks like that mask - and bingo!'"

Rodriguez's wife Cynthia made the trip to Beantown with her husband. The two are staying at the Ritz-Carlton along with a few other Yankees, including Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera.
 

Odds to Win the 2007 American League Pennant (posted date June 2, 2007)


BALTIMORE ORIOLES
+2000

BOSTON RED SOX
+220

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
+2200

CLEVELAND INDIANS
+490

DETROIT TIGERS
+580

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
+10000

LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM
+490

MINNESOTA TWINS
+1200

NEW YORK YANKEES
+740

OAKLAND ATHLETICS
+1100

SEATTLE MARINERS
+1300

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS
+7500

TEXAS RANGERS
+7000

TORONTO BLUE JAYS
+3000

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Dan Shapiro, Sports911.com

Originally published June 2, 2007 10:51 am ET