Wife: A-Rod fainted at daughter's birth

[underpants]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8092018?MSNHPhcp>1=39002

NEW YORK (AP) - Alex Rodriguez passed out during the birth of his first daughter.

"The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure on his arm. And my mother was like rubbing his back. And he is passed out on a couch. And I am there, in the middle of labor," Cynthia Rodriguez, wife of the New York Yankees star, said on an episode of the YES Network's "YESterdays" that is scheduled to be broadcast Wednesday night.

"And really, I am not being paid much attention to besides the doctor and a couple of nurses," she said. "And he is there moaning. In between pushing, I am going, 'Honey, are you OK?' and 'Are you breathing? Are you OK?' "

Natasha Alexander Rodriguez was born on Nov. 18, 2004.

"As tough and big as he seems, he is real wimpy around doctors or any type of medical situation," Cynthia Rodriguez said, according to excerpts released Tuesday by YES. "I don't know why I thought the birth of our child would be different. In the middle of the night, I realized that I needed to go to the hospital. I wake him up. The first thing that comes out of his mouth, 'Can we call your mother?' ... A few hours later, I said, 'I think you can call my mom now.' Uh, and the color came back to his face when I told him he could call my mom."

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. that's odd

usually he just chokes, not faints.

[Dr. Strange]

7. .

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[joeybee12]

2. Is this her way of getting back at him for the stripper?

That's what first came to my mind!

[erpowers]

5. My Thought

That was also my thought. I actually saw video of the two on a TV show with her talking about the incident. It seemed to me that she did not have to go as far as she went. She could have just said he had a hard time during the delivery. In addition, as another poster stated, it was about three years ago. Why would she bring up something that happened three years ago.

[joeybee12]

6. Yeah...can't imagine any spouse saying this stuff unless he/she was

still stinging from something. Also, sort of fits in with the negative image many have of A-hole when he made his infamous girly-slap in game 6 of the ALCS in 2004.

[MaineDem]

3. This was 3 and a half years ago?

Didn't I read that she is or was about to give birth now? I'm pretty sure they said something on the Sox-Yankees broadcast that he might miss a game because of an imminent birth. I assumed it was his wife.

On edit...I should read the article before posting. I see there was another daughter just born. What's with the Alexander middle name for them both? What an ego.

[trumad]

4. Buckner faints at ground balls

[Upton]

8. He's always been a bit of a baby

remember his feminine slap at Bronson Arroyo's glove or his childish display on the pop up in Toronto?