The (Tuesday) Morning Tailgate

This is just getting weird now...Alex Rodriguez apparently called Katie Couric for advice on what team to play for after the 2007 season. Couric told David Letterman Monday that A-Rod sought the “advice” during the period Couric was trying to get Rodriguez for the now infamous 60 Minutes interview.

That begs the question, what else has A-Rod asked Katie Couric? It was Couric who demanded Peter Gammons for the ESPN “tell-all” interview, wasn’t it? It was Couric who picked out the blue sweater and purple lip gloss, too. And Madonna? Had to be a Couric selection.

So yea, here’s to Alex Rodriguez getting more ridiculous by the day. At this point, he’s giving Jose Canseco a run for his money.

One big, piping hot sausage for Alex Rodriguez - a Katie Couric endorsed sausage, for that matter. They both love sausage, those two.

Mar. 3

1931 - The United States officially adopts “The Star Spangled Banner” as the national anthem.  If only Lee Greenwood’s “Proud to be an American” would have come along a few years sooner, we might have had a serious decision on our hands.

1962 - All 12 of Herschel Walker’s personalities are born.

1962 - Olympian Jackie Joyner Kersee is born ensuring that her hometown of East St. Louis is known nationally for more than just kick ass strip clubs.###MORE###

Larry Johnson  / Jim Leyland

… that the brain of Iran is mentally unstable. The country is upset at Hollywood for a couple reasons, one of which is because of that Iran-hating Mickey Rourke, “aka Randy the Ram”

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Iranians also criticized “The Wrestler” starring Mickey Rourke as a rundown professional wrestler who is preparing for a rematch with his old nemesis, “The Ayatollah.” During a fight scene, “The Ayatollah” tries to choke Rourke with an Iranian flag before Rourke pulls the flagpole away, breaks it and throws it into the cheering crowd.

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It’s pretty obvious the people of Iran and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are pissed. That probably has less to do with the flag-breaking and more to do with the exclusion of the Iron Shiek in the movie.

He’ll make you humble! (link definitely not safe for work).

If this dog was a football player, they would say, “The kid has a motor that just doesn’t quit.”

JSF News Services update the bottom line ticker. Temper your excitement, people. It’s not a column, but it’s better than Up Close with Roy Firestone. Not that we were planning on running old episodes.