Don't slander Joltin' Joe
by Bryce Martin

Don't slander the memory of a class guy, Joe DiMaggio.

Alex Rodriguez and Madonna? Many who thought A-Rod to be hurting for class now have some real ammo. Madonna? She never looked good. What's more, based on Madonna's indoor track record, she deserves the title "Easy Girl" as much as "Material Girl." That is not deserving of a "ha-ha" sarcastic response. She has looked, acted and lived the slut role, and it has served her well -- for those that like 'em.

Preachy I don't mean to be. It is comments like the following that rankle. Rodriguez has kept mum about any romance between him and Madonna, "leading some to wonder if he could indeed be involved in the biggest Yankee romance since Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe."

Romance? Madonna and A-Rod. Lust, no doubt. "Romance" is too polite a word.

Marilyn (she is also known by her first name) was flawed, but that was on a personal level. She did her best to maintain a decent public persona. Insiders say DiMaggio didn't treat Mickey Mantle well when he arrived as the new New York Yankees hero. Whatever his reasons for that, DiMag is considered one of the classiest men in all of sports history. His name and that of Marilyn's should never be linked in any way to the sordidness that is Madonna. And now A-Rod by association.

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