One day later, the Yankees third baseman wasn't the only "A Rod" who saw his name absent from a lineup.
A race horse from New York named "A Rod" was scratched from a race at Belmont Park. The horse was slated to run out of the seventh position in a Thursday afternoon race at 4:02 p.m. with a race purse of $54,000.
Screen shot via Equibase.com
According to Equibase.com, the 3-year-old has brought in $58,155 for its career. To put that in some sort of perspective, A-Rod the baseball player made more than $237,000 per game played this season. That's a lot especially considering Rodriguez is not the thoroughbred he used to be (we're just horsing around, human A-Rod).
It's not the first time that Rodriguez has been linked to a horse before. He also used to reportedly date Madonna. Oh, and there was that whole centaur thing.