A-Rod Scores Them In Bunches

The guy who provided this here site with The Tip That Shook The Nation — involving Chris Berman and a certain leather-clad female — of course earned a place in our our mythical Tipster Hall of Fame. And in our hearts. But he's slipping, unfortunately. His once great fastball is now merely a languid change-of-pace. Just witness this actual phone conversation from Tuesday night:

HIM (THE TIPSTER): I was gonna call you before. I have a good story. ME (ME): What? HIM: A friend of mine, very reliable, said he saw A-Rod at a hotel with two blondes. ME: When was this? HIM: Two weeks before the Stray-Rod story broke. ME: What? HIM: Yeah, when the Yankees were playing in Oakland. My friend said he saw A-Rod at the Redwood Room at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco. He was saying 'A-Rod's such a pig! There were two women who looked like sluts making him a blonde sandwich! He was flaunting it! They were all over him!' ME: Goddamn it! HIM: Sorry. ME: We could have scooped Stray-Rod! HIM: Sorry, it slipped my mind. ME: Slipped your mind?? HIM: I was watching Berman do the home run derby and then I remembered. ME: Dick! HIM: Shut up, you're such an asshole. ME: You are dead to me. HIM: Well, it was just ... ME: Dead! HIM: Prick. ME: Are we still on for golf? HIM: Yeah. ME: Dipshit.

The whole thing has left me questioning the very nature of God, and tips to sports web sites. Hopefully our man will redeem himself in a grand way somewhere down the line. Let's pray he gets the chance.

Meet A-Rod's Lady [Deadspin]