Bald Vinny On WFAN: Like The T-Shirt Says, Time To 'FORG1V3' A-Rod
NEW YORK (WFAN) -- Like it or not, Alex Rodriguez will be back with the New York Yankees in 2015.
Outgoing MLB Commissioner Bud Selig says A-Rod is returning with a clean slate. But the fans -- who didn't much like the embattled third baseman to begin with -- won't be so quick to forget his role in last year's Biogenesis performance-enhancing drugs scandal, or Rodriguez's scorched-earth approach to appealing the suspension that cost him the entire 2014 season.
And that's why "Bald Vinny" Milano is selling the idea of forgiveness -- on a T-shirt.
The chief of the Yankee Stadium Bleacher Creatures spoke with WFAN's Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts on Wednesday about his "#FORG1V3" tee, available for $20 at Section203.com, that has been making headlines in recent days.
"People just really don't like the guy," Bald Vinny told Joe & Evan. "There's nobody that they like to hate more for some reason. And that's exactly why I want to get behind him, because there's enough negativity out there."
For the uninitiated, the design is a play on A-Rod's No. 13 and the hashtag that caught fire this summer in honor of Derek Jeter's final season. "Turn some of your #RE2PECT into a little bit of #FORG1V3-ness," the product description reads online.
Still, Bald Vinny expects the boo-birds to outweigh the A-Rod supporters next season.
"I like to cheer for the guy who needs to be cheered for, you know?" he said. "If he needs a little bit of support, I'm happy to lend him some support."
And how about this: Bald Vinny said he connected some dots, and maybe, possibly, Rodriguez himself could have placed a T-shirt order.
"I don't know that to be a fact," he said. "The day that they came out, I got an order for a dozen of them that went to Coral Gables, Florida. ... Who knows where they wound up at the end."
Listen to the full interview below for Bald Vinny's thoughts on life after Jeter, old Yankee Stadium vs. the new building in the Bronx and more:
Bald Vinny Talks A-Rod T-Shirt
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