By JUSTIN TERRANOVA
At least one Yankees player isn’t a big fan of Alex Rodriguez’s latest magazine cover.
A-Rod recently appeared on the cover of Details, which also included an, err, interesting photo shoot of the Yankees third baseman. One of the photos appeared on the cover of the Post last week. One anonymous Yankees player apparently did not approve.
In an ESPN article about Mark Teixeira dealing with the pressure of New York, ESPN reporter Howard Bryant threw in this little tidbit.
“Statistically, Rodriguez has been nothing short of spectacular as a Yankee. He is, right now, easily the greatest third baseman in the team’s history. Yet the support he receives from his teammates seems, if nothing else, self-preserving; they need his production, so they need him to be happy. And they don’t need the headaches that would result from true candor regarding their feelings toward him.
“Last week, one player, laughing in ridicule, commented this way on Rodriguez’s painful photo spread in Details: ‘The Post ran a picture of Alex kissing himself in the mirror. He’s actually kissing himself. No joke. What the [expletive] is up with that guy?’