Incase you haven't noticed, A-Rod is a must-follow on Instagram. Dude grams his tits off as much as any athlete out there. He posts more than your 15-year-old sister and is just as ridiculous. Selfies, posing for pictures trying to pawn them off as candid moments, inspirational quotes, the whole shebang. Completely unlike anything you ever thought you'd see out of him throughout his career. A-Rod's presence on social media plays because a) he's been performing and b) A-Rod the person is a joke now. Nobody takes him seriously when he's posing for pictures with his daughters or speaking to seven groggy students at a lecture hall at the University of Miami. It's hilarious because when he posts these things he actually thinks he's convincing people that he's a great dad or a great guy when in reality nobody gives a shit anymore.
My worry is that if/when A-Rod's performance finally starts to fall off that his presence on social media will get annoying. That if he comes out of the gate hitting .200 through May that those dorky photos of him managing his inbox will become more irritating than amusing. Or maybe he'll just stop posting all together. Who knows. Either way, the only thing I want more than a World Series this season is to enjoy one vicariously through @arod and that's going to be awfully difficult to do if he becomes a strain on the lineup.
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