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While Alex Rodriguez is coming under fire for hitting on female fans, he's far from the only one doing it. (AP image)

A-Rod isn't the only one hitting on women in the stands

October 17, 2012 @ 9:41 am (Updated: 12:14 pm - 10/17/12 )

When it comes to women, former Mariner Alex Rodriguez can't seem to get his fill. He's had plenty of high profile affairs with the likes of Madonna, Kate Hudson, Cameron Diaz and others. But even that's not enough. The struggling Yankees slugger is coming under fire from fans for hitting on women in the stands after getting benched during a recent playoff game.

The New York Post reports after being replaced in game one of the American League Championship Series, A-Rod openly flirted with a couple of young women sitting two rows behind the dugout while his team was fighting it out on the field. He then had a ball boy toss them a baseball with a note written on it asking for their numbers.

A witness tells the Post one of the girls wrote on the ball and threw it back to A-Rod, "who gave her a big smile."

"I was absolutely stunned that even . . . A-Rod would not be focusing on such a critical game, supporting his teammates, and was instead more interested in adding another couple of phone numbers to what must be a very, very large collection,'' one witness said.

While fans are aghast, Dori Monson Show producer Jake Skorheim isn't surprised. It turns out he was a ball boy for the Seattle SuperSonics as a teenager, and players often asked him to go in the stands during a game and hit on women for them.

"It wouldn't be uncommon at all for them to look up into the stands, and in a place like KeyArena where it's a lot closer in and it's very easy to see people especially in the 100 level, to see a pretty girl," says Jake. "And they would call us over and the players would come over and point the person out to you and then you'd run up and either deliver a note or like in A-Rod's case you would get their number."

Jake admits it was pretty uncomfortable. He stood out like a sore thumb going into the stands while hundreds of people around them watched his every move.

"It's not like you went behind some secret door and you magically appeared at their seat. I would walk up off of the court into the stands past the guard who would not allow people down onto the floor. I'd walk up into the stands, and nobody else is standing up because everybody else is watching the game," he says.

The players didn't make it any easier by only picking women on the aisle. Sometimes Jake would have to go into a row to talk to the target.

Jake says the players would try and pick women who weren't with a guy. And perhaps surprisingly, virtually every one of the dozen or so he was asked to approach gave him their phone number or agreed to meet. Only one time did he get rebuffed because it turned out the woman was with her husband.

Jake won't name any of the players, but he says even though it was awkward, he doesn't fault them.

"Where else are they going to meet girls?"

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  • Fuego wrote...
    A-Rod is
    October 17, 2012 10:33 am
    in a class all by himself. The Yankees get to pay him for another 5 years and watch him wither at the plate.
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Look, Dori - A-Rod HAS ro hit on the women in the stands
    October 17, 2012 10:52 am
    These days, that seems to be about all he CAN hit.
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    Curse of Payrod
    October 17, 2012 10:54 am
    Love it. Although in this case, Im a so what, he is SINGLE is he not. Rock stars, TV Stars, Sports Stars, Politicians, married or Not get hit on constant and take up the good ones for a night in the sack. They get to say they had a night.

    If I was in his position I sure as hell would take advantage.

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  • Dan1 wrote...
    Hey MyNorthwest.com
    October 17, 2012 11:05 am
    Your new site layout sucks worse than A Rod.
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  • sambra27 wrote...
    @ Dan1
    October 17, 2012 3:30 pm
    Bravo! Thanks for the laugh!
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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    you'd think he'd have binders full of women
    October 17, 2012 4:03 pm
    like m-Rom does.
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  • 2112 wrote...
    Those girls better be careful
    October 17, 2012 7:17 pm
    They might just catch something from A-Rod, After all, he has been with Madonna.
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