Behind the Scenes: A-Rod Vita Coco Shoot

It can be argued that A-Rod has a long way to go before reaching the marketability pantheon in which teammate Derek Jeter hovers.

His recent break-up with a Hollywood starlet may or may not help that cause.

No Cameron?

No problem.

A-Rod joins some very Jeterian company in former crush Madonna, Matthew McConaughey and Demi Moore in pitching coconut water.

A far cry from cousin Yuri's secret Dominican elixir,the Yankee third basemen has incorporated the equally Island-infused Vita Coco into his regimen.

A-Rod: "My trainer suggested I try Vita Coco because of all the electrolytes and potassium, and now I drink it every day," says Alex Rodriguez. "The stuff really works."



Interestingly, Rodriquez's co-pitchman for the campaign's Boston kickoff is Red Sox sweetheart Dustin Pedroia.



What rivalry? It's all about understanding, finding common ground and enjoying some good all-natural coconut water.

A-Rod and Pedroia prefer all-natural alternative to artificial sports drinks – its super-hydrating effects helps them perform at their best on and off the baseball field.

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Separated at Birth: Pedroia, Statham & Cracking the Google Code

OK.

This is going to sound crazy, and generally whenever anyone starts off a story with "this is going to sound crazy" it's both crazy and the result of some booze induced bad dream. But for the record, this is going to sound crazy--and it is.

So last night an observant friend of mine noticed a striking resemblance between that bald gnome who plays on the Red Sox and that dude from the Transporter movies. I agreed and went looking for pictures of the two. (I do this out of jealously and admiration. If I could be either of these two for 24 hours I could singlehandedly double the population of Boston, or South Africa, or wherevever the hell the Transporter comes from).

This finding in and of itself would be interesting and kinda amusing if the story stopped there...but it doesn't.

As I was searching Google Images' database with the term "pedroia statham", I clicked over to page 4 of the search, and then forgot what I was doing.


That's right Tom Glavine, I'm looking at you.

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