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Alex Rodriguez isn’t clutch. Regardless of truth, the preceding has been trademarked by baseball fans everywhere.

Old news, at least until we find out that his issues under pressure seep into the off-field parts of his life. According to his wife, Cynthia, A-Rod’s issues in the ninth inning have nothing on his performance during the birth of their daughter. She spoke to the YES Network and Peter Abraham has the transcript about how Rodriguez responded to the onset of labor.

“Uh, and the color came back to his face when I told him he could call my mom. And then forget it. I was like not even having a baby; he was the one. The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure on his arm. And my mother was like rubbing his back. And he is passed out on a couch. And I am there, in the middle of labor. And really, I am not being paid much attention to besides the doctor and a couple of nurses. And he is there moaning. In between pushing, I am going, ‘Honey, are you OK?’ And are you breathing? Are you OK?’ “

Sheez, imagine what she might have said if he hadn’t ponied up with some ice after that muscular she-male incident in Toronto.

Scott Brosius, on the other hand, delivered all of his kids at home, cut the cord and then, while breast feeding, hit a three-run homer to beat the Red Sox. That’s why he’s a true Yankee.

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