April 2007 was a magical month for A-Rod. He was a media darling. However, he started to fade late in the month and so far in May 2007 Alex Rodriguez has been off the radar. How bad is it? It’s not good.

In fact, it’s really bad when you consider that the Yankees have been playing a soft schedule of late. Their last 13 games have been against the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers—two clubs not going anywhere.

The Mariners have a team ERA of 4.91 and the Rangers have a team ERA of 5. One would suspect that A-Rod launched some shots out of the yard over the past two weeks. Ah, but you’d be mistaken.