2/11/09

Bizarre story no. 2 of the day

The Daily News reported a weird one about the way the Mets handled the last game of the season today. Somehow, they managed to top that with a story about Roberto Alomar and AIDS.
Baseball great Roberto Alomar has full-blown AIDS but insisted on having unprotected sex, his ex-girlfriend charged Tuesday in a bombshell lawsuit.
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Nine days later, the couple went to see a disease specialist who discovered a mass in the retired second baseman's chest, the court papers say.

Alomar's skin had turned purple, he was foaming at the mouth and a spinal tap "showed he had full-blown AIDS," the suit says.

When I woke up this morning, I think this ranked dead last on the list of things I would read about.