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SECRETS OF THE YANK WIVES CLUB
By ANNIE KARNI and STEFANIE COHEN
When CC Sabathia signed a seven-year, $161 million dollar contract with
the Yankees last Christmas, the all-star pitcher had to learn the signs,
the workouts and his way around the clubhouse.
His wife, Amber, had to figure out everything else.
Amber, 27, who has three kids, ages 5, 3 and 10 months, didn't know a soul
in New York when she relocated in April. In Milwaukee, where her husband
played for the Brewers, she had become accustomed to life in the slow lane.
"I'm used to the Cheesecake Factory and Applebee's," Amber said in an
interview with The Post. "In New York, there's so many restaurants to
learn about."
To ease Amber's transition to big-city life, Laura Posada, 37, spouse of
catcher Jorge Posada and the official "Yankee-wife rep," has taken her to
lunch at Tao and gave her some tips on navigating New York.
"Laura told me that I'm going to love Fashion Week in New York," said
Amber, a dark-haired beauty with a big smile. "She's going to take me with
her to the pre-sales, where they show you the merchandise before the trunk
sales."
The other Yankee wives have also welcomed her to the group.
The Sabathias bonded with Yankee infielder Cody Ransom and his wife, Erica,
over dinner at Nobu, and have hit up Jay-Z's 40/40 Club.
"Michelle Damon recommended that we don't move to the city," Amber said.
"So we bought a house in Alpine, New Jersey, when we visited New York for
a week last Christmas, using Alex Rodriguez's Realtor."
Four months after moving to New York, Amber is fully immersed in one of the
most exclusive social groups in the city -- the Yankee wives.
"We text each other, 'Are you going to the game? Are you going on the road
trip?' " Laura Posada told The Post. "You don't want to go by yourself. When
the guys go to the game, what are you going to do? We try to keep it fun,
getting together outside the stadium just for girls."
Amber and Laura, who share many lonely nights with their kids while the
husbands travel, have bonded.
Both met their famous husbands when they were 16 years old. Amber and CC
dated when they were sophomores in high school in California. Laura met
Jorge on a softball field in Puerto Rico when he was working as a substitute
umpire. They reconnected at a bar a decade later when Jorge spotted her
across the room and told his buddies, "I'm going to make that woman my wife."
Amber and Laura might dress in Louis Vuitton and Herve Leger now, but both
spent years shacking up in dingy motels while their husbands paid their dues
in the minor leagues. They've gotten used to a nomadic lifestyle and still
often travel with the team.
"I don't like to go 10 days without seeing CC," Amber said as she prepped
her kids in a Seattle Hyatt Thursday night to go watch their dad pitch
against the Mariners.
The exclusive Yankee wives club includes the petite Karen Burnett, 34, wife
of pitcher A.J. Burnett; the buxom, blond Michelle Damon, 34, outfielder
Johnny Damon's wife, who has been featured in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit
issue; and Erin Robertson, the slim, blond wife of pitcher David Robertson.
The inner circle of hot Yankee wives, who refer to themselves as "the girls"
and call their ballplaying husbands "the boys," take care of their children,
meet for lunches in the city, plan picnics at the Stadium and sit together in
the family seats behind home plate.
There are some wives who prefer to keep their distance from the head
cheerleaders. Slugger Hideki Matsui's wife, Ai Nakayama, who has never
been photographed by the press, barely speaks English and doesn't sit in
the family section when she attends.
Georgia native Leigh Teixeira, 31, who persuaded husband Mark to sign a
eight-year, $180 million contract with the Yankees last Christmas rather
than the Red Sox, comes off as "a little shy," according to Laura Posada.
"She's not used to the attention. She came to an event I threw at the Tory
Burch store in the Meatpacking District, and she was like, 'Wow, this didn't
happen in Texas.' I'm like, 'Welcome to New York!' "
There's just one cardinal rule for club members: no girlfriends allowed.
And celebrity girlfriends? Don't even think about it.
In Boston, Michelle Damon was booed as a home wrecker for breaking up
Johnny's first marriage when he played for the Red Sox. New Yorkers -- and
the other Yankee wives -- now accept her as a member of the in-crowd.
But the Yankee ladies broke the girlfriend rule last week, when third
baseman Alex Rodriguez's current flame, Kate Hudson, made an overture to
join them in the family seating area at the game Monday night.
Hudson moved from A-Rod's front-row seats along the third-base line to
sit with three other wives -- and they eagerly mugged for a Post
photographer with the movie star.
Movie-star girlfriends, like Derek Jeter's current squeeze, Minka Kelly,
are often cautioned to keep their distance from the long-suffering wives.
Kelly watches the games secluded in Jeter's private box. But Hudson, with
her girl-next-door appeal, seems to be wooing the wives like an eager
freshman pledging a sorority.
"She's a great girl," Amber said. "She's super cool."
Laura Posada, who watched A-Rod's marriage to Cynthia Rodriguez disintegrate
among rumors that he was having an affair with Madonna, even gave the
Alex-and-Kate relationship her stamp of approval.
"We love her!" Laura cooed. "She doesn't act like a superstar. She's on
the field, she's in the family room, she's really becoming part of the group.
They're happy, and it shows in the way he's playing. I think it's great."
It wasn't always so chummy among the wives.
"In the past, there has been tension," Laura said. "The wives have not
always gotten along. If you have two wives fighting, it's going to get back
to the guys."
Cynthia Rodriguez never sat with the other wives, sources said.
Besides the fame, the money, the access and the friendships, there's a dark
side to being a diamond wife.
"You give up a lot," said one ex-wife who was "released" a few years back
for a newer model.
"You're moving all the time. It's 162 games, plus six weeks of spring
training. It's a long haul."
Even worse, she said, is when the husband whom you grew up with, lived out of
motels with, went through the minors with, "spoils."
"Some of the guys live it the hardest and fastest they can," she said.
"They've lost their touch with reality. They think, 'Rules don't apply
to me.' They see the other guys doing anything they want and think they
should be able to, too."
"I'm happier now that I'm not part of that life," she said. "But when it's
good, it can be really good."
akarni@nypost.com
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另外他們還有一篇報導：THE SON OF GODZILLA! (應該是知道錯了後，該網址無法連結)
根據亞伯拉罕的部落格，那個有生小孩的應該是王建民夫婦，而不是松井秀喜夫婦。
Did you see the story in the Post about Hideki Matsui’s wife having a baby?
One little problem, it was Chien-Ming Wang’s wife. Oops.
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