http://twitter.com/#!/WFAN660/status/403269334211899392

Beleaguered Alex Rodriguez gave a doozy of a surprise radio interview to WFAN sports host Mike Francesca this afternoon. #AROD was trending nationwide on Twitter and the animated conversation had baseball fans buzzing.

http://twitter.com/#!/JohnnyCrashMLB/status/403273822695997440

Rodriguez denied using performance-enhancing drugs again.

http://twitter.com/#!/WhipperSnacker/status/403278173942460416

He repeatedly invoked his family.

http://twitter.com/#!/SChach17/status/403269338771095552

Many listeners heard a trainwreck:

http://twitter.com/#!/DraftRyan2016/status/403279120689528832
http://twitter.com/#!/snapper1978/status/403268847500656640
http://twitter.com/#!/ONEMlC/status/403271613590036480
http://twitter.com/#!/s_kelley9/status/403279193766522880

Others were sympathetic:

http://twitter.com/#!/MattyMays/status/403265167041253376
http://twitter.com/#!/SteveJanoski/status/403270020043534336

And at least one listener was just…confused.

http://twitter.com/#!/bbbmariaxo/status/403272129535557632

Then there’s the tough-noogies corner.

http://twitter.com/#!/peter_ingemi57/status/403275434478952448

Birds of a feather…

http://twitter.com/#!/Astott/status/403280159618248705
http://twitter.com/#!/EagleyeSports/status/403276453821034496

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/11/20/arod-rodriguez-radio-interview-provokes-disgust-sympathy-and-lance-armstrong-comparisons/