This photo has kind of been everywhere over the last day, but I want to weigh in because I’ve read a lot of negative things about A-Rod using a $100 bill to wipe his face, and I think people are being really unfair in their criticism of him.

Like, if he can’t wipe his face with a fresh, clean hundred-dollar bill, exactly what kind of bill should he use?  A five?  A one?  Please.  What use could he have for bills that small?  A twenty?  Pffffft.  Twenties get touched by commoners’ hands every day.  There’s no telling what kind of germs might be on those.

Now, a C-note — that makes sense.  They come in nice packages of a hundred, and you can use them once and throw them away.  It’s not an ostentatious display of wealth.  Why, just earlier today A-Rod felt poor when he realized who couldn’t get a $400-million yacht like Roman Abramovich.  This downturn in the market has been tough on all of us.