After coming through the Lincoln Tunnel, which is always an adventure, and back into New Jersey, a huge piece of plastic, the kind you would find wrapped around a mattress, blew under my Jeep Wrangler and managed to get wrapped around the crankshaft.

I soon had to pull over and unwrap the “present’’ another gift from New Jersey, where they don’t seem to pick up litter that much any more.

Of course, Gov. Click-it, has more important things to worry about than litter and what’s another 45 minutes out of my life, cutting away melted plastic from the underside of my vehicle.

It’s what makes living in this area of the country so interesting. You have to be ready for anything.

This happened about two weeks ago, but I thought of it again today when I watched a replay of Alex Rodriguez’ game-winning home run last night against the Red Sox at Fenway. That was an epic game, by the way.

That TV cameraman got wrapped around A-Rod as he gleefully came home with what turned out to be the winning run when the playful Yankee slugger gave the cameraman some gentle little “coverage’’ of his own, putting his hand over the camera lens, as A-Rod finished his home run trot.

Say this for A-Rod, he manages to make friends wherever he goes, whether it’s running around the bases in Toronto, when he might offer an encouraging word to an opponent, like “MINE!’’ or when hanging out in cities with some of his closest friends, going to some of the finest restaurants and local hotspots.

Alex knows where the camera is at all times. Most players might have ignored the camera and gone about their business. Rodriguez sure isn’t most players. And he celebrated his Fenway moment his way.

When Rodriguez leaves, the Yankees are going to be that much more boring.