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Score one for the Yankee.

Cynthia Rodriguez finally has agreed to let her superstar husband, Yankee third basemen Alex Rodriguez, see his oldest daughter tomorrow in Toronto for the first time since their marriage spectacularly collapsed last week, The Post has learned.

C-Rod’s agreement came after negotiations with A-Rod, whom she sued for divorce Monday, citing his “extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct.”

The Post first reported yesterday A-rod’s wife had been making it difficult for him to see his two daughters, 3-year-old Natasha and Ella, who is only 11-weeks-old.

“She has not made them available,” a source close to A-Rod said.

Negotiations had been ongoing over the past day or so to allow Rodriguez to see the girls.

Sources told The Post earlier today the Bronx Bomber will get to see at least one of the girls tomorrow as the Yankees begin a three-day stint playing Toronto’s Blue Jays.

Cynthia’s high-powered divorce lawyer, Earle Lilly, later confirmed to The Post, “Arrangements are being made that Natasha is going to see her dad.”
Lilly, who did not know for sure exactly when and where the dad-daughter reunion would take place, said Ella is too young to travel far from Miami.
But Lilly also said that did not mean that Alex would not be able to see Ella soon.

“The parties are working out appropriate arrangements for the children,” Lilly said. “At this point, there are no child issues that the parties have not amicably worked out, or are working out.”

If Toronto happens to be the spot where A-Rod plans to see Natasha, as other sources say, it would be somewhat ironic.

The All-Star was photographed in Toronto last summer in the company of busty blond stripper Joslyn Morse, who he took to a steak house, a strip joint and, finally, back to his hotel room one busy night.

The Post’s revelations that Alex had frequently traveled with the Playboy wannabe over the course of months set off a media frenzy – but Cynthia stood by her man and soon after became pregnant with Ella.

However, sources this week said all was not happy in Rodriguez-land and that their marriage has been disintegrating over the past year.

Last week, Us Weekly reported that A-Rod was making late night visits to Madonna’s Manhattan apartment. Soon after, it was revealed C-Rod was in Paris with rocker pal Lenny Kravitz.

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WHEN Lenny Kravitz learned he was being accused of having an extramarital affair with Alex Rodriguez’s wife, Cynthia, he “looked like he was going to throw up,” according to a witness.

Dodd Romero, the hulking fitness trainer who accompanied Cynthia to Paris, told The Post that Kravitz blames his former manager, Guy Oseary, for entangling the rocker in the twisted tales about Madonna and the Yankee slugger.

Romero called Kravitz two weeks ago to tip him off that Oseary – who managed Kravitz, Madonna and A-Rod – was about to “pimp out Madonna and A-Rod,” said a source. But Kravitz didn’t approve and told Romero, “I’ll take care of this” – and fired Oseary.

Kravitz was shocked when he was then accused of having a fling with the slugger’s wife, said the source. Romero believes Oseary planted the story in retaliation for being dumped.

Kravitz, Cynthia Rodriguez and Romero were all in Kravitz’s tour bus when the reports broke in Paris. “Lenny looked like he was going to throw up,” Romero told the Post. “Lenny said, ‘I worked so hard to clean up my image and now I’m gonna get dragged into this.’ ”

The trio planned to fly to Spain to meet up with Denzel Washington, whom Romero also trains, but canceled when Kravitz’s alleged tryst made news. The group agreed it was best for Cynthia to instead head back to Miami to “sort out the mess.”

A rep for Kravitz confirmed he dumped Oseary two weeks ago.

Meanwhile, yesterday’s Times reported, “Madonna has denied having an affair with Rodriguez.” In actuality, the hair-splitting statement issued in her name said she is “not romantically involved with [Alex] Rodriguez.” As many readers of this newspaper know, you don’t have to be romantically involved to have an affair.

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Cynthia Rodriguez will file divorce papers from her estranged husband A-Rod first thing Monday morning in Miami, her lawyer Earle Lilly confirms to Usmagazine.com.

“I’m sure you’ve heard rumors of the relationship he’s had with Madonna – that’s the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Lilly tells Us. “She’s been fighting these terrible, demonic problems for two years and they don’t go away.”

The papers will allege “total emotional abandonment,” Lilly explains. “You’re not going to see a lot of other relationships named.

“The papers are designed not to be horrible, vitriolic, or create negative feelings, but just to put it out on the table and get this lady through a very troubled period in her life,” Lilly adds.

At stake in the split: a pre-nuptial agreement, which is being reviewed by Lilly, the couples’ multiple homes and the fortune of a “a baseball player worth close to a billion dollars,” he says.

Cynthia, 34, believes that A-Rod’s late night visits to Madonna’s apartment – first reported by Us Weekly – makes them more than just friends, Lilly says.

“Call it an affair, call it a relationship,” Lilly says, “[she's put] up and tolerated his misconduct.”

The split, Lilly says, has “been a long time” in the works for A-Rod’s wife. The Yankee was was also spotted with a stripper in Toronto, Miami and Dallas in 2007.

“Last year it was published he was with the other woman, and this is the final straw,” Lilly tells Us. “She has finally said, ‘no mas.’ This is what it has come down to.

“Cynthia is a Greek Orthodox lady, brought up in a Greek Orthodox household. She doesn’t believe in divorce,” Lilly says. “She’s devastated, she’s hurt, she’s a little angry.

“He’s a multi-million dollar baseball player, but that doesn’t make any difference when there are two little kids at home and no husband,” Lilly tells Us.

Lilly says Rodriguez, 32, hasn’t seen his daughter Ella – born on April 21 – “more than once over the last several weeks.”

(A source confirmed to Us Thursday that A-Rod “literally left 10 minutes after the baby was born, and then was at Madonna’s.”)

“His activities – despite the fact that he’s a very prominent baseball player – don’t make him a successful parent or husband,” Lilly tells Us.

Cynthia returned to her Miami hometown Saturday afternoon after spending time with rocker pal Lenny Kravitz (who has denied any role in their marriage drama) in Paris.

A-Rod has remained mum on their split, despite reports being released Madonna “brainwashed” him with Kabbalah, a religion the Yankee’s father confirmed to Us he’s been studying. The New York Post also reported he’s “obsessed” with the Material Girl and would “go into a trance” when one of her videos came in at the gym.

Madonna, 49, and Guy Ritchie, 39, went to Kabbalah services in NYC Saturday.

A-Rod and Cynthia have been married since 2002. They are also parents to Natasha, 3.

Check out the new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now, for exclusive details about Madonna’s surprising friendship with A-Rod, how she fell in and out of love with Ritchie, what divorce would mean for her $600 million estate and why a reconciliation isn’t out of the question.

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