After being drowned in many controversies including him admitting taking steroids to his relationship with Madonna and the photo shoot in which he was seen kissing his own reflection, Alex Rodriguez has come a long way now to lead a normal and ’slightly hidden’ life to stay away from all worries. The great baseball slugger is back to the real place where he always belonged, the baseball arena.
After becoming the Phantom of the Clubhouse, A-Rod is now turning his back on controversies and is not seen by his lockers during the times when the room is open to outsiders.
From TimesUnion.com:
If the Yankees are to win their first World Series title since 2000 — and if A-Rod is to even make it to the series for the first time in 16 major league seasons — he is going to have to perform more like Mr. October, Reggie Jackson, than Mr. May, Dave Winfield, as the postseason stretches past Halloween into November.
“People talk about the failures of one guy, but one guy does not win a series or lose a series,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “When I look at the last playoff, there were a lot of guys who didn’t hit. And because he’s the biggest name, or people like to talk about him the most, everyone focuses on his numbers.”
That’s what a record $275 million, 10-year contract will do.
Rodriguez famously opted out of his previous deal, a then-record $252 million, 10-year agreement, after going 4-for-15 (.267) with one RBI during the Yankees’ first-round loss to Cleveland in 2007. He won his third AL MVP award in five seasons after hitting 54 homers with 156 RBIs, but his October failures got more attention.
Though this transformation came a bit late, yet his fans would surely love the fact that A-Rod has now making them proud again. After all, it is well said that the life of a successful baseball slugger is not all of his own - his success, stories, and habits - do influence his fans and it is imperative for every one to set an example and Alex is setting the best example.
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