Courtesy of NESN
Let me start by saying I use to be an Alex Rodriguez fan
before he got caught using steroids and kept being in the limelight for all the
wrong reasons. When A-Rod went to Yankees in 2004 many thought he would become
the next Yankee icon and be up there with the likes of Derek Jeter and together
they would bring a new dynasty to the Yankees. Fast-forward to today and Jeter and
Rodriguez find themselves worlds apart from where we thought they both would
be. Jeter is coming off his last season as a player and is being hailed as one
of the greatest Yankees ever and a sure bet to get into the Hall of Fame. At
the other end you have Rodriguez who just finished serving his 211 game
suspension after getting caught using PED’s for a second time. The guy had the
world at his feet but he kept finding new ways to make people hate him. He just
got off the suspension and there was a report that he paid people off to keep quiet about his drug use. The man has become the villain of baseball, he was suppose
to be the next Home Run king, instead he is the king of steroid use. So I find myself asking is there any way for
him to ever repair the damage he has done and the reality is there isn’t. He
will collect the rest of the money he is owed and get booed at every stadium he
plays then retire and live off the millions he made. But when he becomes
eligible for the Hall of Fame sure he will have the numbers to get in but those
numbers have been tainted by his poor decisions and he will probably struggle
to get in. He will just become a cautionary tale of what not to do when you
become a professional athlete. Alex Rodriguez wanted the glory and he tried to
get it the easy way but he forgot one thing the truth always comes out one way
or another and the truth is that in the eyes of many he is a fraud.
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