Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Enmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975 in New York City) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman for the New York Yankees. Known to fans as A-Rod, Rodriguez is one of the best players in baseball history. Teams he has played on in his career are the Seattle Mariners (1994-2000), Texas Rangers (2001-2003) and New York Yankees (2004-). Some of his accomplishments as a player include being a ten time All Star player, two time AL MVP (2003, 2005), two time Gold Glove award winner (2002, 2003)[1] and the youngest player to hit 500 home runs[2]. He is also only one of four players in MLB history to have over 40 home runs and stolen bases in a season (1998)[3]. In 2006, he was one of baseball's highest paid players with a $25,680,727.00 salary[4]. He entered professional baseball at the age of 18 in 1993 when he was drafted in the first round (first pick overall) of the 1993 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners[5].
In an interview with ESPN's Peter Gammons that aired on February 9, 2009, Rodriguez admitted to using performance enhancing drugs from 2001-2003. Said Rodriguez, "I did take a banned substance. And for that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful."[6]
References
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?playerId=3115
- ↑ http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070804&content_id=2129099&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy
- ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rodrial01
- ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rodrial01
- ↑ http://arod.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/about.jsp
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847