Yardbarker: Alex Rodriguez

High Money Winner

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:06:43 -0500

Here’s an interesting note on Alex Rodriguez: Nobody’s really mentioned this, but Alex Rodriguez made history when the Yankees won the World Series. It was the first time in 23 years that the highest-paid player in baseball won a World Series ring. The 1986 Mets released George Foster in August when he had the game’s fattest salary [...]

Alex Rodriguez Really Happy to Shake LeBron’s Hand

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:28:22 -0500

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers visited the Knicks on Friday, bringing out the stars to the Garden. Jay-Z, Chris Rock, CC Sabathia, and Alex Rodriguez were all there to watch the King. After the game LeBron said what up to Jay and CC but it was A-Rod that seemed like he wanted to say [...] Related posts:Video: LeBron James Gets Dunked on Compilation LeBron James got dunked on by sophomore Jordan Crawford from...Report: Alex Rodriguez Tested Positive For Steroids In 2003 • Alex Rodr...

The best NHL player who won't win the Stanley Cup

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:33:38 -0500

After Alex Rodriguez helped some team in some sport Leahy cares about win a world title, A-Rod evidently stopped being "the best player in all of American sports who will never win a championship." At least in the eyes of Dan Levy of The Sporting Blog. Levy, a lapsed puckhead from The Great Lockout Purge of 2005, called us today to ask if there were any players in the NHL that would fit that description: A star player who will "will end his career with utter disappointment"...

Why You Can’t Believe The Talking Heads

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:43:58 -0500

We’ve all heard a million times about how Alex Rodriguez was no good during the playoffs. Intelligent people just assumed it was a sample size issue while the ignorant paraded around as if they knew something about A-Rod’s personality that others did not. Well, A-Rod has now won a World Series. In all honesty I had never checked out A-Rod’s postseason stats because I didn’t really care. He wasn’t any different a hitter in October than he was the other 6 mon...

Alex Rodriguez: From steroids to celebrations, what a year it's been for Alex Rodriguez

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:55:06 -0500

Oh, what a difference nine months makes. After hitting rock bottom in February with an admission of steroid use, A-Rod transformed himself into a true Yankee, says Ted Keith.

From villain to victory, a crazy year for A-Rod

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:06:29 -0500

NEW YORK -- The last image we saw of Alex Rodriguez in the 2009 season was very different from the first one. In the beginning, A-Rod was, as he has so often been throughout a career marked by excesses of tumult and talent, the center of attention for all the wrong reasons. In February, he sat in a tent in Tampa, Fla., at the Yankees spring training complex and tried in vain to fight back tears and explain how and why he had taken steroids when he was with the Texas Rangers.

The Axis of Evil Has Re-Aligned to its Familiar Position

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:07:00 -0500

All is right, and by that I mean horribly wrong, in the world again. The Evil Empire has re-claimed its spot atop the baseball universe, casting its belittling eye upon the downtrodden MLB masses.

I have no desire to talk about this event and will now go about trying to avoid all sports highlights, newspapers and online coverage of said occurrence to as great a deal as possible. Hopefully, in a few weeks it will all fade into the darkness - leaving the New York media ample opportunity to then heap deserved criticism on the Jets and Giants (who've managed to escape the real ire to date, thanks to those friendly Bronx Bombers).

It really is brutal. Peter Gammons speaking to how "proud he is" of Alex Rodriguez. Jeter opining on the "long time" it's been seen the Yanks last championship. Pettite railing on about the bond in the lockerroom and the team's singular focus since spring training and blah, blah, blah. Why must we continue to endure this?

A-Rod brings home the hardware, drinks up clubhouse fun

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:30:03 -0500

NEW YORK — It only took six seasons with the Yankees and 16 years overall, but Alex Rodriguez(notes) can finally call himself a World Series champion. The controversial third baseman is no longer among the greatest players to never win a title — sorry Ernie Banks, Dan Marino and Patrick Ewing! — and the relief on A-Rod's face was visible in the champagne celebration that followed the Yankees' 7-3 victory in Wednesday's Game 6 of the World Series. After hitting .3...

The 2009 MLB Season Has Belonged To A-Rod

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:40:00 -0500

The 2009 Major League Baseball season began with the startling revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids in 2003. That was followed quickly by a bizarre and totally unbelievable admission from A-Rod that a cousin had bought performance-enhancing drugs for him and he didn’t really know what he had been taking. Yeah, [...]

A-Rod Contributes to Umpiring Controversy By Allowing Umps to Get One Right

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:03:56 -0500

Alex Rodriguez was the subject of the first replay review over a home run in Major League Baseball, and last night, he was the subject of the first replay review in World Series history.By hammering a ball to right field that hit a FOX camera, A-Rod once more became an unwitting pioneer in the use of instant replay. The trick, in a game played on Halloween night, was that he treated the officials to a rare opportunity this postseason to get a call right. Sort of. Phillies fans will surely sc...

A-Rod Continues Umpiring Controversy (By Allowing Umps to Get One Right)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:03:56 -0500

FOX's TV Camera Extends Onto Field, Causes Controversy on A-Rod Home Run

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:53:54 -0500

Whether it’s been BCS games or baseball playoffs, we’ve often complained about FOX TV overproducing sporting events. Not to say that I or many others don’t have short attention spans, but it seems to me that along with showing you sports, FOX’s goal is to give you A.D.D. if you don’t already have it. [...]

Alex Rodriguez Is A Centaur

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:49:27 -0500

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A-Rod Had Paintings Of Self As Centaur Over Bed

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:15:49 -0500

Much has been said and written about Alex Rodriguez’s mighty ego, but did we ever think that it would reach, literally, mythic proportions? In the greatest item I have read today, US WEEKLY tells us that a former Rodriguez girlfriend says that the Yankee had two portraits painted of himself as a centaur, and that [...]

They're back: Yankees return to World Series

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:09:05 -0500

Alex Rodriguez, welcome to the World Series. The New York Yankees are back in baseball's big event.