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A-Rod’s Post-Baseball Career Is off to a Great Start

Jan 16, 2018

New York Yankees, Opinions & Predictions

Red Sox fans hated Alex Rodriguez even before he admitted to using steroids. It all started with the Jason Varitek and A-Rod brawl in 2004. On July 24, 2004, Bronson Arroyo threw an inside pitch that hit A-R...

Top 10 MLB Free Agent Contracts of All Time

Brent Maguire

Jan 12, 2018

Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason

MLB Free Agency is one of the biggest crapshoots in all of sports. Given that more and more players are signing pre-arbitration deals that lock them up into their late twenties, most players reach free agency i...

Lack of Sympathy for A-Rod Says More About Us Than Him

Jeff J. Snider

Aug 11, 2016

Features, New York Yankees, Opinions & Predictions

Imagine a child prodigy. It doesn't matter what field, but this kid is really good. By the time he is 17, he is so good that someone pays him to do it professionally. Within a few years, he is the best in the w...

Alex Rodriguez Can’t Get No Re2pect

Joshua Sadlock

Aug 11, 2016

Baseball History, Features, New York Yankees

If we're being honest, the best part of the 2014 Major League Baseball season was the ubiquitous Twitter hashtag, RE2PECT, celebrating the final season of New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter's storied career. A...

Alex Rodriguez Deserves to Play this Week

Jesse Foster

Aug 10, 2016

American League, American League East, Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Alex Rodriguez is supposedly retiring after Friday's game in Boston. I say supposedly because I am not buying that Friday will be Rodriguez's last game. I am buying that it will be his last game as a Yankee. Bu...

Is Alex Rodriguez a Hall of Famer?

Cory Fallon

Aug 10, 2016

Features, Hall of Fame

During a press conference on Sunday morning, veteran slugger Alex Rodriguez announced he will retire after the Yankees-Rays game on August 12, and serve as a special adviser and instructor to the Yankees until ...

Yankees to Hold Sunday Press Conference With Alex Rodriguez

Ryan McGriff

Aug 6, 2016

Breaking News, Features, New York Yankees

The New York Yankees have announced a press conference with Alex Rodriguez for Sunday at 11 am. Yankees, A-Rod to hold Sunday news conference https://t.co/TwZfyUBe17 — Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) Augu...

POLL: Who is the Best Right-Handed Hitter of the Expansion Era?

Gabriel Bogart

Jun 22, 2016

Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Features, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Opinions & Predictions

I have a fair number of friends who love to talk about baseball, as I'm sure many of you do, too. It could be sitting at the bar, chopping it up about why your favorite team has been on a 19-day slide out of fi...

Yankees Place Alex Rodriguez on 15-Day DL

Kyle O'Neill

May 4, 2016

American League, American League East, Headlines, Major League Baseball

The New York Yankees announced that they have placed designated hitter Alex Rodriguez on the 15-Day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. Rodriguez injured his hamstring hustling down the first base li...

How to Jumpstart the Struggling Yankees Offense

Evan Halpine-Berger

Apr 22, 2016

Features, New York Yankees, Opinions & Predictions

The New York Yankees offense has all but disappeared during their recent 1-7 slide. Their 79 wRC+ over the past week ranks 20th in the league, behind the Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, and Oakland Athleti...

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