Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez, nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American professional baseball designated hitter for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez was one of the sport's most highly touted prospects and is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. During his 20-year career, Rodriguez has amassed a .297 batting average, 696 home runs, over 2000 runs batted in, over 2000 runs scored, and over...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 July 1975
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Friday was a demoralizing loss. To get two wins going into the off-day and a tough Tampa series, it's good for our psyche.
Our state of mind right now is that we're feeling good about where we are going. We're playing with a lot of urgency right now. We're playing with a lot of grit.
I don't want to talk about it, so many good things happened tonight. It feels like I got stung pretty good.
He throws his entire body at you with 96- to 97-mph speed. We took some good swings at him. But he has good stuff. You tip your cap to him.
These are the games we need to win. Good pitching, good defense and a great bullpen from Farnsworth and Mo.
I was very impressed. He's got good stuff and he's very poised.
I had a real good feeling about Johnny slapping a double into the gap or something. What makes our lineup tough is that if it's not one guy, it can be another.
It looked to me like he had a little hop in his fastball. I was trying to slow the game down, get a good pitch, get the ball down in the strike zone and then stay inside of it--and I just got lucky.
I've been in a lot of these races, and a lot of them, I've finished second or third, ... I thought David had as good a chance as I did. I thought defense was probably the deciding factor.
It's frustrating because you see how devastating he can be. You talk to guys on other teams and they marvel at how good his stuff is. When he puts it together, he's going to be a force for us.
He needed it, the team needed it. It was a shot in the arm to get a good pitching performance.
They looked all-world today, but it's a long season. They have certainly made some very good improvements. Our league is going to have to watch out for the Blue Jays.
I remember I couldn't get to sleep that night because Kirby Puckett had said hello to me.
I would trade this award for David's World Series trophy. Winning an MVP is great, but I came here to do one thing, to win one championship and go from there.