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
I'm happy for Randy, because he's taken a lot of unfair criticism and he's pitched excellent of late. And that's what we got him for: to come in here, in a hostile environment, and take a great lineup like the Red Sox and dominate them. He's the one component we didn't have last year.
I think it was the last one he threw. I'm glad he threw one. He had us talking to each other, and really nothing was said that was helpful.
Last year was the toughest year of my whole career. I feel a lot more comfortable in New York this year.
Last time here, I was the biggest goat. Today, I get to be the hero.
Last time I was here, things went really bad, not only for me, but for my team. And I look at it as an opportunity to start a new year, a new chapter. And ironically enough, I come up with a game-winning hit in this situation, where last year, I was the biggest goat, and today I get to be a hero. There's ... a lesson to be learned, I guess.
I played great baseball all year, ... and I played like a dog the last five days.
The last two times I've been up here my two favorite players of all-time have introduced me, Mr. Keith Hernandez and Mr. Cal Ripken. To the New York fans, thank you very much for making me feel very welcome.
It's a great place -- the park in which I've had the most success in my career. I love that park, regardless of the last thing that happened there. I always have a short memory, which is important, because what happened yesterday is irrelevant.
There's no comfort. We know what the Boston Red Sox are all about. We saw what they did last year and that's very clear in our minds.
It was a miracle we won the division. By the time we got to Boston last year, we were so deliriously tired because we dug too big a hole. We don't want to get ourselves in that situation again.
I feel more accepted in this clubhouse this year. I feel like I'm one of the guys in here now. And last year, it wasn't their fault, it was my fault. I was one person trying to get to know 100 people. You're going to have a better rapport with people in your second year than your first, this is a more comfortable feeling.
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.
I already heard what he had to say, he apologized. The apology has been accepted. We've move on from there. Ozzie and I have always been friendly. It's not really that big of a deal.