Category: Alex Rodriguez
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
The New York Yankees might be gently shifting their philosophy in order to accommodate Major League's Baseball's luxury tax in future seasons, but the team's owner insists that such a strategy won't ever cause them to become less competitive. That has to please Yankees fans, especially since Hal Steinbrenner also ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2013
During an ESPN Radio interview on Wednesday, Curt Schilling admitted that he was encouraged to use performance-enhancing drugs late in his career with the Red Sox by “former members of the organization” in the team’s clubhouse. The admission was another shocking blow to the world of baseball, but it's not ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
The last image New York Yankees fans saw of Derek Jeter was him being helped off the field by Steve Donohue and Joe Girardi during Game 2 of the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers. Jeter broke his ankle and needed surgery immediately. Well, for the first time since his injury ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012
The New York Yankees will look back at the 2012 season and realize that it ultimately ended up being a disappointment, especially after their embarrassing performance in the American League Championship Series, where they were swept by the Detroit Tigers. This team overcame a myriad of injuries and was still ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Donald Trump admits that he's got some personal beef with Alex Rodriguez. He doesn't go into detail, but says it revolves around the fact that A-Rod used to live in one of his buildings. But Trump also knows a little bit about baseball and has seen Rodriguez once again struggle ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
Life isn't perfect. The game of baseball sure isn't perfect and people make mistakes. Needless to say, the game of baseball will always have its fair share of controversial calls because the sport refuses to allow instant replay on certain calls. Obviously, with the way the Yankees have been hitting ...
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Friday, August 17th, 2012
Mark Teixeira is still bothered by a nagging wrist injury, but the Yankees first baseman knows in the dog days of August that every team and every player is battling some sort of injury. His team just took 3 of 4 from the Texas Rangers and currently owns the best ...
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Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Oh what a difference one swing could make. Last week Alex Rodriguez struck out with the bases loaded against David Price in the 5th inning of a 7-3 loss to the Rays (6/7). With one swing this week, Rodriguez tied Lou Gehrig.
A-Rod hit his 23rd career grand slam and if ...
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
With Chipper Jones on the shelf with an ankle injury, it gave the Atlanta Braves third basemen time to reflect with friends on Monday just how much the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft meant to him. He calls it the biggest day of his life outside of the birth of ...
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Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Alex Rodriguez played in only 99 games last season due to injury. That is the lowest amount of games A-Rod has played in since 1995. Rodriguez claims to have taken Kobe Bryant's advice and went to Germany for a version of plasma-rich platelet therapy to help rehab his knee. No.13 ...
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