The Real Truth about Yankees Alex Rodriguez

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been under fire since his first day in pinstripes.

Yankee fans love to hate A-rod, but I am proud to say that I am not one of them.

Still, one would think with the way the Yankees are tearing it up on the baseball field right now, just won their 10^th in a row for crying out loud, that fans would be content but no, not here in the Big Apple.

I guess that is why I should have been less surprised when I received this email from a very good, friend who happens to be a diehard Yankees fan?

SUBJECT: A-rod: Reality Check

Let me first stat that the writer of the above email is a dear friend whom I adore, but that doesn’t change that he is a hater-fan.

Fact is the Yankees are winning as a team; and fact is A-rod is a big part of the team.

Is he the same player he was five seasons ago?

No, but unlike the majority of us, A-rod’s daily job consists of physical activity and it exposes things that the rest of us take for granted.

In a sense, you have to remember that pro-athletes have no choice but to wear their ages on their sleeve; and that is a luxury the rest of us can cover at work for decades longer.

If Yankee fans could stop being jealous and angry over A-rod’s salary they might realize a few things.

- A-rod is just like the rest of us except, including the Yankee fans find a reason to blame him for everything.(…)
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