Alex rodrigez biography
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Alex Rodríguez
“He’s that baseball dude who got banned for steroids or something, which makes him more than famous. He’s like infamous, and dangerous, and a kind of cool, a cross between Babe Ruth and Count Dracula.”1 – J.R. Moehringer, writing of Alex Rodríguez in 2015.
What is fame? “I’m not too sure but I’ll know it when I see it!” That sounds like something that may have been said or attributed to Yogi Berra, but when a person has a presence, be it on the ball field, at the television studio, or in any room he enters, and if his short, four-letter hyphenated nickname is all that is needed to identify him, and only him, A-Rod has fame. His celebrity, much like that of Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, and Tiger Woods, has transcended sport.
The mention of Alex Rodríguez conjures up images favorable and unfavorable. For almost three decades, his image has been in the public eye, often for all the wrong reasons. In an era of “you love him or you hate him” personalities, there are
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Alex Rodriguez
American baseball player (born 1975)
This article is about the baseball player. For others of the same name, see Alex Rodriguez (disambiguation).
Baseball player
Alex Rodriguez | |
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Rodriguez in 2015 | |
Shortstop / Third baseman | |
Born: (1975-07-27) July 27, 1975 (age 49) New York City, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
July 8, 1994, for the Seattle Mariners | |
August 12, 2016, for the New York Yankees | |
Batting average | .295 |
Hits | 3,115 |
Home runs | 696 |
Runs batted in | 2,086 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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Alex Rodriguez Keynote Speaker
- Chairman & CEO, A-Rod Corp.
- 14x MLB All-Star, Three-Time MVP & World Series Champion with the New York Yankees
- Co-Owner of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves & Emmy Award-Winning Sports Commentator
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Alex Rodriguez's Biography
Alex Rodriguez is a businessman and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A-Rod Corp, a broad-based investment firm that bets on world-class startups and partners with leading global companies across the real estate, health and wellness, technology, and sports & entertainment industries. While best known as one of the world’s greatest athletes (a 14x MLB All-Star and a 2009 World Series Champion with the New York Yankees), for more than 25 years, Alex leads a team of experts building high-growth businesses and enhancing the value of more than 30 companies in the A-Rod Corp portfolio.
Alex founded A-Rod Corp in 1995, purchasing a duplex apartment on the theory that investing his MLB ear