Alex Rodriguez - What You Need to Know
Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez, an American major league baseball third baseman for New York Yankees was born on 27th July, 1975, in Washington heights, New York City. His was a Dominican family. His parents Victor and Lourdes owned a shoe store in Washington heights and lived in a small apartment behind the store. While his father managed the store and the kid's, there were three of them Alex, Susy and Joe, his mother left before dawn for her job at factory.
His father was a big fan of baseball and his love for the game was released on Alex.
When Alex was four, his parents moved to Santo Domingo, where he bought four-bedroom apartment and opened a pharmacy. Rodríguez recession forced to return to Germany, this time in Miami. Alex does not speak Spanish. He was enrolled in primary school and the Everglades to learn English. Even then, the favorite sport of baseball, Alex. He attended Westminster Christian High School in Miami and was selected asUSA Baseball Junior Player of the Year as a national baseball student athlete of the Gatorade.
Rodriguez signed with the Seattle Mariners at the age of 17 years. The following year he appeared as a star player. It 'been elected to both sports news and the Associated Press Major League Player of the Year.
In 2000, the Seattle Mariners for the Yankees, despite his defeat in New York in the ALCS American League, was chosen as the most important player of the year"The American baseball." After the 2000 series, has signed a lucrative contract worth 252 million U.S. dollars 10 years with the Texas Rangers.
In 2002 he won his first MVP trophy this year.
In 2009, it was reported that Alex Rodriguez sporting events has been tested positive for anabolic steroids, testosterone, and Primobolan. At that time there was no penalty for testing positive for doping. Two days later, Rodriguez admitted steroid 2001-2003.
In 2004, the Rangers traded Rodriguezwith the New York Yankees. In 2005 he won his second MVP award.
In 2007 he won the AL MVP called for the third time in his career.
His contract with the Rangers in 2007 and was signed with the Yankees for 10 years for a U.S. $ 275 million.
It was represented in the Dominican Republic in World Baseball Classic in 2009, but was forced to withdraw for medical reasons.
He was married to Cynthia Scurti and the couple had two children. However, divorcedin 2008.
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