At one point, Alex Rodriguez was considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. But time has shown that A-Rod loved the fame, perhaps, even more than he loved the sport of baseball. So, after his fame turned to infamy during his doping scandal, Rodriguez began to leach onto the spotlight of others. A recent report pointed out that A-Rod was there to congratulate Jim Harbaugh after his last 49ers' game, and he was sure to smile when the cameras were around.
The Seattle Mariners recruited Alex straight out of high school. He was the first overall selection in the 1993 MLB Draft, but Rodriguez first set foot on a major league field the following year after turning 18. Also, he was the youngest player ever to hit 500 career home runs.
However, all of these achievements seem meaningless now that the one-time-great has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. He was, in turn, suspended for the entirety of the 2014 season.
Since then, A-Rod's precious fame has soured and turned to spite. According to Yahoo Sports, Alex is consistently seen posing for photos at sporting events in an attempt to capture what is lost:
"Alex Rodriguez's offseason routine has included showing up at football games around the country... [ For example] Tony Romo almost ran him over at a Dallas Cowboys game. Sunday he was at the final San Francisco 49ers game of the season, where all eyes were on head coach Jim Harbaugh, who would mutually agree to part ways with the Niners by day's end. As Harbaugh made his way back to the locker room after San Francisco's 20-17 win, there was A-Rod."
It is truly a sad thing, but the mighty have fallen. According to USA Today, Rodriguez's reputation will never be the same:
"Alex Rodriguez loved being famous. Oh, he loved the game of baseball, but he desired fame so much more. Today, he is notorious, receiving the stiffest performance-enhancing drug penalty in the history of baseball. He [was] banned for the entire 2014 season, receiving a 162-game suspension by independent arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. It cost Rodriguez his $25 million salary, every ounce of his reputation and credibility, and, of course, any chance of residence in the Hall of Fame."
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