As we all watched or have seen by now Alex Rodriguez hit his
661st (and almost his 662nd) home run of his career on
Thursday night passing Willie Mays on the all-time home run list for fourth
place. There are only three men standing in front of Rodriguez now and they are
Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds in that order but that’s all the
information I know, what I am more interested in is the information that I do
not know. As we all know, and excuse my extreme bias and “homerism” here, the
Yankees have the best, albeit spiteful, and forgiving fans in all of Major League
Baseball. We want to win and if you help us win then we generally like you and
cheer you on while you’re in the pinstripes. What really shocked me and touched
my heart was the fact that the Yankees fans would not stop cheering after Alex
hit his 661st home run of his career until Rodriguez came out and
acknowledged the fans by giving them a curtain call. Dare I say it but has Alex
been forgiven?
If you ask me Alex was always forgiven because I am a
forgiving person in my nature and I know that I am the farthest thing from
perfect. I truly live my life knowing and understand what it means if you throw
a stone while you’re living in a glass house and it’s something I am trying to
instill in my children as well. The question of whether Alex was forgiven or
not was never a question in my mind it was always could I get others to see
what I believe is the right way to be, and I think that I have. If I haven’t I
think his home response every at bat, every hit and every home run has shown
that he has, at least temporarily. Rodriguez did steroids that he received from
the anti-aging clinic in Miami formerly known as Biogenesis but you know what?
#FORG1V3N.
Alex presumably wanted to be Derek Jeter and have as much
pretty and iconic eye candy on his arm that he could from his wife Cynthia to
Madonna to Cameron Diaz to Kate Hudson all the way to Torri Wilson and has made
a few mistakes along the way with each of them. You know what though?
#FORG1V3N. Alex took steroids with the Texas Rangers trying to live up to the expectations
that came along with the biggest contract in MLB history? #FORG1V3N. Alex
thought he was too big for New York and the star of a team that employed some
guy named Derek Jeter? #FORG1V3N. Alex yelled at a Toronto Blue Jays shortstop
on a popup, slapped the ball out of a Red Sox’s first baseman’s hands and
walked across the mound that some dude named Dallas Braden was pitching on?
#FORG1V3N. Biogenesis? #FORG1V3N.
All the work A Rod has done with local charities in New
York? #FORG1V3N. All the work he has done with the Yankees and HOPE Week at
Yankee Stadium? #FORG1V3N. Alex worked himself back from a hip surgery that
many said would end his career in 2009 and still hit 30 home runs and knocked
in 100 RBI on the dot for the first place Yankees. #FORG1V3N. The 2009 World
Series and playoff run where he bashed his way into the hearts of Yankees fans
everywhere with clutch home run after clutch home run after clutch home run.
#FORG1V3N. Alex worked himself back from a second hip surgery and a year off with
a suspension to not only tie but pass Willie Mays on the all-time home run list
while helping the Yankees win games and silence all the doubters. #FORG1V3N.
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