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Alexander Emmanuel “Alex” Rodriguez, an American Major League Baseball third baseman for the New York Yankees, was born on July 27, 1975, in Washington Heights, New York. 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 ran the store and the children’s, there were three Alex, Susy and Joe, his mother left before dawn to work for her in the factory.
His father was a huge baseball fan and his love of the game was passed down to Alex.
When Alex was 4 years old, his parents returned to Santo Domingo, where they bought a four-bedroom apartment and opened a pharmacy. The recession forced the Rodríguez to return to the United States, this time to Miami. Alex only spoke Spanish. He was enrolled in Everglades Elementary School and had to learn English. Even at that time, Alex’s favorite sport was baseball. He then attended Westminster Christian High School in Miami and was selected both the USA Baseball Junior Player of the Year and the Gatorade National Baseball Student Athlete of the Year.
Rodríguez signed up with the Seattle Mariners at the age of 17. The following year he emerged as a star player. He was selected by Sporting News and the Associated Press as Major League Baseball Player of the Year.
In 2000, despite the fact that the Seattle Mariners lost to the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series, he was selected as the Major League Player of the Year by “Baseball America.” After the 2000 series, he signed a very lucrative 10-year contract worth $252 million with the Texas Rangers.
In 2002 he won his first MVP of the year trophy.
In 2009, Sports Illustrated reported that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids, testosterone, and primobolan. At that time there was no penalty for a positive steroid test. Two days later, Rodríguez admitted to using steroids between 2001 and 2003.
In 2004, the Rangers traded Rodriguez to the New York Yankees. In 2005 he won his second AL MVP award.
In 2007 he was named the American League Most Valuable Player for the third time in his career.
His contract with the Rangers ended in 2007, and he signed with the Yankees for another 10 years for $275 million.
He was going to represent the Dominican Republic in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but was forced to opt out for medical reasons.
He was married to Cynthia scurtis and the couple had 2 children. However, they divorced in 2008.