Well, I’ve been reading Selena Roberts’ book called A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez. I am about halfway through it right now, and figured that I would write about it in case anyone is interested.
I have to say that this book is a very good and easy read, if you are interested in the “behind the scenes” of baseball. Roberts really did not have to put this book out right as he was coming back from injury, although I know that she’s also interested in making herself money. Did she really have to release a book that slanders a person for her own personal benefit? Probably not. But is it total slander? No, it’s not. I was against her putting this book out, but I was too curious not to read it.
It gives some reasons for some of the weird things that Alex has done, as well as some behind the scenes of his contract negotiations with the very irritating Scott Boras. It tells us what most baseball fans already know… everything is about money with Scott Boras. Numbers are the only important thing to him. Granted, he makes more money as well, but really, he’s taking advantage of the every day fan indirectly. But that’s besides the point. The book goes farther as to tell Alex’s background story, from being a very young boy, all the way through high school. It discusses more steroid usage as well as the how selfish he is as a baseball player.
But honestly, he’s only one of many that are divas, full of themselves, and have done things that we hold against them. This book isn’t totally slandering him… he’s just the one that we found out about. Give it a read, get it from the library if you don’t want to support it, but as I continue reading it, I think baseball fans should too. I’m sure it will bash him later on as well (since I am only halfway through), but it’s very interesting at the very least.
If you want to read the chapter that I just finished, SI posted it on their website: Excerpt from the A-Rod Book: Mr. Two-Fifty-Two
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