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9 unusual facts about Alex Rodriguez


Engineered materials arrestor system

On October 13, 2006, New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez's private jet was brought to a halt safely by the EMAS installation at Burbank Airport.

Lee Seung-Yeop

On 1 August 2006, Lee became only the third professional baseball player ever to hit 400-career home runs before the age of 30 (others include Sadaharu Oh and Alex Rodriguez).

Nicolas Felizola

Felizola debuted his spring/summer 2008 collection during Haute Lunch, a charity luncheon benefiting the AROD Family Foundation, hosted by "It" baseball player of the year, Alex Rodriguez and his wife, Cynthia.

Nienhaus Field

Nienhaus Field's most famous player may have been New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who played a short time in the venue's final season, 1994.

Randolph Cohen

In addition, Cohen has published numerous Harvard case studiess on topics ranging from the valuation of baseball star Alex Rodriguez to risk arbitrage.

Randy Galloway

In March 2009 Galloway admitted in one of his articles that Buck Showalter told him off the record in 2003 he believed Alex Rodriguez may have been on steroids.

Richard Ben Cramer

He was reportedly working on a new biography about baseball star Alex Rodriguez, which he never completed although he received a sizable advance, which he never returned, from the publisher.

Tacoma Rainiers

Alex Rodriguez also played for the team in their first year as the Rainiers in 1995, before becoming a superstar, as did baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal.

The National Classic

Some of the 115 professional players who have participated in the tournament are Alex Rodriguez, Dustin Pedroia, and Ian Kennedy.


Brian Cashman

During 2013, Cashman was involved with a tweet that Alex Rodriguez composed on Twitter.

Jason Varitek

During a nationally televised game on July 24, 2004, Varitek shoved his glove into the face of the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez after Rodriguez was hit by a pitch and gestured towards pitcher Bronson Arroyo, causing a bench-clearing brawl.

Ray Durham

Durham is in great company, with the list including Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Joe Morgan, as well as current superstars Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez.

Vladimir Guerrero

He fared better in a national TV ad for Pepsi with the Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez; the two engaged in a personal home run competition that ended up with the moon being broken.


see also

Alex Olmedo

Alejandro "Alex" Rodríguez Olmedo (born March 24, 1936 in Arequipa) is a former tennis player from Peru with American citizenship.

Shane Spencer

Most recently, in a 2009 interview, Selena Roberts of Sports Illustrated, when speaking about her latest book 'The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez' named Spencer in connection with A-Rod in "pitch tipping" allegations when the two played together in Texas.