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Alex Rodriguez Can Learn Much From Neil Diamond
As the saga of Alex Rodriguez drones on and the 'will he or won't he get his $30 million per season' question continues to hound him, an entertaining view of the drama is presented by this offering courtesy of The Juice Blog.
Consider the lyrics to Neil Diamond's "Love on the Rocks" when it comes to the great ARod, who seems to yearn only to be the highest paid player in sports, championships or not.
Rodriguez has already made $170 million in his 13-year Major League career, but has zero World Series appearances to show for those 518 regular-season home runs.
Now he's a man without a team, at least on this day of the official start of baseball's free agency frenzy.
Should he have waited to at least hear out the Yankees' offer to extend his pact and only pay him $91 million the next three years? That would have been to make good on the 10-year, $252 million deal he signed with the Texas Rangers during his first free agency foray after the 2000 season. Now he wants even more money per season.
Photo of Alex Rodriguez and Scott Boras by Jeff Zelevansky/Icon SMI
If baseball owners actually come to their senses and don't offer ARod the insane money he's seeking, there's always the concert tour option.
No word yet on whether Diamond would consider duets with the home-run hitting infielder.
