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Alex Rodriguez was a star baseball player at Westminster Christian High School, where he played shortstop. Rodriguez took extra batting practice and started lifting weights to add more power to his swing. His extra training paid off, and Rodriguez finished his high school career with a .419 average and 17 homers in 100 games. He ... caught the attention of baseball scouts and Rodriguez was picked in the first round by the Seattle Mariners in the 1993 entry draft. In 1996, his first full season with the Mariners, Alex Rodriguez hit 36 homeruns and became one of the youngest players to make the All-Star team. Over the next two seasons, A-Rod would make a name for himself as one of the first shortstops who could hit for power.
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Alex Rodriguez (March 16, 1978) is the drummer for Post-Hardcore band Saosin. He was born in Miami, Florida to a Cuban immigrant father and Irish mother. He fell in the hardcore scene as a teen and hit the road at 17 with his band, Never Falling. The group relocated in Los Angeles in 1997 and soon broke up. Rodriguez stayed in the Orange County because of the hardcore scene, founding Open Hand three years later. Rodriguez left Open Hand to join Saosin in 2003.
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Alex Rodriguez already has a field named after him at the Southwest Miami Boys & Girls Club, where he learned the game as a youth. This year, AROD will be able to savor something even more meaningful to him -- an educational facility named for him at the club. More >
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Alex Rodriguez, meanwhile, can usually be found at third base, where he is having one of the best seasons of his remarkable career. Still, he was heavily booed by Yankees fans a year ago, when he struggled, and he could opt to leave the Yankees as a free agent after this season.
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Alex Rodriguez signed a 10-year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers in 2000, making him the highest-salaried player in professional sports history. Rodriguez played his first major league baseball game at age 18 and became the starting shortstop for the Seattle Mariners at age 20. Nicknamed "A-Rod," he hit .358 with 36 homers in 1996, his first full season in the majors. His power, defensive skills, charisma and fan-friendly Hispanic heritage made him an attractive free agent after the 2000 season, and Texas owner Tom Hicks signed Rodriguez to the unprecedented $252 million deal. Rodriguez played well for the Rangers (winning the American League MVP award in 2003), but the team finished last in its division for three straight years, and some felt that Rodriguez's mammoth contract had hobbled the team. In 2004 Rodriguez was traded to the New York Yankees, where he moved to third base to play alongside Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter.
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Alex Rodriguez was drafted first overall by the Seattle Mariners in 1993. He was signed by Roger Jongewaard right out of high school. Rodriguez rose rapidly through the Mariners organization, and made his major league debut as the starting shortstop on July 8, 1994, in Boston at 18 years, 11 months, and 11 days of age, just the third 18-year-old major league shortstop since 1900. He was ... the first 18-year-old major league player in 10 years, and the youngest position player in Seattle history. His 1st major league hit was a single off Sergio Valdez on July 9 at Fenway Park. Rodriguez's first major league campaign lasted just one month; the season was cut short by the 1994 Major League Baseball strike.
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