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Alex Rodriguez: A Look Back at A-Rod’s Most Cringe-Worthy Moments

By Manny Gómez

TAMPA, FL - FEBRUARY 24: Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees poses for a portrait during the New York Yankees Photo Day at Legends Field on February 24, 2006 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL - FEBRUARY 24: Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees poses for a portrait during the New York Yankees Photo Day at Legends Field on February 24, 2006 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images) /
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“This Lady”

This is the point in Alex Rodriguez’s career where cringe-worthy meets ugly. It takes place in the span of approximately 5 years.

First, entering the 2009 season, A-Rod is implicated in an SI report written by Selena Roberts. Instead of owning up to it, Rodriguez gave us a preview of what is to come years later by going on the offensive, saying

"“This lady is coming out with all these allegations, all these lies, because she’s writing an article for Sports Illustrated and she’s coming out with a book in May. And really respectable journalists are following this lady off the cliff. And following her lead. And that to me is unfortunate.”"

Turns out “this lady” was right. Soon after, A-Rod held a press conference during Spring Training with all of his Yankees teammates present, confirming that “lady’s” report. In that presser, Rodriguez’s voice cracked as the Yankees spring complex was filled with players and reporters.

Little did they all know, this would happen again in the near future.

Read the statement, picked apart by MassLive HERE.

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