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| 15th November, 2007 - 1:37 am | Yahoo Sports - Say this for Alex Rodriguez: In a take-no-prisoners winter in which he dared walk away from the Yankees and $81 million, in which he sought to obsolete the game's previous record salary (his own), into which his swashbuckling agent entered with a knife between his teeth, and into which he went armed with one of the great offensive seasons in baseball history, he lasted 18 days.
That's almost three weeks. A lesser man might not have gotten to Veterans Day.
And by Wednesday night, not only were Rodriguez and the Yankees back on speaking terms, but sources said they were close to a deal that would pay Rodriguez $275 million over 10 years. [READ] |
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