Out of the Ballpark

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Before he hit more than 600 home runs . . .
Before he was named American League MVP . . .
Before he was AROD to hundreds of thousands of fans . . .

He was Alex.
Just a kid who wanted to play baseball more than anything else in the world.

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Alex Rodriguez is the third baseman for the New York Yankees. Three times voted the American League Most Valuable Player, he was born in New York City, moved with his family to their native Dominican Republic when he was four, then moved to Miami with his family at the age of eight. The only person in baseball history to hit 400 home runs before his thirtieth birthday, he hit his first home run at the age of six. Drafted out of high school, he played for the Seattle Mariners and then the Texas Rangers before being signed by the Yankees. Alex lives in New York City and Miami, Florida.Alex Rodrguez juega la tercera base para los Yankees de Nueva York. Ha sido elegido dos veces como jugador ms valioso (MVP) de la Liga Americana. Naci en Nueva York y a los cuatro aos se mud con su familia a su pas de origen, la Repblica Dominicana. Cuando Alex tena ocho aos, regresaron para radicarse en Miami. El nico jugador en la historia del bisbol que ha bateado 400 jonrones antes de cumplir los treinta aos de edad, Alex bate su primer jonrn a los seis aos! Seleccionado en la escuela secundaria entre los mejores del pas por los Marineros de Seattle, jug para los Rancheros de Texas antes de ser contratado por los Yankees. Alex, su esposa Cynthia y su hijita viven en la ciudad de Nueva York y en Miami, FL.