Alex Rodriguez by Glen Macnow

Alex Rodriguez is a famous baseball player, but he's also known as a man with just the love for the game. When Alex was a young boy he had a best friend named Derek Jeter. The two boys grew up together, playing any kind of sport they wanted. At first Alex's dream wasn't to become a baseball player, he actually started playing basketball in his teenage years and was pretty good at it. In the text it said "Finally Rodriguez won it on reverse, one-handed jam. "Tonight you were better," Jeter said, gasping for breath." This is clearly saying that at one point in Alex's life he wanted to play basketball or he thought about it. However, even though he thought about playing basketball, since Alex was little he has been playing baseball. He started playing baseball at a young age actually, just throwing the ball around the house and bouncing it off walls. In the text it said "Actually, he got his first ball and baseball glove at the age of two."This is clearly stating that even as a child Alex played baseball. Even though it wasn't in his mind to be a professional baseball player it was still something he could have gone for.


From what I read I see Alex Rodriguez as not only for a man/boy that loved baseball but a man that is still able to remember where he came from and be proud of that. Many people who have become famous or wealthy sometimes forget who their family really is and where their homes are. Alex Rodriguez didn't seem to let any of the fame or money change him. People who have made it in the professional league, sometimes change the way they see people as if they are higher than everyone else, but not Alex. When he was just a boy his dad left him and his three brothers to go work in New York. Eventually that left him, his brothers and his mother to take care of them. In the text it said "All the love I had for my him I just gave it to my mother. She deserved it. I always wanted to be like my dad, but my mom was my role mode." I could tell from this text that Alex had a lot of respect for his mother and I think that since she had to raise him on his own he always knew he had and wanted to be a good person. So he was, anytime a fan would ask for an autograph he would take his time in signing them and even giving them a note or something unlike some other players that just signed things without even caring about neatness. In my opinion I see Alex as a good person who always remembered to be caring and kind towards others.