AROD CLEARED TO DO "BASEBALL ACTIVITIES"

Remember Alex Rodriguez?  If you don't, all you have to do is "Google" him and there are plenty of stories involving him and his alleged connection to Biogenesis.  Or how about the story about him and the 24 year old girl out of Santiago.  It was a report out of a Dominican Republic paper, the Diario Libre, read HERE... kind of silly, right? Or, how about Alex posing with his adorable daughters just "chilling" enjoying daddy life. Alex posted this on his Facebook a few weeks ago. 

Whatever the case, this guy's a lightening rod. This however is really good news.  According to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News, baseball activities finally resume for ARod on Monday:

According to Feinsand, "...GM Brian Cashman said A-Rod would report to Tampa on Monday to begin the next step in his rehab process after January’s left hip surgery. 'He’s done a lot of different things culminating in doing full-bore running,' Cashman said.  A baseball program was still being worked out for A-Rod, although Cashman stressed that the original timetable has not changed and the third baseman is expected to come back “sometime after the All-Star break.”

So there you have it, light at the end of the tunnel and I'm glad.  I know many have written off ARod and with the addition of Kevin Youkilis and now Corban Joseph... many could care less about Alex.  I would like to see the guy come back and be productive.  I also wonder if he can though.  In addition, I wonder about his future in pinstripes.  We wrote about it in WIPING AWAY ANYTHING AROD, saying "ARod was intentionally NOT placed on the Yankees season tickets. That's right, the Yankees most expensive player was absent from the Yankees advertising.  That speaks volumes to me. Why is it? Because it's my opinion that the Yankees are wiping clean anything Alex these days. They are tired of the controversy, the annoyance and the baggage that comes with Alex Rodriguez... and you're hearing this from me... a dude who actually likes ARod."

It's baby steps right now. Let's see what happens and Monday, if Alex walks out on the field in Tampa and begins his "baseball activities"... we'll inform you. After all, that's why we're here.

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