Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975), nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
He played seven seasons with Seattle Mariners, three seasons with the Texas Rangers and twelve seasons with the New York Yankees. Rodriguez began his professional career as one of the sport's most highly touted prospects, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez drop bid to buy New York Mets – report
hollywood.comJennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have reportedly ended their bid to purchase the New York Mets baseball franchise.
The superstars were recently reported to have teamed up with JPMorgan Chase’s managing director Eric Menell, the bank’s co-head of North American media investment banking, to discuss raising the capital to potentially make an offer to the Wilpon family, which currently owns the team.
However, the effort has since been abandoned by Lopez and former New York Yankees ace A-Rod, after failed negotiations with prospective partners, according to the New York Post.
They are said to have initially eyed a deal to work with biotech billionaire Wayne Rothbaum to mount the bid for the Mets, but a fall out over how much control he would
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