A-Rod and the Yankees: Reunited and it feels … oh, whatever

It was less than 3 weeks ago when Alex Rodriguez decided that the middle of World Series Game 4 was the opportune moment to announce he was ditching the Yankees through a clause in his contract. At the day, Howard Stern sidekick (and lifelong Yankees fanatic) Artie Lange quipped: “Don’t let the free-agency door hit you on the way out” (I’m paraphrasing to keep it clean, folks).

In the wake of that stunt, our own Georges Yared referred to A-Rod as a “crybaby extraordinaire” and a “selfish, self-centered you-know-what.” Georges plus famous that, “The attempt to upstage the Red Sox and Rockies should not be forgiven nor forgotten by the baseball brethren.” Indeed, it was a classless move, one likely perpetrated by A-Rod’s agent, but certainly given

the green light by the third baseman himself.

And yet, here it is mid-November, and hijo pródigo A-Rod and the Yanks are back at the table. It’s all sorts of amusing, really. that wee hours, it hit newswires that negotiations mediated by Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) officials have resulted in a new contract for the clutch player who isn’t. Reportedly, A-Rod wanted to restart negotiations with the team, but chose to use a third party (Goldman representatives) instead of his agent, Scott Boras.

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Original post by Beth Gaston Moon

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