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Alex Rodriguez has reportedly agreed to a deal with
ESPN to become a commentator for their flagship MLB program,
"Sunday Night Baseball."
Rodriguez will continue to work as an analyst for Fox
Sports during the MLB playoffs.
The move is the latest in the incredible reformation of
A-Rod's image.
We are only three years removed from when Rodriguez was
one of the biggest pariahs in the history of the
sport.
Alex Rodriguez appears to be all the way back in the good graces
of the baseball world.
Rodriguez has agreed to a deal with ESPN that would make him
possibly the biggest voice of the sport as a commentator on the
network's flagship baseball broadcast, "Sunday Night Baseball."
Michael McCarthy of the Sporting
News first reported the agreement.
The deal will also allow Rodriguez to continue his work with Fox
Sports as a baseball analyst during their postseason coverage of
Major League Baseball.
Most who have seen Rodriguez's work as a baseball analyst have
been highly complimentary of his abilities in front of the
camera, so, on talent alone, the move is not a surprise. What is
surprising is just how quickly A-Rod's return to the top of the
baseball world has been.
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Just five years ago, then MLB Commissioner Bud Selig
was reportedly contemplating a lifetime ban for A-Rod over
his links to steroids and the Biogenesis scandal.
Rodriguez was given a three-day window to accept a suspension or
be barred for life.
He was later suspended 211 games and was said to be spending "hundreds
of thousands of dollars a month" fighting MLB.
The suspension was later reduced to the entirety of the 2014
season by an arbitrator, but A-Rod vowed to fight the suspension in
court.
Just three years ago, Rodriguez returned to baseball as a player
with diminished abilities, a tarnished past as the new face of
steroids, and a contract that was still too big for the New York
Yankees to just throw away. He was MLB's persona non grata.
But when Rodriguez did return, he appeared to be humbled and less
combative. He eventually retired near the end of the 2016 season
and walked away gracefully. He also started up a highly publicized relationship
with Jennifer Lopez and surprised a lot of people with his
likability and charm as an analyst on Fox.
Now he is back on top.
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