عنوان

A-Rod :

(Number (ISBN

0061791644

(Number (ISBN

9780061791642

Number

b762199

Title Proper

A-Rod :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the many lives of Alex Rodriguez /

First Statement of Responsibility

Selena Roberts.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Harper,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :

Other Physical Details

color illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

New York Times best sellers.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255).

Text of Note

"Alex Rodriguez is the highest-paid player in the history of baseball, a once-in-a-generation talent poised to break many of the sport's most hallowed records. In 2007 he became the youngest player, at 32, ever to hit 500 home runs, solidifying his status as the greatest player in the modern game, and months later he signed a contract that would keep him with the Yankees through the end of his career. His reputation changed drastically in February 2009 when Selena Roberts broke the news in Sports Illustrated that A-Rod had used performance-enhancing drugs during his 2003 MVP season with the Texas Rangers. Her report prompted a contrite Rodriguez to admit illegal drug use during his 2001-2003 seasons with the Rangers, who had signed him to the most expensive contract in Major League Baseball history. Although he admitted to three seasons of steroid use, the man teammates call "A-Fraud" was still hiding the truth. In the first definitive biography of Alex Rodriguez, Roberts assembles the strands of a bizarre and extraordinary life: from his boyhood in New York and the Dominican Republic through his near-mythic high school career and fast track to the big leagues, the whole of A-Rod's career mirrors the rise and fall of the steroid generation."--Jacket.

Text of Note

Through exhaustive reporting and interviews, Roberts details A-Rod as a plunge-in-progress, a once-in-a-generation baseball talent tortured by an internal struggle between the polished family man he wants to be and the unabashed hedonist he has become.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

Harpercollins, Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512

Parallel Title

Alex Rodriguez

Parallel Title

Many lives of Alex Rodriguez

Rodriguez, Alex,1975-

Rodriguez, Alex,1975-

Rodriguez, Alex,1975-

Baseball players-- United States, Biography.

Baseball players-- United States-- Biography.

Baseball players.

United States.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Roberts, Selena.

Date of Transaction

20201204214505.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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