Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (A.K.A A-Rod) is an American professional baseball player with an estimated net worth of $300 million. He was born on July 27th 1975 in New York, New York. He currently plays third base for the New York Yankees but has previously played shortstop for the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners. His parents Victor and Lourdes are natives of the Dominic Republic. As a boy Victor was a good baseball player and as his life went on he continued to be a fan of the game. At a very young age Victor gave Alex a plastic bat and rubber ball. Little A-Rod would practice his hit every chance he got. Both Victor and Lourdes wanted young Alex and his siblings to experience their home of the Dominic Republic. They moved there and lived decently until the Country’s economic status could hold them no longer. They moved back to America where they landed in Miami, Florida. Alex enrolled in school without knowing any English. It was a very difficult move for him and the one thing that truly kept him going was baseball. He would play with friends every day until he became a part of a youth league baseball team. One day his father left to New York to look for work and never returned. His mother was left to raise and support the family.

Baseball soon becomes Alex’s whole life. He joined the Boys and Girls club team where he led his team to a National title. He continued to play ball for Westminster Christian which was a private school. The school was known for having one of Florida’s top baseball programs. By the end of his time there he had many scouts following him around. He was picked up by Mariners and reported to spring training in February of 1994. He made his starting debut as shortstop on July 8th 1984. This made him the third 18 year old shortstop since 1900. Sadly, the season was cut short by the 1994 baseball league strike. While with the Mariners he broke many records and became the star player but left them in 2000 and signed on with the Texas Rangers. His deal with them was the kind dreams are made off which was a ten year deal worth $252 million. Rodriguez played for the rangers from 2001-2003. During this time he set many personal records yet the Rangers still finished last AL western division. With all that being said A-Rod still managed to become MVP while still playing on the last place team in the AL western division. Because of this and Rodriguez’s expensive contract the Rangers chose to trade him. He ended up where his life began playing for the Yankees. He has played with the Yankees ever since and has been award the MVP award twice while there. In 2009 he and the Yankees won the World Series.