Good Night, Sweet Prince
Alex Rodriguez needs to take some of the $25 million he makes each year and buy some sense.
The AL MVP initially said he would be playing in the inaugural World Baseball Classic this coming March. Then, according to news reports, A-Rod was agonizing over whether to play for the United States team or for the team from the Dominican Republic, where his parents were born. "When faced with the decision to choose between my country, the United States of America, and my Dominican heritage, I decided I will not dishonor either," Rodriguez was quoted as saying in the New York Post.
What?? By playing for Team USA, A-Rod, who was born in New York City and grew up in the Miami area, will "dishonor" his heritage?? This no doubt comes as news to thousands of descendants of immigrants who have been members of U.S. Olympic teams, including those whose ancestors were not even given the choice of coming here. He's a U.S. citizen, for God's sake. This is a tough call?
As the linked article suggests, once the MLB and union officials talk to A-Rod, he probably will change his mind again. Maybe he should play for Denmark's team.
The AL MVP initially said he would be playing in the inaugural World Baseball Classic this coming March. Then, according to news reports, A-Rod was agonizing over whether to play for the United States team or for the team from the Dominican Republic, where his parents were born. "When faced with the decision to choose between my country, the United States of America, and my Dominican heritage, I decided I will not dishonor either," Rodriguez was quoted as saying in the New York Post.
What?? By playing for Team USA, A-Rod, who was born in New York City and grew up in the Miami area, will "dishonor" his heritage?? This no doubt comes as news to thousands of descendants of immigrants who have been members of U.S. Olympic teams, including those whose ancestors were not even given the choice of coming here. He's a U.S. citizen, for God's sake. This is a tough call?
As the linked article suggests, once the MLB and union officials talk to A-Rod, he probably will change his mind again. Maybe he should play for Denmark's team.
posted by FCB at 8:41 PM
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