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A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez

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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 … see full wiki

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Author: Selena Roberts

Genre: Biography

Publisher: HarperCollins

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AROD Book Review

Jun 14, 2009

by Cambius

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This is Selena Roberts' breakthrough book on the enigma/mystery/adulterous baseball player that is Alex Rodriguez. To be frank, the book was similar to Juiced by Jose Canseco in that the read was very easy. In Roberts' case, the arguments she makes are very flimsy and her statements become repetitive from chapter to chapter (citing the same quote/source/moment page after page).

Additionally, this book is filled with an overwhelming bias, implying to me that 1. The book was pushed out just to be topical when the huge Sports Illustrated story about AROD broke 2. Roberts is personally appalled by AROD's behavior. First, the book almost exclusively quotes and references Roberts' employer SI, hyping the publication unnecessarily in some spots. Second, if this book was written on the basis that AROD's behavior is appalling...don't be so shocked. It has been WELL documented by many sports authors before you about the tabloid lifestyle of top echelon baseball players...big whoop.

As for the positives of this book--Selena Roberts does delve into AROD's chldhood, high school career and negotiation as being the number 1 pick of the Seattle Mariners in 1993, which was interesting.

In sum, if you are interested in learning all about the character and persona that is AROD, by all means, pick this book up--but don't embrace it as a factual tell-all too quickly.

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