1. Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez
“A-Rod”
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez

2. Who is he, and what is he known for?
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez, more commonly known as “A-Rod”, is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the New York Yankees. He is well known for many things, including becoming the youngest player to hit 500 career homeruns and his brush with using performance-enhancing drugs here in the past 10 years.

3. Where and when was he born?
A-rod was born in New York City, New York. He was born on July 27, and is currently 40 years of age. The name he was born with is Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez.

4. What is his Hispanic descent?
Both of A-Rod’s parents, Victor Rodriguez and Lourdes Navarre, are Dominican. Statistics show that 73% of Dominicans are multiracial, and that A-Rod appears as having a mixed heritage. He could possibly have African, European, or Native Taino heritage.

5. Where does he currently reside?
As of February 2011, A-Rod has been living in a 5 bedroom condo at The Rushmore. It is located in western Manhattan and overlooks the Hudson River. The price it is worth is between $5.5 million and $6 million dollars.

6. Famous people A-Rod has worked for/with
A-Rod has recently been working out in the off season with famous Major League baseball player, Barry Bonds. When he was first signed with the Yankees, he was moved from shortstop to third base due to Derek Jeter already playing there. Jeter is another very popular and successful professional baseball player. He has also played with Raul Ibanez, Eric Chavez, and many more Major League players.

7. A-Rod’s Family
A-Rod grew up with two half siblings, Joe Rodriguez and Suzy Rodriguez. Their parents, as already mention, are Victor Rodriguez and Lourdes Navarre. He married Cynthia Scurtis in 2002, after meeting her at a gym in Miami. Together they had two children, Natasha Alexander and Ella Alexander Rodriguez. They later divorced in 2008 due to his “emotional abandonment” of her and their children. Many rumors of him having sex with women through Davis’ call-girl agency. Since then he has dated actresses Kate Hudson and Cameron Diaz. He and WWE Diva Torrie Wilson split in February 2015.

9. What is he best known for?
A-Rod is ultimately best known for being an extremely talented baseball player. He was the youngest MLB player to reach 500 career homeruns and has won numerous awards as well as played in fourteen All Star games. He is also well known for his usage of performance-enhancing drugs. Testing positive for methenolone, he finally admitted to taking the steroid after a slight injury in The drug known on the street as “boli”, is an unidentified over- the-counter drug in the Dominican Republic. He has since apologized an claims that all of his years playing in New York have been clean. On August 5, 2013, Bud Selig announced that A-Rod would be suspended for 211 games without pay. It would bench him for the 2013 and 2014 season. He filed lawsuits and was finally able to play again in October 2014 and has been playing since then.

11. Awards/Special Recognition
A-rod has currently been an American League All Star player 14 times. Also he and the Yankees won the World Series. He has won the American League MVP three times. He has won two Gold Glove awards as well as ten Silver Slugger Awards. Four times he has won the Hank Aaron award. He has been American League home run leader five times. In 2002 and 2007 he was the MLB RBI leader and was the MLB Batting Champion in He is also apart of the 500 Home Run Club and the 3,000 Hit Club.

12. Activism/Public Service Participation
A-Rod has supported the Keep a Child Alive, Raising Malawi, UNICEF, and the Soles4Souls foundation. He has also supported ten causes, including adoption, fostering, orphans, HIV and AIDS, children, disaster relief, family/parent support, health, human rights, poverty, refugees, slavery and human trafficking. In 2003 he gave $3.9 million to the University of Miami to renovate it’s baseball stadium.

13. A-rod’s Hobbies
Some of his favorite hobbies include golfing, boating, reading, and computer games. His favorite cigar is Dunhill and his favorite designer is Armani.

14. Lesser Known Achievements
A-Rod has also set many MLB records. He has hit the most home runs out of all players from a Hispanic descent. He also has the most career grand slams and runs in a single season. He tied with Willy Mays for most stolen bases in a 50-home run season in the 2007 season.

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