Does the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez have a last act?

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TORONTO — Alex Rodriguez already won his comeback tour. After breaking the PED rules and acting dishonorably in his fight to skirt any judgments, Rodriguez returned after his season-long timeout last year perceived as a pariah. You know the rest.

A-Rod hit so much and acted so contrite that he ended up the face of the World Series’ TV pregame show. All was basically forgiven. If his baseball life ever followed a tidy script, he would have rode off into retirement.

But A-Rod’s career is defined by a bunch of things, one of which is money, a lot of money. So, of course, he had two more years and $42 million to collect.

Alex Rodriguez’s view of the Yankees’ past two games has come from the dugout after being benched by manager Joe Girardi. Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP

The New York Yankees entered this season over reliant on him, which was ripe for issues. Since he only DHs and has hit .180 over his past 75 games, he should be, at most, a four- or five-day a week player.

The past two nights he has been benched and manager Joe Girardi was taking a wait-and-see approach about starting Rodriguez on Wednesday, leaving us to wonder:

Does Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez have a last act?

His manager, for one, seemed a bit unsure.

“If I don’t play him, then everyone thinks he is done and I don’t necessarily think that,” Girardi said. “I still think that he can still be productive for us.”

So, to borrow a little political jargon, he will vote for A-Rod, but he won’t endorse him.

Girardi …

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