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Teammates recall A-Rod’s passion for game
- Updated: August 7, 2016
NEW YORK — Before Mike Trout redefined what it means to be an American League phenom, there was a first overall Draft pick named Alex Rodriguez who won a batting title at 21 years old and hit his 100th home run just a few weeks after his 23rd birthday.
And as one of the few players who faced both in their primes, CC Sabathia feels it’s his duty to remind the world just how good his soon-to-be-former teammate was.
“[Rodriguez] was kind of like any other guy right now, the Mike Trouts and the Miguel Cabreras,” Sabathia said. “There’s really nowhere you could throw the ball that he wasn’t going to hit it hard. You just had to hope he was going to hit it at somebody.”
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