Eight years after his turbulent tenure with the Yankees ended, Alex Rodriguez heard cheers in his first appearance at Old-Timers’ Day on Saturday and was in awe of Aaron Judge. A year after captain Derek Jeter debuted at the event, Rodriguez was introduced as part of a ceremony honoring the 2009 Yankees, who won the team’s most recent championship.
NEW YORK — Eight years after his turbulent tenure with the Yankees ended, Alex Rodriguez heard cheers in his first appearance at Old-Timers’ Day on Saturday and was in awe of Aaron Judge .
Rodriguez played his last game on Aug. 12, 2016, and was cut the following day as the Yankees promoted Judge. Judge homered in his first at-bat and is on the verge of becoming the fourth player with three 50-home run seasons and the first to achieve the feat in three of his first nine seasons. Rodriguez finished with 696 homers, fourth on the career list behind Barry Bonds , Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth and fell from 35.7% to 34.8 in the most recent voting for the Hall of Fame.
“I’m a year away from 50 and you understand the magnitude and the gravity of winning, how difficult it is and do with it with such great guys with such high character, with a great manager and unbelievable, underrated coaching staff, it takes a village to win a championship and I cherish it,” Rodriguez. said. “I only have one and I’m just glad I was part of being part of that team.”
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