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Feb 2017
1h 2m

Kissing The Mirror: The Enigma of A-Rod

Barstool Sports
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Alex Rodriguez. Fascinating. Controversial. Talented. Insecure. Best ever. You can use many adjectives to describe the man who served as the preeminent lightning rod for baseball, America's past time, the past 20 years. As his career comes to a close this Friday, we look back on and try to make sense of the man who changed baseball forever. 
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