Former Major League Baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez opened up regarding an extremely painful childhood trauma that continues to stay with him. Despite the fame and fortune associated with a famous athlete’s life, indelible childhood events remain.
You can bolt around the bases, but you cannot outrun your past. Money can neither buy happiness nor situational trauma. Rodriguez told a gripping story that enlightened fans about his frame of mind.
Alex Rodriguez Uses Childhood Ordeal to Fulfill Lifetime Fatherhood Mission
For 22 seasons, Rodriguez played at an elite level too good to ignore. Furthermore, his personality divided fans, media, and contemporaries alike; there was no in-between. Either you loved his swagger or were annoyed by his perceived arrogance. Despite the millions of dollars made and accolades won, Rodriguez holds an ignominious place in recent baseball history.
Not only did he test positive for performance-enhancing drugs, but it also appeared as though the usage occurred over several seasons. In the court of public opinion, that landed him on the guilty/discard list, a place that houses those who dared break baseball’s moral code. However, recently, the 14-time All-Star allowed a look behind the curtain. While sitting down with MLB insider Hector Gomez, Rodriguez discussed his childhood.
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“I remember my dad telling me, I’m leaving, but I’ll be back. I was a 10-year-old boy, and I always stared out my bedroom window waiting for my dad, and he never came back. That left a huge hole in my life. That’s why I promised God that if He gave me the blessing of being a father, I would be the best father in the world so I wouldn’t be a failure like my father was to me.”
Rodriguez opened this painful chapter in his life partly to fill in the blanks of his background and to introduce himself to a new audience. Recently, he and billionaire businessman Marc Lore purchased the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx from Glen Taylor for $1.5 billion.
While many basketball fans know him from baseball, Rodriguez’s sit-downs and glimpses into his character will help the Minnesota fanbase get on the same page as the new face of the franchise.
Meanwhile, on a personal note, the 10-time Silver Slugger Award winner spoke his truth as a way of connecting with others who share similar situations. Rodriguez’s two daughters, ages 21 and 17, probably already know about how their father grew as a pledge to them to fill a role that their grandfather couldn’t.