I’ve always had trouble sympathizing with cheaters. If someone broke the rules, it only seemed right that instant karma would catch up with them and they'd have to pay the price.
Alex Rodriguez has paid his price and is having an impressive first week back.
The guy who lost his few remaining fans in 2013 after being caught in violation of baseball’s performance enhancing drugs policy (and then went way too far to cover his tracks and avoid suspension), is back after his year-long banishment and is quietly shocking the baseball world. The former three-time MVP is currently leading the Yankees in hitting with a .300 average and is number one in RBIs with six, while sporting a .417 on-base percentage and .550 slugging percentage through the team’s first six games.
Not too bad for an old guy who hadn’t played in the majors in more than a year.
In fact, the soon-to-be 40-year-old is the lone bright spot in an otherwise struggling Yankees lineup.
Sure, he’s not playing the field regularly anymore (a wise move by the Yanks), but given how much Beltran (.167 average), Teixeira (.222), Headley (.222), Drew (.150), and Gregorius (.158) have struggled at the plate, he’s been a star. Even his off-the-field behavior has been controversy-free—so far.
