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It’s almost baseball season and infamous Yankees player Alex Rodriguez has put himself back in the spotlight. The disgraced player was suspended for 211 games, missing all of last season. He is due back to return to the Yankees this season and is still due $61 million.
He released a handwritten apology to baseball fans all around the world today. In the letter, he wrote, “I take full responsibility for the mistakes that led to my suspension for the 2014 season. I regret that my actions made the situation worse than it needed to be. To Major League Baseball, the Yankees, the Steinbrenner family, the Players Association and you, the fans, I can only say I’m sorry.
He thanks fans for accepting him back, but also understands that many will not. “I accept the fact that many of you will not believe my apology or anything that I say at this point. I understand why and that’s on me. It was gracious of the Yankees to offer me the use of Yankee Stadium for this apology but I decided the next time I am in Yankee Stadium, I should be in pinstripes doing my job,” he wrote.
Rodriguez’s alleged supplier and former owner of the Biogenesis clinic Tony Bosch was sentenced to four years in prison today. Bosch poses as a trained doctor and would inject performance-enhancing drugs into many MLB players, including Rodriguez and Brewers slugge Ryan Braun.
