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A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez |  | Author: Selena Roberts
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
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Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 282314
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1ST. EDITION
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061791644
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357092
EAN: 9780061791642
ASIN: 0061791644
Publication Date: May 4, 2009
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THE MANY LIVES OF ALEX RODRIGUEZ
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 81
 Lies. December 24, 2009
Kelly Peters (Vermont)
All this book does is lead Yankee Haters, Alex Rodriguez haters into even more ignorance, this book is the most (for lack of a better word) retarded novel i have ever sat my eyes upon. Saleena Roberts is mentally disabled, kicked out of Alex Rodriguez's apartment, arrested by the police for trespassing in A-Rod's house, making up so much lies about A-Rod using steroids IN HIGH SCHOOL, This book only contributes to people being even more ignorant about Alex Rodriguez and his steroid use, Saleena is the Hilary Clinton of sports. Before you read this book i would recommend you look at the Peter Gammons & Alex Rodriguez interview from ESPN, after you watch that then you can read the other story, but don't read this book, ignore all the Pro-Rodriguez interviews and fans and start bashing Alex Rodriguez.
Eye Opening December 15, 2009
Ryan K. Awong (Las Vegas/Honolulu)
An eye opening account about A-rod. I was not surprised after I read this. I don't know that I would have done anything differently under the pressures that he had.
 Timely and Relevant August 18, 2009
Adam Parker (Australia)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
A timely and relevant book, whose sales figures would have benefited from an even more expansive title incorporating the by-line "PED's in Baseball".
This book is a tour de force of the steroid culture whose ramifications are permeating baseball to this day.
Using the life of Alex Rodriguez as the catalyst, not merely as the central character, the author explores the role of the office of the MLB Commissioner, club management, Scott Boras, the Players Association, BALCO and a netherworld of Dominican pseudo pharmaceutical fitness trainers in cultivating a sports mentality in which the rampant use of steroids is not only widely acknowledged and encouraged but supported by a code of silence in which non-using players, though disgusted, would never rat on a fellow player.
The reader is taken on a journey behind the scenes of the club house, the training yards, the glitz of the celebrity scene and into the homes of the various stars. The story of the anonymous drug testing of 2003 is discussed in full, together with the reaction of the various major parties to establishing a bona fide drug testing program within MLB.
Heavily supported by interview and drawing on numerous other books exploring the baseball drug phenomenon, the author provides a sense of authenticity supporting claims made, in what would otherwise be a clear route towards defamation litigation owing to the text's base grit in detail.
As the names of the "List" of positive testers is slowly leaked in the papers, supported by the findings of the Mitchell Report, this book clearly explains the mentality of those who made themselves vulnerable to the "PED's in baseball" net.
A contemporary book exploring a still unfolding drama.
Readers are recommended to download the audio version of this text too. Read with immense color, its 7 hours provide a wonderful way to hear this story told.
With nil repetition or filler, this book is simply a legitimate contribution to baseball history, written very much in the moment.
Typical July 10, 2009
Mike (Sagamore Hills,Ohio)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book really brings out the truth ...A_ROD is just like all of the pampered jocks.GREED & MONEY. Any one who takes seroids,HGH or any substance should be banned from the record books and all awards taken away. He is just a PUNK! A CHEATER!!!
Definitely worth the read July 9, 2009
Heather Fitzgerald (Orlando, Florida)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
I thought Ms. Roberts did a wonderful job on the book. I read a lot of the reviews and feel that some of the negative views were totally off base. I recommend this book to anyone who wants an objective and in-depth read on A-Rod.
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