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NEW YORK "I'm here to end your pain," is what I say to Alex Rodriguez on Saturday morning, a few hours before he made history at the Stadium. With his home run drought at 28 at-bats, and career home run No. 500 feeling as if it were a million miles away, I tell A-Rod "today is the day."
It was worth a shot, playing prophet. But what did I know? For the past 10 days, the Yankees' all-world slugger looked helpless at the plate, even as the Bombers were conducting run-scoring orgies on a daily basis.See the full content of this document
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Calling the Shot On Alex's Day
A-Rod admitted, "I've been pressing." It would soon change first inning, first pitch, first swing off Kyle Davies, the centerpiece of the Yankees' 16-8 rout of the Royals - but standing at his locker, waiting to become the 2...
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