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We have all seen the reports on Selena Roberts’ “The Many Lives of A-Rod” in which she goes to great lengths to probe into not only Alex Rodriguez’ life as a baseball player but the formative years that made him the man that he is today. Roberts’ portrayal is the result of unmatched investigative journalism, uncovering tales of steroids in high school, his tipping habits at the local Hooter’s franchise, and the infamous “Bitch Tits” moniker bestowed upon him by his Yankee teammates.
One might ask, if Selena Roberts is such an incredible investigative journalist, why did she stop there? Why did she spare him the embarrassing details of his youth?
The answer? She didn’t!!!!
What you are about to read are the lost pages of Selena Roberts’ recent journalistic masterpiece in which she chronicles the details of a childhood that only she could uncover. Ms. Roberts traveled far and wide, speaking to numerous unnamed pre-school classmates and unconfirmed neighbors of Alex Rodriguez and the Rodriguez family. This excerpt ends as Alex ends his two years at the Kendall Academy and heads to the very high school where Roberts was able to uncover an unsubstantiated claim of high school steroid use.
According to unnamed sources with whom Alex Rodriguez attended pre-school, Alex's insecurities were very evident at a very early age. According to these classmates who choose to remain anonymous, Alex benefited greatly on the playground from the family business.
The Rodriguez family owned a shoe store in Washington Heights, which was run by his father. According to unnamed toddler sources, Alex was looking for an edge on the playground even at the age of four. Persistent rumors throughout the neighborhood revealed that Alex persuaded his father into inserting steel toes into his Converse All Stars, a move that gave him a decided edge in the recess kickball games.
"The impact he has exhibited kicking the ball as a child are consistent with the "steel toe" theories running rampant on playgrounds throughout the country."
Based on the sudden improvement in Rodriguez' kick distance, and "in conjunction with the reporting that that was conducted with his pre-school teammates, it would make it irrefutable, not a "may have," that "Rodriguez placed steel into the toe of his Converse All Star."
The “steel toe” suspicions were abuzz throughout the neighborhood causing severe stress on the Rodriguez' family. Although it never seemed to amount to anything worth reporting to the school, the family was feeling the pressures of the cover-up.
The general consensus among other pre-schoolers and their parents was to just shrug it off as “Alex being Alex.”
The family, however, could not shrug it off. At an early age and possibly due to the playground suspicions surrounding Alex, Victor and Lourdes moved the Rodriguez' family to the Dominican Republic.
The chicanery did not end in Washington Heights for Alex. While they did not know it at the time, the move to the Dominican was a move that was likely a precursor to his steroid use later in life.
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