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EARNING MY STRIPES

By Alex Rodriguez (with Dan Le Batard)

Friday, February 15, 2008

You know when the whole thing finally sank in? When all the blurring stopped, life slowed down and I realized this crazy dream was real? It wasn't when I put on those pinstripes for the first time. It wasn't at the press conference announcing I was a Yankee. It wasn't even when I took the field closer to third base than I ever thought Id be, giving up the only position I've ever wanted to play. It was after I grounded out to short in my first at-bat as a Yankee this spring. I jogged back to ...

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