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Alex Rodriguez

By Eddie Matz

Friday, April 10, 2009

Two MVP awards, 400 home runs and 1,119 RBIs ago, he was the 22-year-old starting shortstop for the Seattle Mariners, and we were, well, just starting. In March 1998, we put A-Rod—along with Kobe Bryant, Kordell Stewart and Eric Lindros—on the first cover of ESPN The Magazine, to herald both their arrival and ours. Every year since, we've tried to identify the athletes who will change the face of their sports. So as our 10th birthday approaches, we've decided to take an occasional lo ...

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