# Do you know anyone who says their favorite player is Alex Rodriguez?

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**Created:** [May 10, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-says-their-favorite-player-is-alex-rodriguez/621445 "2012-05-10T00:19:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-says-their-favorite-player-is-alex-rodriguez/621445/21 "2012-05-13T21:01:11Z")

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Back in the late 90’s, ARod was probably one of my favorites, though Edgar Martinez always took the top spot. I liked how Alex seemed to really work on shoring up his defense, from one of the worst defensive shortstops in the league to above average.

But starting with the whole Rangers thing, he just started exuding more and more douche vibes. Not sure if they accurately reflect his true character, but I can’t root for his excellence in the way I can root for Pujols’.

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**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-says-their-favorite-player-is-alex-rodriguez/621445/22 "2012-06-10T18:15:10Z")

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I’m not really into baseball, but I Googled “Alex Rodriguez fan club” and got a bunch of hits, so yeah, I guess there are people who like him and publicly admit it. FWIW…

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