A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez By Selena Roberts

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“Diligent, detailed, and overpowering. This is not a book of conjecture: It’s one of bootstrap journalism.” —New York magazine The New York Times calls sports journalist Selena Roberts’s blistering biography, A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, “Important…devastating…merciless.” A columnist for Sports Illustrated, Roberts pulls no punches in her tough and brilliant New York Times bestseller, an exploration of the multi-million-dollar Yankees slugger’s checkered life and career. A-Rod is an eye-opening, unputdownable look at one of the greatest—and most flawed—players in today’s game.

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Let me first state that I don't have any preconceived opinion on A-Rod. He's a great baseball player for a team that I'm not a fan of. It seems many are writing negative reviews simply because they are Yankee fans and don't want to see their star player trashed in a book. I write this as an impartial fan of baseball.The biography aspect of the book was interesting. Alex had a rough life early on and struggled through poverty and having a Father who abandoned him at a vulnerable age. Many of the people he encountered helped shape him and make him into the ballplayer we see today. To me, it's always interesting to see how a superstar athlete like A-Rod was shaped.Unfortunately, the book doesn't tackle enough of that. And when it does, it quickly uses it to point out flaws in his character. There are a lot of assumptions Roberts makes in the book as well. She tries to tie aspects of his childhood to his personality today. His Father's abandonment to his desire to be accepted. His growth spurts in high school to steroids. Anonymous sources that state he tipped pitches to opponenets. Many of these assumptions are not sourced well (if at all) and come from people who may or may not have known A-Rod well. It comes across like an amateur psychologist and not an in-depth expose.Which brings me to the biggest problem I have with the book. It reads like something written by a bitter ex-girlfriend and not an impartial, investigative reporter. While we all have character flaws, Roberts drives home every one of Alex's in excruciating detail. Even things that Alex has done in his life that would appear positive (charities for instance) are bashed as self-serving interests. By reading this book, it would appear that Alex Rodriguez could do nothing right in the mind of Selena Roberts.Now I know her journalistic integrity has been brought into question following the Duke Lacrosse case. I will give her credit though for being the reporter who broke the steroid story on A-Rod. She has clearly done her research and contacted countless people who have come in contact with Rodriguez in his life. I do believe that some of the facts presented are probably true. But I also believe that some of the stories in the book were fabricated by sources with an axe to grind with Rodriguez.It's an easy read and I guess something you may want to check out if A-Rod is a figure you are interested in. You'll gain some information about the guy, but probably won't change your opinion one way or the other. It comes across as an amateurish attempt to write a book like Game of Shadows. Despite her thorough reporting at times, Roberts seems more interested in turning the reader against A-Rod then allowing us to form an opinion on our own.Overall, it's more tabloid than investigative journalism in my mind. That's not a defense of A-Rod, but a knock on the constant use of anonymous sources and stupid assumptions (for instance the Rangers ERA being higher because A-Rod was tipping pitches). If you're into that stuff, you'll like it. If you're looking for something more journalistic, wait till one of the more respected sports writers puts together a book chronicling his life.

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