“I Was Grossly Underpaid” New York Yankees Legend Alex Rodriguez Once Recalled Being Underpaid With Seattle Mariners

Success takes a lot of hard work when you are starting because you have to prove your worth. The Yankees legend, Alex Rodriguez, certainly did put his fair share of his hard work into becoming what he is today. He is known as a legend because he proved himself.

Rodriguez has made his life this way because of the hard work that he did then.

Alex Rodriguez was ridiculed for being underpaid

Having played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for Seattle Mariners, then Texas Rangers, and finally for the New York Yankees, the player, and his manager, Scott Boras has been ridiculed for many things.

When he was playing for Mariners, the news came out of Scott was a bad manager to Alex and that he was grossly underpaid.

To which A-Rod replied, “I was ridiculed for four years about my contract in Seattle, people telling me that I was grossly underpaid, that Scott’s a bad agent. Now I’m grossly overpaid, and he’s too greedy. Everything I’ve ever wanted, I already have. I’m already spoiled beyond anything. I feel like my life is a dream.”

Adding to this, he has said, “My talent, what the man upstairs blessed me with, hiring Scott—the result was my contract. But my work and my love for the game come way before that. People are going to make up their own minds. I only worry about the people I love and the people who love me.”

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Dreams are achieved by working for them, not by sitting idle and letting things go the way they’re going. He saw dreams of doing things, buying things, and achieving success, and he got it all because he worked hard for it.

Life at the beginning was hard for the legend

Life has its way of teaching things. Childhood is the phase that can teach a lot to a kid. This is what has happened with Alex. Talking about all this made his voice high-pitched, and anyone listening to it will feel bad.

His father had deserted the family when he was just ten years old. His mother had to work two jobs to make sure her kids wore nice clothes and went to nice schools. 

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The legend has made a name for himself. He wished for things, worked hard for them, and got them. When he got out of high school, he saw a dream of buying Cherokee and his own house. He got it all. He did it.

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