On Thursday May 7, in the third inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles, Alex Rodriguez hit the 661st home run of his historic career. Number 661 moved him into 4th place on the all-time home runs list, breaking his tie with Willie Mays. The Yankees owe him $6 million for passing Mays on the all-time list, but the team is refusing to pay the bonus because Rodriguez is no longer "marketable." New York also believes that the record is tainted because of his history with PED use. Rodriguez is boo-ed in every ballpark across the country including Yankee Stadium until he began to show fans that he could still produce in the lineup everyday. He was suspended for the entire 2014 season because of his involvement in the Biogenisis scandal. Home run number 661 is considered irrelevant because most people believe he will never be elected to the Hall of Fame. A-Rod's entire career is associated with performance enhancing drugs and he will never be able to win back the support of baseball fans.
No matter how impressive his stats look at the end of his career, Alex Rodriguez does not belong in the Hall of Fame and he should not even be in the game today. The number of suspensions and fines he has received should lead Major League Baseball to ban A-Rod for life. At the time he signed the richest contract in Major League history with the Yankees and he has done nothing but cheat his way into the record books. The majority of baseball fans hate seeing him still involved with the game and he has only been a distraction to the whole Yankees organization. Alex Rodriguez may have moved into fourth place on the all-time home runs list, but it did not change the fact that he should not be elected into the Hall of Fame. Assuming he remains healthy for the remainder of his career, he has a shot at reaching the 700 home run mark, as well as climbing the all-time hits and RBI's lists. Passing Willie Mays has been a much anticipated feat for Rodriguez because Mays was his father's hero growing up and, unlike A-Rod, put up historic numbers without cheating.
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