Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez on What Makes Baseball a Beautiful Game: ‘We Don’t Have Michael Jordan and LeBron James, But…’

Published 05/29/2022, 9:45 AM EDT

Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez is one of the best ambassadors of Major League Baseball. In a time when the NBA and NFL have taken over MLB, the New York Yankees legend still prioritize baseball as his first love.

Although his professional and personal lives have been full of controversies, no one can deny the fact that Alex Rodriguez has been the biggest face of the game for over 20-25 years. Over the past two-three decades, there has been a massive decline in the popularity of MLB games.

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The reason for this? The younger generation does not have enough time to watch a 3-4 hours long game. Instead, they prefer to watch fast-paced games such as NBA and NFL, such games do not take as much time as MLB games. However, A-Rod still thinks that there is no sport better than baseball.

Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez and his affair with baseball

Having played for over 20 years, who better than Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez to tell more about baseball? Ever since he retired, MLB is yet to find a player with such a huge fan base with global popularity. One may have their opinion about his controversies, but it is also true that MLB benefitted the most from his popularity.

In the NBA, when Michael Jordan retired, they got LeBron James, while MLB is yet to fill the void left by A-Rod. However, the Yankees legend still believes that there is nothing better than playing baseball.

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Talking about the same, A-Rod reflected his opinion on why baseball will always be superior.

“We don’t have Michael Jordan and LeBron James. But we do have our version of that. We are not spiking balls in like the NFL and all. But there is nothing like walking into a ballpark into a Major League Baseball park and seeing the green grass… There is a cadence and a romance to baseball that I think a second to none,” A-Rod said in an old interview.

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The decline of MLB is completely visible. While in the same period, the NBA and NFL have gained immense growth.

What do you think are the reasons behind the sudden decline in baseball games?

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Abhishek Kumar is an MLB author at EssentiallySports. After completing his Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, Abhishek has been working in the media industry since two years. Before joining EssentiallySports, he previously worked at APN News as a sub-editor, where he has written articles on sports and politics.

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Vibhanshu Kumar

Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez on What Makes Baseball a Beautiful Game: ‘We Don’t Have Michael Jordan and LeBron James, But…’

Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez and his affair with baseball

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