Alex Rodriguez‘s life is one that has risen from the ashes. As a child, he faced many hardships, with his father abandoning him and his mother, who from thereon had to work tirelessly to ensure that he and his siblings lived a good life. A-Rod has always revered his mother and has credited her as the reason behind his success. However, despite his mother’s support and love, the slugger was haunted by the void left by his father’s departure, and for quite a few years after that, he harbored a deep resentment toward him.

Yet, during the very beginning of the 2000s, the former Yankee sought to repair the fractured relationship with his dad. A-Rod’s perspective changed because of his ex-wife, Cynthia Scurtis. She had been the guiding light on his path to reconciliation with his father.

Alex Rodriguez’s ex-wife Cynthia was the bridge between him and his father 

The road to reconciliation with his father was a difficult one for Alex Rodriguez, but Cynthia had been alongside him as he slowly made his way there. As a child of divorce, A-Rod struggled to come to terms with his father’s exit and the fractures it caused in his family. 

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However, with his former wife’s support, he found the strength to confront his past and begin his journey toward forgiveness. Despite numerous attempts by his father to reach out over the years, it wasn’t until A-Rod looked through a new perspective that he was able to move forward. He realized that the nature of divorce is not just black and white. 

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In an encounter at a 1994 baseball game, A-Rod’s father made an appearance, but the then-young A-Rod wasn’t ready to reconcile. It would take another seven years and the encouragement of Cynthia to finally bring together the father and son. On Father’s Day in 2000. Alex and his father reunited. 

The moment of reconciliation

The love and forgiveness had been long overdue. The reunion for sure was an emotional one, and in a way to show his father that he had forgiven him, Alex Rodriguez, in a game that day hit not one but two home runs. He pointed to his father in the stands after each home run and it was clear that the journey towards healing had begun for A-Rod at that moment.

In the years that followed, the relationship between the two continued to grow. And while the wounds of the past may have taken some time to heal, A-Rod finally had his father alongside him.

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