Mostly known for his controversies in his professional career and personal life, Alex Rodriguez was one of the most passionate players to grace the ballparks. With a career that spanned over two decades, A-Rod ruled an era in MLB.

Although A-Rod’s name got involved in several controversies or brawls in the ballparks, the Yankees legend always respected and loved the game. Very few people know that the former Yankees slugger had a post-game ritual to celebrate the victories.

The Yankees legend was a serial hitter and he single-handedly won games for his teams on many occasions. However, he also had a unique habit to celebrate whenever one of his teammates won the game in crunch situations.

Alex Rodriguez loved to collect his teammates’ helmets who would hit a walk-off home run

Per USA Today, Alex Rodriguez had a unique habit of collecting helmets of those teammates who would hit a walk-off home run to help the team win. Whenever A-Rod’s teammate would hit a walk-off home run; instead of celebrating with teammates, his priority was to collect the helmet.

And he did it all the time while playing for the Pinstripes.

“Rodriguez seems to really, really love collecting guys’ helmets after they hit walk-off homers. He will stop at nothing to get the helmet. He does it nearly every time. It’s incredible. It’s extremely weird and surprisingly endearing,” the USA Today report said.

The media have always projected Alex Rodriguez as the bad guy in Major League Baseball. However, he was just a passionate baseball player who would do anything to win the game for his team.

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Ever since Alex Rodriguez signed for the Yankees, he brought whole new energy to the Bronx. Had it not been for a few of his controversial incidents, A-Rod would have been in the same company as Derek Jeter, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, and other Yankees greats.

Like it or not, A-Rod will go down as the best entertainer in baseball.

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