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I just wanted to clear up a few things before I begin. If a date is 1 Jan #### then the 1 and Jan don't mean that the event occured Jan 1st. It just means that I could not find the spot on date. The year though is always correct. Thanks,
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Today, Alex Emmanuel Rodriguez was born in New York City.
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The Rodriguez family moves to the Dominican Republic. Thid is where Alex first learns to play baseball.
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The Rodriguez Family to Miami, Florida.
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Alex's dad divorces Lourdes and abandons the Rodriguez Family. Alex was only 9 years old!
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While Alex was a high-school junior, he lead his school, Westminster Christian School, to the number-one ranking in two national polls of highschool baseball teams.
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The Seattle Mariners make Alex, a seventeen year old, the number one in baseball's amateur free agent draft.
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Alex signs with the Mariners.
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At eighteen years old Alex becomes the youngest player in history to make his MLB debut.
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Alex hit a home run to become the third player in MLB history to hit forty home runs and steal forty bases in one season.
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Alex signs with the Texas Rangers for $252 million for a 10 year contract. He becomes the highest paid athlete in U.S. sports history.
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Alex becomes the first shortstop to hit 50 home runs in a season.
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Alex becomes the second youngest player to hit 250 home runs in their career.
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Alex marries Cynthia Scurtis.
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Alex is traded to the New York Yankees.
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Alex's daugther, Natasha Alexander Rodriguez, is born.
