Alex Rodriguez Sets Record With Latest 100-RBI Season
by FanHouse Staff
A day after coming off the disabled list, Alex Rodriguez made some more history Monday.
With a solo homer in the fourth inning off Brian Matusz and a sacrifice fly in the sixth, Rodriguez reached 100 RBI this season. It's the 13th consecutive year he's reached the century mark and the 14th time overall -- a major league record.
Rodriguez had been tied with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx, three Hall of Famers who posted 13 seasons of at least 100 RBI during their careers.
Rodriguez' homer was his 22nd of the season, but he'll have to go on quite a run to reach 30 homers for the 13th consecutive year and 14th overall.
by Ed Price
NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez on Friday confirmed his split with agent Scott Boras.
"Scott and I had a good run," Rodriguez said before the Yankees faced the Blue Jays. "Nothing drastic happened. ... Some of the things I needed 20 years ago I really don't need now."
Multiple outlets this week reported that Rodriguez had fired Boras, who had negotiated A-Rod's two record contracts.
But with Rodriguez presumably on his last deal -- he will be 42 when the current one expires after the 2017 season -- he may not need a true baseball agent ever again. And Boras will still collect the commission on this contract, which is worth at least $275 million. 
by Pat Lackey
Alex Rodriguez is no longer be represented by super-agent Scott Boras, the USA Today reported Thursday morning. NBC Sports followed up that report by saying that A-Rod "definitely fired" Boras about a month ago. Both stories say that he's now being represented by Pittsburgh-based attorney Jay Reisinger, who's well known for representing Sammy Sosa and Andy Pettitte when they testified about steroid use before Congress.
It's worth noting that Rodriguez is under contract through 2017, and since he'll be 41 in 2017, it's pretty unlikely that he'll be doing much more contract negotiating in his career. Since Boras was his agent when he signed his mammoth 10-year, $275 million extension back in late-2007, he's still due all the commission for his current deal. 
by FanHouse TVIn this week's installment of Three Up, FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips takes a look at three teams who are leading their respective divisions and explains why they will stay in that position for the rest of the season. 
NEW YORK -- The most famous Yankee is Derek Jeter.
The most productive one is Robinson Cano.
The most reliable one is Mariano Rivera.
The most written-about one is Alex Rodriguez.
But the most important Yankee, to this team this year, is CC Sabathia.
"He's our No. 1," catcher Jorge Posada said Thursday after Sabathia dominated a putrid Oakland lineup to become the majors' first 19-game winner. "We follow him."