Who Should Fans Hate More, Alex Rodriguez or Ryan Braun?
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From the moment The Miami New Times broke the Biogenesis story, the tenor around Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, two former league MVPs and future Hall of Fame members if not for involvement with performance-enhancing drugs, shifted swiftly and quickly.
While A-Rod had already admitted to PED use and Braun had won an appeal to overturn a suspension, neither were in the day-to-day ire of baseball’s fanbase. As the calender gets set to flip to fall and another chapter of Major League Baseball’s history is completed, the narratives have changed.
Rodriguez has turned heel, to steal a professional wrestling term. He’s hated, knows it and has finally embraced it. From the team of lawyers to the brazen and brash full appeal of a 211-game suspension to the war within the New York Yankees front office, Rodriguez is going out his way. No longer is the kid from Miami with the golden swing and million-watt smile trying to make everyone like him. He’s now a villain, hitting the ball with authority and helping the Yankees make a run at the postseason.
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