ST. PETERSBURG — I’m about to say something I never thought I’d hear.
Alex Rodriguez has done himself proud.
He has done the New York Yankees proud.
There. I said it. Now you can tear me apart, tell me I’ve been played by a master of deception. Or you can just go back to booing Rodriguez, as Rays fans did Monday at Tropicana Field.
But after the lying and cheating, after the season-long doping suspension, after the apologizing and contrition, and 17 months without playing baseball, Rodriguez has risen from the very grave he dug.