BOSTON — Hours before he matched Willie Mays’s career home run total with a laser into the seats above the Green Monster on Friday, Alex Rodriguez tried to distinguish himself from the Hall of Famer in his sights.
“There’s absolutely no comparisons to me or anyone else to Willie Mays,” Rodriguez said, basking in the attention he commands wherever he goes. “Willie Mays, he’s the greatest baseball player of all time.”
Rodriguez is something else, a towering figure in a gallery of tainted titans. There is no denying his repeated use of steroids anymore; even Rodriguez admits his regret.