NEW YORK (Reuters) - A humbled Alex Rodriguez crowned a season of milestones with his 3,000th career hit on Friday and thanked the Yankees and manager Joe Girardi for the chance to come back and play this season.
Rodriguez, who will turn 40 next month and was banned the entire 2014 season for violating Major League Baseball's doping policy, became the 29th player ever to reach 3,000 hits. The slugger did so fittingly with his 13th home run of the season.
"A year ago today I didn't know if this day would ever come," he said after the 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.