I wanted to share some photos from Spring Training 2001 – Alex Rodriguez had just signed a 10 year, $252 million free agent contract with the Texas Rangers – the pressure to live up to the “best player in baseball” moniker is, he says, the reason he turned to Performance Enhancing Drugs..  

I spent about 20 minutes with him shooting a variety of photos – the interesting thing, to me, was his personality.  I’ve photographed many famous people over the years, and for a variety of reasons, my time with Alex was memorable.  Here are a few of my photographs from that day..

A portrait of Alex Rodriguez after signing a 10 year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers. ©2009 M David Leeds

 
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