New York Yankees All-Star third baseman Alex Rodriguez says he will play for the Dominican Republic in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The three-time American League MVP was born in New York in 1975 to Dominican parents, and lived three years in the Caribbean nation before his family moved to Miami, where he attended high school.
Three years ago, Rodriguez raised some hackles when he vacillated between playing for the USA or Dominican Republic in the first WBC, and even considered bypassing the event entirely. He eventually played for Team USA after some pressure from WBC organizers. The 33-year-old A-Rod is a 12-time All-Star, with career totals of 533 homers, 2,404 hits and a .306 batting average for Seattle, Texas and the Yankees.
In A-Rod’s absence, Team USA is expected to go with Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria and David Wright of the New York Mets, All-Star third basemen themselves.
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