FROM JOEL SHERMAN

1. I wrote in today’s Post a column about how Alex Rodriguez wants us to look at just the three years he was a Ranger, from 2001-03, as the tainted part of his career. He said he fell victim to trying to justify the contract he signed, a then-record 10-year, $252 million deal.

I bet he did feel pressure to prove his worth. But that just demonstrated that he did not know himself then or now, or is so greedy it didn’t matter how much pressure he put on himself by seeking the last dollar.

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