Alex Rodriguez

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez continues inching his way up the MLB all-time list for runs batted in. With an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night, A-Rod surpassed Barry Bonds for second with 1,997 career RBI, per the Yankees. Rodriguez now trails only Hank Aaron in career RBI.

The New York Yankees spanked the Seattle Mariners 7-2 Monday night, thanks largely to a nuclear meltdown by Felix Hernandez.

After three innings of solid pitching, Hernandez buckled under some unseen force and began handing out walks, one of which Alex Rodriguez gladly accepted to advance to first in the fourth inning.

The Charlotte Stone Crabs, the Tampa Bay Rays' Single-A affiliate, planned on having an "A-Rod Juice Box Night" on Friday.

The team was obviously poking fun at New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez for his well-documented troubles with "juicing."

Fact: Alex Rodriguez passes Willie Mays for 4th on MLB's all-time home run list with his 661st career HR.

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Alex Rodriguez stands alone in fourth place on the all-time home run list after hitting his 661st bomb against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankees Stadium on Thursday, passing Willie Mays.

1. Alex Rodriguez charges at Willie Mays

Imagine: Alex Rodriguez, Knight in Shining Armor.

He is the story of April, no fooling. He is smashing home runs, winning games, jacking up his on-base percentage (.412!), making love to television cameras with those doe eyes (as ever) and kissing babies (presumably).

This is at once great news and chilling news for the Yankees, of course.

We all knew the script. In his return from a season-long suspension, Alex Rodriguez was supposed to be over-the-hill dead weight in the middle of the New York Yankees' lineup in 2015.

Evidently, he must have lost his copy. All of a sudden, A-Rod is clobbering the ball all over the place and, in doing so, carrying an otherwise sluggish Yankees offense on his shoulders.