Alex Rodriguez Wants to Stay With The Yankees, Or So He Says

Far be it from me to question a dude, but I'm having a hard time believing A-Rod is being ... well, you decide:

Alex Rodriguez tried to leave no doubt: He wants to finish his career with the New York Yankees.

A-Rod was a guest on WFAN radio's Mike and the Mad Dog program before the game, an interview he described as "an absolute dogfight for 15 minutes." Rodriguez told the pair there were probably five or six teams interested in acquiring him this offseason, but he had no interest.
"The next time we're going to talk about this is hopefully in very late October," Rodriguez said. "I want to be here. I want to stay here."

I can see both sides of this thing. On one hand, it's entirely plausible that A-Rod wanted nothing to do with any of the eight or so teams who wanted to make a trade for him this offseason. It's certainly plausible that he wants to stay in New York and prove himself to the rabid batch of fans that have hounded him incessantly since he arrived.

On the other hand - and this is the hand I'm leaning toward - A-Rod seemed to genuinely dislike everything about last year, all the criticism, all of it. Personally, I don't blame him. Things would probably be a lot easier somewhere else, where the lights are not so bright, and I think he recognizes that.