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 More Yankees NewsYankees LinksOnce considered close, Alex Rodriguez has not spoken to the Yankees beat writer for the New York Post, Geroge King, since the story ran in which he was photographed with a woman other than his wife. "I actually think all that stuff kind of helped in a weird way," says Johnny Damon. "He was already focused, and now he really focused. It was like, 'Write what you want. I don't care.' I really think his attitude was 'screw it.' I think it was kind of liberating to him, to know that they could only touch him if he let them." After the photos appeared in the Post, Rodriguez hit .402 over the next 27 games, with nine home runs and 39 hits. He built the wall just a little higher. The interviews got shorter. As Damon said, the focus tightened. |
