Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is calling his therapy sessions "an incredible thing" that helped him discover a different life. Rodriguez told the television show "Extra" in an interview taped to air Wednesday that he was reluctant to go to therapy because "in many ways therapy is synonymous with a bad thing and why let the train wreck come before you fix it." But he credits his wife, Cynthia, for convincing him to go. "I think it's a different life that I've discovered and I thank Cynthia for that ... because therapy is an incredible thing and you might get to know someone who you didn't even know was in there," he said. Because it is so rare for an athlete to say he is seeking help, Rodriguez's comments made the front page of the Daily News on Wednesday. "I don't think kids need to feel like the oddball," he said before Wednesday night's game against Detroit. "It's something neglected very much. I just know it's a really good thing for kids."