Alex Rodríguez, the highest rated shortstop in Major League baseball today, said he would like to stay on with the Seattle Mariners but then conditioned this to the management of the team putting together a team that can make it to the playoffs. He said he wants to make it to the World Series. Alex Rodríguez, born in New York City of Dominican migrant parents and brought up in Miami, says that even if he has lived abroad all of his life he feels he is a Dominican. He said he aspires to represent the DR is an international competition against the United States, Cuba and Puerto Rico. He said he grew up listening to stories his mom would tell him about life in the DR. He met with President Leonel Fernández at the National Palace shortly after arriving. He is scheduled to give clinics to Little League players at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center today. http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/u/baseball/mlb/players/player_8023.htm
