Nearly a decade after retiring, Alex Rodriguez remains one of baseball's most polarizing figures, particularly regarding his Hall of Fame candidacy.
Yet the former superstar shortstop now says he's made peace with the prospect of never having a plaque in Cooperstown.
"I have a life today that I didn't have for the first 40 years," Rodriguez recently told Jason Jones of The Athletic. "If I went to the Hall of Fame, in a weird way, I would be hollow inside. I would still be in a lot of pain.