BRISTOL, Conn. — Alex Rodriguez hopes to rebound in Hall of Fame voting after falling far quick in his first attempt on the poll.
The three-time MVP appeared on 34.3% of ballots in January, receiving 135 of 394 votes. A participant wanted to obtain at the least 296 votes for the 75% wanted for election.
“I hope I get in one day. It would be an incredible honor,” Rodriguez stated Wednesday throughout a web-based session with reporters forward of his first ESPN broadcast of the baseball season. “I’d be terribly disappointed if I don’t get in, but if I don’t get in I have no one to blame but myself.”
Rodriguez is fourth on the profession residence run checklist with 696. He was suspended for the 2014 season for violations of baseball’s joint drug program and collective bargaining settlement.
After 4 seasons as a broadcaster on ESPN’s Sunday evening telecasts, Rodriguez will shift to eight Sunday evening alternate telecasts on ESPN2 with Michael Kay, a mainstay on New York Yankees’ broadcasts since 1992.