A-Rod turns 40 and Yankees starting to look like Yankees of old

Alex Rodriguez was suspended for a year for PEDs after the Biogenesis scandal and is now more hated by baseball fans than ever. This year has showed just how great A-Rod truly was and still is and questions did he ever really need PEDs at all.

By: Lamar "L.A" Smith

The Bronx Bombers are back! The Yankees are currently (57-42), lead the AL East by seven games and have the fourth best record in the majors including a ML-best 16-5 record in July. The team has a formidable lineup one through five, a great bullpen and a good defense to match the team's hot bats.

The top of the lineup features two guys who would bat leadoff on most teams in the majors though are interchangeable in Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner. Both are great defenders and strong baserunners. Brian McCann has played at a high level after having a shaky first season in the Bronx last season. New York overall sent three guys to the All-Star game this year in: Mark Teixeira, Dellin Betances and Gardner.

The one All-Star snub wound up being none other than the face of the Biogenesis scandal and one of the most controversial faces of baseball ever. Who possibly would've thought Alex Rodriguez at 40 (turned 40 on Monday) would be one of the best hitters and contributors to the Yankees AL-East leading ball club? Anyone who told you Rodriguez would do this is either a liar or should be tested for psychic capabilities. 

A-Rod is batting .279 with 24 HRs, 60 RBIs and a .379 on-base percentage. He has more RBIs than anyone in MLB history not named Hank Aaron. He's fourth all-time in home runs with 678 and on Monday became the sixth player in MLB history to hit a HR on his birthday. The first player to hit a home run on his birthday since Chipper Jones in 2012 with the Braves. Rodriguez is the only the fourth player in MLB history to hit a home run as a 40-year old and as a teenager. He also has more home runs (6) than any other player in MLB history on his birthday.

A legacy tarnished by PEDs. One can only help to wonder why he ever took PEDs in the first-place considering the type of talent Rodriguez holds. He's 40-years old putting up numbers most MLB players would kill to put up at age 40.

A-Rod must have been watching a lot of Back to the Future during his year off from baseball because his 2009 impression has been spot on. The Bronx Bombers are currently the favorite to not only make the playoffs for the first time since 2012 but also have a great chance to win the AL-East.

The Yankees put up 21 runs in a laughable 21-5 win vs. the Rangers yesterday. A game which the team was down 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st then put up 11 runs in the top of the 2nd and never looked back. The team looks to possibly trade for Cole Hamels and David Price to bolster a mediocre starting pitching rotation. 

Although, as long as Rodriguez keeps hitting and putting up video game numbers as a 40-year old designated-hitter the Bronx maybe looking at a 28th World Series title come this October.