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By JULIET MACUR
Hasn’t everyone had enough of Alex Rodriguez by now? Enough of the lies and the apologies, and then the lies again, and the apologies again?
In the latest round of mea culpas — a handwritten letter released on Tuesday — Rodriguez tried to sound contrite as he said he just wanted to play again and “help us win.”
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It would also allow the Yankees to stop wondering if Rodriguez was clean this time around. (There is reason to worry: At his age, and with a battered body and little to lose, Rodriguez could perhaps benefit from performance-enhancing drugs more than ever.)
Instead, the relationship would be over, finished, kaput. Painful in the pocket book, yes. But at least there would be no more “us.”
Email: juliet@nytimes.com
A version of this article appears in print on February 19, 2015, on page B11 of the New York edition with the headline: Lying, Lying, Gone . Order Reprints| Today’s Paper|Subscribe
