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A-Rod is not alone

Curtis Granderson #14 of the New York Yankees

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac

He's the Lightning Rod, that Alex Rodriguez. The first guy to catch the blame when things go awry, the last to get praise when things go swimmingly.

That's the situation he'll always be in. Part of it is the contract -- the first one, and the second one -- and part of it has been his own doing.

But A-Rod is not alone in his struggles at the plate for the Yankees in the postseason, be...

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