Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez is loved by many adoring fans, and hated by just about the same number. While the 12-time All-Star has shattered home-run records and put up decades of hall-of-fame caliber playing, he has long been dogged by accusations of steroid use and less-than-honest play throughout a career that took him from the Seattle Mariners to the Texas Rangers, and finally to the New York Yankees. But all controversy aside, the three-time AL MVP, called "A-Rod" by his fans, will be remembered as one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game with a decade-spanning career that found him in some of the most important games of the past 20 years, and breaking records previously held by names like Lou Gehrig, Reggie Jackson and Babe Ruth.