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Baseball alex rodriguez is claiming that the yankees tried to sabotage him. sabotage his career, a career that could be cut short because of accusations that he used performance enhancing drugs. jason carroll is out front. >> reporter: call him the most controversial player in baseball today. drawing admiration from loyal fans -- >> i think he should be left alone. i think he's a fantastic person. >> reporter: -- hatred from others. >> i think it's kind of a joke that he's been busted. the proof is there. >> reporter: yankees third baseman alex rodriguez is baseball's highest paid player. the ...

Baseball alex rodriguez is claiming that the yankees tried to sabotage him. sabotage his career, a career that could be cut short because of accusations that hehancing d. jason carroll is out front. >> reporter: call him the most controversial player in baseball today. drawing admiration from loyal fans -- >> i think he should be left alone. i think he's a fantastic person. >> reporter: -- hatred from others. >> i think it's kind of a joke that he's been busted. the proof is there. >> reporter: yankees third baseman alex rodriguez is baseball and he highest paid player. the yankees agreeing in...

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Writer for "baseball today." he's joining us today. who is george steinbrenner? >> he's a man who was a great businessman who loved community and loved sports and loved to compete. py he was known for his bombastic ways. his iron fist, professionalism. but he also had a very soft heart. if you talk to anybody in tampa where he lived for more than 30 year, they'll always remember that he was -- he was a bombastic owner in baseball. but in tampa, he was a soft-hearted community philanthropist. >> and you know, mel, some will call him a member or the leader or creator of the evil empire. i mentio...

George steinbrenner, yankees captain derek jeter has called george steinbrenner the most famous american in all of sports. talk about what steinbrenner meant to the game of baseball, not just new york. i didn't grow up in new york, but you know with george steinbrenner and when he was going to put a team on that field, they were going to be the best that money can buy. what has he meant to baseball? >> he has meant everything to baseball, he is by far the most famous owner in baseball today. he was impervious, he was imperial, he compared himself more to patton that eisenhower, he was an unfor...