“I’m just famous baseball player Alex Rodriguez and I am walking onto the field at the Cowboys game and nothing bad could possibly ever --” [Image: https://platform.sbnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2370016/runarod.0.gif?quality=90&strip=all] The Yankees were *thatclose* to Rodriguez getting trampled by a football team and never having to pay him again.