Alex Rodriguez switching positions to join the Yankees was a big deal

Babe wake up, A-Rod’s a Yankee now. It was February of 2004. We were minding our own business, nervously awaiting Valentine's Day, and then, boom, baseball was ruined. Alex Rodriguez joined the already star-studded Yankees (Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Gary Sheffield, soon-to-be-Yankee Johnny Damon) and New York dominance was predicted for…ever. Why’d Rodriguez do it? Wasn't he happy starring on the last place Texas...