‘I Want My Number Retired’: Alex Rodriguez Complains About How NY Yankees Have Treated Him Since Retirement

Retired baseball player Alex Rodriguez on Thursday expressed frustration over the fact that the New York Yankees have not retired his number.

Rodriguez, who helped the Yankees win their 27th World Series in 2009, was asked on WFAN how he felt about the team letting outfielder Joey Gallo wear the number 13. In Rodriguez’s 12 seasons with the team, he was named an all-star seven times and MVP twice. Because of this, WFAN host Evan Roberts said he felt the team didn’t do right by Rodriguez letting another player wear the number he’s become known for.

Rodriguez agreed.

“It did not make me happy,” Rodriguez said about the announcement that Gallo would be wearing the number.

The 48-year-old has become one of the MLB’s most disliked players thanks to his use of performance-enhancing drugs, which got him suspended for the entire 2014 season. For many fans, he was already on thin ice because of the apparent tension between him and Yankees icon Derek Jeter.

Rodriguez added that his current broadcasting career doesn’t help him either.

“With my job on TV… I’m too critical of the Yankees and that doesn’t help my case,” Rodriguez said, “but I get paid to tell the truth; and if you guys ask me a question, I’m gonna tell you exactly as I see and not sugarcoat it because I want my number retired. If it’s not retired, then so be it.”

Despite his criticisms of the team and the Yankees’ apparent refusal to honor him by retiring his number, Rodriguez maintained that his relationship with the organization is “fine.”

Listen above via WFAN.