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" \n As Latinas, we always have to shout out one of our people doing big things! Happy 37th birthday to the guapo Dominicano Alex Rodriguez. Even though he is injured at the moment, A-Rod is still the hottest player on our fantasy baseball team! Here are a few things you didn&amp;#039;t know about one of the sexiest Latinos on the planet. 1. His baseball skills are better than you think. When he debuted in 1994, he was the youngest player in the majors since Jose Rijo. In 2005 he held the record of the most home runs by any other player of Hispanic descent, surpassing Sammy Sosa and to date is ranked among big timers like Babe Ruth, totaling more than 640 home runs. Oh yeah, let&amp;#039;s not forget to add that he has the richest contract in MLB history\u2014a whopping $275 million with the New York Yankees. The University of Miami even has a stadium named after him, and he was honored by the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame. 2. He loves Cosmo He&amp;#039;s been featured in the magazine and was crowned Cosmo&amp;#039;s Celeb Bachelor of the Year in 2010. 3. We are not the only ones ogling him In 1999, he was named one of People magazine&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;50 Most Beautiful People.&amp;quot; We couldn&amp;#039;t agree more. 4. He has a soft side Not only is he a sports star, but A-Rod loves working with children. He has two of his own and in 1998 founded the &amp;quot;Alex Rodriguez Foundation&amp;quot; which works with the Boys &amp;amp;amp; Girls Clubs of Miami. He also donated $200,000 to a children&amp;#039;s mental health center in Washington Heights and even saved an 8-year-old boy from getting struck by a truck in Boston back in 2005. 5. He has a silly side One of his exes told US Weekly that A-Rod has at least two portraits of himself as a centaur (yes, the half man, half horse) in his home. Yeah, we were scratching our heads at this one too. 6. He&amp;#039;s a businessman He owns an entire Mercedes-Benz dealership (it&amp;#039;s named &amp;quot;Alex Rodriguez&amp;quot;) in League City, Texas. 7. He has a specific taste in women He was quoted saying that he likes &amp;quot;simplicity, intelligence and confidence,&amp;quot; and also women who aren&amp;#039;t taller than him. He&amp;#039;s 6&amp;#039;3, for all you ladies out there wondering if you have a chance. 8. He works hard to stay sexy According to the former Men&amp;#039;s Vogue, A-Rod works out like crazy to stay in shape. He does 300 crunches a day, 18 straight 110-yard dashes once a week and a series of sprints once a week! Dios mio now we know why he can&amp;#039;t keep our eyes off him! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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