MLB: K-Rod comes full circle with No. 57

As The Late Great J.J. Smuggo Mohl used to say (before a leaning stack of useless laserdiscs felled him)..."Typical Reliever Syndrome”.

“I’m getting closer and closer and closer, and honestly I’m not going to lie, I want to break it so bad,” Rodriguez said. “But I have to sit back and wait for my opportunity to come. My goal is to make it to the postseason and break that record.”

...At the time, Rodriguez was completely oblivious to the record and was unaware his jersey number would carry so much meaning as the season went along.

“I just found out this year when you guys started bringing it up,” Rodriguez said. “I didn’t even know what the record was at all. I had no clue.”

..."It doesn’t matter if you save 100 saves in a row in a season, people never are going to give you credit,” Rodriguez said. “They’re going to point out the negative things. There’s always going to be something negative about me, but I’m used to it because it’s all I hear. It’s something you can’t control. You just have to keep pitching.”