Coming off a down year when he was only worth 4.5 WAR, Alex Rodriguez was looking to start the 2007 season strong. In the first game of the year, Rodriguez homered in a 9-5 Yankees win. The next two games he added a double in each, both losses.
The next game, April 7, 2007, would go down as one of Rodriguez’s most memorable as a Yankee. It was a home game in old Yankee stadium in early April, which means it was freezing. There was a 10mph* wind and it didn’t crack 40 degrees Fahrenheit that day.