UPDATE (1:47 ET) Alex Rodriguez publicly acknowledges that Scott Boras no longer represents him.

"Scott and I had a good run," Rodriguez said before Friday's Yankees-Blue Jays game at Yankee Stadium. "Nothing drastic happened, but at this point in my career, my goal is to finish as a New York Yankee and be a world champion again. And some of the things I needed 20 years ago I really don't need now."

It's possible Alex Rodriguez won't need another baseball contract negotiated on his behalf, but for now, he has abandoned powerful agent Scott Boras and retained Pittsburgh sports attorney Jay Reisinger and Washington lawyer Jim Sharp.

They have been handling his legal and government affairs since February 2009. Reisinger, a certified agent with the players association, confirmed that he and Sharp are his attorneys, in an e-mail to the Daily Pitch.

Resinger, 41, a partner in the firm of Farrell & Reisinger, is part of the legal team that represented Sammy Sosa and Andy Pettitte in their dealings with Congress on performance-enhancing drugs. He also represented Rodriguez during his admission to using steroids.

Boras will not publicly discuss his business relationship with Rodriguez. He negotiated the two highest contracts in baseball history for A-Rod, whose current 10-year, $275 million contract with the New York Yankees still has seven years remaining. Rodriguez at one point interjected himself into those negotiations when they began to drag, but Boras settled the finishing touches behind the scenes.

Rodriguez will be 43 when that contract expires. If he needs another deal at that point, well, Boras in theory would be just a phone call away.

By Bob Nightengale