Alex Rodriguez on nearly getting traded to the Red Sox in December 2003: "I'm the only guy that was ready to give $40 million back. The union didn't let me. ... We had this deal worked out. We had a lot of people involved, and at the very end, in the ninth inning with two out, it was vetoed [by the players' union]. That was an emotional roller coaster. I haven't given that too much thought. I thought it was an exciting potential. Things turned out incredible for the Red Sox."