A-Rod's Therapy Stage 4: Envision success as a character in your own children's book

Alex Rodriguez is the proud author of the autobiographical children's book, Out of the Ballpark, which is scheduled for release Tuesday. My suspicion is that the writing of the book was a prescribed stage in self-therapy which allowed A-Rod to "envision his own success."

From the NY Daily News:

"Out of the Ballpark" follows a boy - appropriately named Alex - whose baseball team is playing in the playoffs. Alex, who is a second baseman, makes a key error in the game and begins to put extra pressure on himself. Only his play gets worse. Sound familiar?

Alex's team, the Caribes, overcomes his play to reach the championship game. Alex works harder, waking up before sunrise to practice, throwing a ball against his bedroom wall 500 times a day. Without giving away the ending, let's just say that the Yankees should hope that life imitates art come October."

Uh, let's hope not. All kidding aside, the book actually looks really cute, but if you're a Sox fan, keep your kids away!

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"A-Rod Moves to Pen" [NY Daily News]
Out of the Ballpark [Alex Rodriguez / Frank Morrison]