Rodriguez, Yankees aim for peaceful coexistence

By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lies, cover-ups, and cheating seemed destined to lead to a messy divorce between Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees, but the warring parties are heading into the 2015 season hoping for peaceful coexistence. Rodriguez, still owed $61 million from a record 10-year $270 million renewal with the Yankees, sued the Yankees, team doctors, Major League Baseball and the Players Association in 2013 before accepting a one-year doping ban. After missing the playoffs the last two years, the Yankees desperately need some hitting from A-Rod, who has been a model citizen during spring training, batting over .300 with three homers and no complaints. The Yanks had felt betrayed by Rodriguez after lavishing riches upon him as the man on track to become baseball's clean Home Run King only to learn later of doping escapades by the slugger, dubbed by the tabloids as "A-Fraud." Well known divorce lawyer Raoul Felder said you often see battling partners carry on together for their mutual benefit.

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