Tack Me Back Please

November 15, 2007 -- If Alex Rodriguez is serious about returning to the Yankees - and it sure sounds that way - the Best Player On The Planet could be back in The Bronx shortly, stay for a decade and become the all-time home run leader in pinstripes.

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In fact, there was a buzz around baseball last night that a deal had been reached, but Yankees officials refused to comment and Rodriguez did not immediately return messages.

Rodriguez made the short trip from Orlando to Tampa yesterday and met with the Steinbrenner family and Yankees officials at Legends Field where, according to Hank Steinbrenner, the soon-to-be-named AL MVP informed the club he wants No. 13 back.

“Alex, at this point, wants to be a Yankee and is willing to make sacrifices," Steinbrenner said. “Apparently he has had a change of heart so we will see. He reached out to us through a third party and it appears he wants to be a Yankee."

Asked at what pace the process would move, Steinbrenner said, “I don't think it will be slow moving, one way or another."