A lot of Yankees won their first World Series Wednesday night. CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira are first-time champions. Robinson Cano hadn't won a ring. And you don't hear people making a fuss over Brett Gardner. But, yes, Alex Rodriguez is a little different.

Criticized for years as a failure in the clutch, Rodriguez seemed to hit bottom with February's admission that he had used performance-enhancing drugs while with the Rangers. A quick refresher on how SportsNation felt about him at the time.

And now? Well, 78 percent of voters think winning the World Series changes Rodriguez's legacy -- and almost a third of voters think it changes it significantly. But which part of 2009 will ultimately have more to do with his place in history?

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