Wallace Matthews

NEW YORK -- The spotlight has a way of finding Alex Rodriguez the way water will find a pinhole in a leaky radiator, or a hot grounder will find the leaky glove in an infield.

And now, despite his best efforts to fade away into the safety of the Yankees' lineup and to become an Invisible Man among a cast of luminaries, it shines upon him again. No matter how hard he tries to fit in, he can't help standing out.