A-Rod joins Rose, Thomas as Fox analysts for playoffs

Alex Rodriguez has been quiet since he was released by the New York Yankees last month, finishing the last of his 12 tempestuous Major League Baseball seasons in the Bronx with a .200 batting average and nine home runs. In the weeks since, he has been watching baseball on TV at home in Miami and shepherding his daughters, eight and 11, to school and other places. But when the playoffs begin, he will be back where he was last season after the Yankees lost the wildcard game to the Houston Astros, working as a studio analyst for Fox Sports with Pete Rose, Frank Thomas and the rest of its post-season crew. Fox was expected to announce Thursday that Rodriguez would also contribute analysis during next year’s all-star game in Miami.