Portfolio 2 Pre-Writing

Connections Between Sources:
-When thinking about each of the sources and how they connect, the obvious reason is the topic of Alex Rodriguez and his usage of banned substances. Going a little deeper into the topic, the thing that ties them all together is what the overall result of this event is going to be. Will Rodriguez be left out of the Hall of Fame and just be another player who cheated his way to fame and fortune? Will a numerous amount of other professional athletes be exposed for doing the same thing Rodriguez and this whole incident have no effect? Or will the voters for the Hall of Fame look past this and realize he is an amazing athlete that made a mistake?

Controlling Idea:
-There are many supporters of both sides of the issue of whether or not Alex Rodriguez is Hall of Fame worthy after this event.

Order of Sources:
-Reflecting on the three sources I have gotten sources so far, I feel the one to start with would be the Interview between Peter Gammons and Alex Rodriguez. By stating this source first it give a basis for other sources to go off of. Some other sources make comments about Rodriguez's comments in the interview so this would give reference to go back to. The next two could probably be interchangeable because they are very similar article just arguing opposite sides of the issue. I believe the order of those two could effect the readers final view on the subject because the last source they get information from could change what sticks out in their mind more.

Transitioning:
-Since the last few sources are directly related to the topic in which the interview talked about i feel that making the transition from source to source will be a somewhat easy task. Between the last two sources, i think the best way of changing would be to state that the next source is in direct contrast to that of the previous one.