A-Rod shows up early to Yankee training camp and leaves a trail of physical damage behind him. Cue the Darth Vadar theme as A-Rod walks out onto the field.

TAMPA, Fla. – Several swings into his first Yankees workout, Alex Rodriguez already had done damage — to a car parked too close behind the center-field fence, that is. Early into Saturday’s session, New York’s newest star launched a long drive that was followed by a loud bonk. The home run ball left a 2-inch dent and blue smear on the hood of a silver Mazda, a rental driven by a reporter from Japan. "I didn’t think Alex would be hitting today," Masanori Hirose said. "My mistake."….

At one point, the reigning AL MVP borrowed young Eric Duncan’s bat and promptly broke it, sending the shattered barrel flying down the third-base line.

"Eric, there’s your wood," Rodriguez called out, smiling. "That’s that minor league wood."