NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez was unconditionally released by the New York Yankees on Saturday, ending his 12 years in pinstripes and perhaps his big league career after 22 seasons.New Yorks move leaves the team responsible for $27,103,825 remaining in his $275 million, 10-year contract. He is owed $7,103,825 of his $20 million salary for the final 65 days of this season and $20 million next year.The 41-year-old designated hitter went 1-for-4 with an RBI double in his finale Friday night, a 6-3 win over Tampa Bay. He hit .200 with nine homers and 31 RBI this season. He has 696 home runs, fourth on the career list behind Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714).Rodriguezs career batting average is at .295. A 14-time All-Star and three-time AL MVP, A-Rod has 3,115 hits and his 2,086 RBI are second to Aarons 2,297 since RBI became an official statistic. 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He finished a disappointing campaign just 14-13 with a career-worst 4. Kevin Durant didnt take long to make himself at home with the Golden State Warriors.Its been hectic. A lot of attention comes with being in this position, Durant said of the free-agency process. When I met these guys, I felt as comfortable as Ive ever felt. It was organic. It was authentic. It was real. It was feelings I couldnt ignore.... I feel great. I feel excited about this opportunity.Durant, who announced his decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, was introduced by the Warriors after his contract -- a two-year, $54.3 million deal with a player option after the first year -- was finalized Thursday.He will be the highest-paid player on a roster that also boasts two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry,?Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.I havent made the decision, but he might start, coach Steve Kerr joked while sitting next to Durant. Its safe to say Kevin would fit into any style.To add another guy who is so talented ... hes not just a shooter, not just a defender. Hes a basketball player. The combination of all these guys together should be a lot of fun to watch.Golden State set an NBA regular-season record with 73 wins and led the league in scoring last season, but the Warriors fell just short of a repeat NBA title and lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games.We try to get better every day we wake up, Warriors general manager Bob Myers said. You never expect to get this much better. We love people that love to play basketball. We love high-character people. You cant find a better embodiment of that than the guy sitting next to me. We all can dream. Most of the times the dreams dont come true.The Warriors on Thursday said they sold more than 1,000 Durant jerseys on theiir website in less than two hours.ddddddddddddDurant, who is contractually committed to play just one season with the Warriors, said he is committed to the team.Yeah, I plan on being here, Durant said. I dont want to go through that again, so I plan on being here. Im committed. Im looking forward to a new era of basketball for me personally, and it should be fun.Curry, Thompson, Green and?Andre Iguodala?all made the journey to The Hamptons to attend the Warriors pitch meeting to Durant.Those four?coming to my meeting and talking to me about the culture and how they built it and how they want to sustain it, it was key, Durant said. Ive seen a lot of guys with crazy egos. ... [Curry is] the face of the NBA in a lot of peoples eyes, and [he] wanted to see if he really would embrace me as a player, as a person. And I had no doubts that he would. He showed that he was all-in on this. He flew away from his family to come to the meeting and be a part of the meeting, and that showed me how much he cared, how much he wanted me to be a part of it.Durant, 27, has spent all nine seasons of his career with the Thunder organization. He won the MVP in 2014, has been named first--team All--NBA five times and has made seven All--Star teams. He has appeared in four Western Conference finals and one NBA Finals, in which he lost in five games to the?Miami Heat?in 2012.He averaged 28.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game last season, and he scored at least 20 points in 67 straight games. In nine seasons, Durant has averaged 27.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. ' ' '