Alex Rodriguez's ex-wife, Cynthia Rodriguez Nicolas (née Scurtis), explained how his all-encompassing baseball career prevented him from making necessary strides in his personal life. "I felt sorry for him. I did," Nicolas said in the first episode of HBO's Alex vs ARod, which premiered on Thursday, November 6. "He was a sweet guy. He had a really big heart. But he was so stunted when it came to the natural development of a person. He was so entrenched in baseball. He was told that's what he was going to do for so long, and it's all he did.