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If this news is true, then it is quite sad...say it ain't so!Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003
Yikes. If there really is proof that Rodriguez used steroids, then this is a PR nightmare for MLB. Despite being one of the best home run hitters during the steroid era, there was never much doubt if Rodriguez used steroids. Most people believed that the probable home run king was one of those amazing talents, who was not juiced like Barry Bonds or Jason Giambi."In 2003, when he won the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids, four sources have independently told Sports Illustrated.
Rodriguez's name appears on a list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball's '03 survey testing, SI's sources say. As part of a joint agreement with the MLB Players Association, the testing was conducted to determine if it was necessary to impose mandatory random drug testing across the major leagues in 2004." SI.com
But it now appears as though that was not the case. If Rodiriguez truly is guilty of using 'roids, his legacy will be tainted forever. I don't care if he leads the Yankees to three world titles and hits 900 home runs, the damage has been done.
For me personally, this story pisses me off. Rodriguez was supposed to be one of the clean guys, one of the guys that as a fan, I thought I could trust. Yet again my trust might have been broken and it sickens me to think that this guy might be the new home run king.
The only person who ever talked about Rodriguez potentially using steroids was Jose Canseco is his book, Vindicated. Most people, like me, laughed at Canseco at the time and did not think much of his claim that A-Rod might have used steroids. Canseco alleged that he introduced Roriguez to a steroid dealer, but he had no concrete proof that Rodriguez used steroids. But today's news about Rodriguez will certainly serve as another notch on Canseco's belt (like Rafael Palmiero before him).
Well, if this report is true, then I will never doubt Jose Canseco ever again...except when he fights Danny Bonaduce....
Yikes.
7 comments:
I never thought A-Rod was clean. It's been known for years that he used to go to Canseco's house as a teenager and even slept over Canseco's house! He's been getting a free pass all these years. The media is going to crush him this year. He needs to embrace his role as the bad guy or else he is going to suck big time this year.
Antone: Unfortunately for A-Rod, all the bashing he's gotten in the media over the years is going to look like nothing after this year...
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I agree...because when he chokes again the media will pile on him for choking and being on 'roids. I don't see how he lasts in NY. They should have gotten rid of him last year and just taken the hit for one year. He's ALWAYS got some type of drama surrounding him. It just never ends.
Antone: Well, on the bright side, the Yankees only have another 9 years of A-Rod...yikes.
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I have been against that contract since Day 1...7 years would have been my max.
Antone: Isn't it amazing to think that the Yankees basically bid against themselves for A-Rod...unreal.
maybe we should call him A-Roid!!!
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