Sources tell SI Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003
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. When approached by an SI reporter on Thursday at a gym in Miami, Rodriguez declined to discuss his 2003 test results. "You'll have to talk to the union," said Rodriguez, the Yankees' third baseman since his trade to New York in February 2004. When asked if there was an explanation for his positive test, he said, "I'm not saying anything."
S.I. article link is here For a guy that's worried so much about public perception, how badly do you think this is going to end up ruining his confidence. Even if this rumor turns out to be untrue, there will be an untold amount of controversy, innuendo, heckling, and etc. for A-Rod. (I guess the nickname A-Fraud has a different meaning) I bet the Yanks now wish the only media headache they have to deal with is Manny and Joe Torre. Let's see what happens.
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HA!
I beat the yankee-hating sports network a.k.a. ESPN by a good 25 minutes. =D
Yankee-hating?
Everyone else wishes ESPN hated the Yankees. You guys are on Sunday Night Baseball like half the time and there’s a 15 minute news segment every time A-Rod wipes his nose.
by Brendan Scolari on Feb 7, 2009 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
Told you so
A-Roid will haunt the Yanks for a long, long, time. Best part of the story was he was reached at a gym for comment… lmao
+1
The psychology of the American (and Western) consumer is going to have to change. The previous bubble economy we witnessed in the late 20th and early 21st century is unsustainable.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 7, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
I'm sure it will
Michael Kay just used it on ESPN Radio’s air on Jody Mac’s show/
Great...Another season ruined by steroid-use-talk.
I’m not shocked or surprised but, I’m just so pissed off right now.
The psychology of the American (and Western) consumer is going to have to change. The previous bubble economy we witnessed in the late 20th and early 21st century is unsustainable.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 7, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions
Not surprised
For some reason, I’m just not as shocked as I thought I’d be when I was the headline. I fall in the third category on that poll: I just don’t care anymore. Everyone used steroids. Do I really care that A-Rod used steroids as a Ranger? A little, but not really. We know he hasn’t used as a Yankee, as he hasn’t tested positive since then.
The media circus is just going to explode all over Spring Training and the whole rest of the season, but I just don’t think it’s going to have a real effect on the team record. After all, everyone on the team ALWAYS gets asked about some A-Rod controversy. So, since he can’t be suspended, he will play, and probably play just as well as always. And the rest of the team will keep playing under that New York spotlight. And the media will buzz, and the team will win, and the world will keep on spinning.
Nuff said.
That doesn't mean we know he hasn't used.
Maybe he just found a good masking agent or started using HGH, which is undetectable.
by Brendan Scolari on Feb 7, 2009 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
It's actually more likely
he switched to HGH than quit altogether, considering that it’s undetectable, he had access to steroids (we know now for sure), and he was going to opt out of his contract and get the Yankees to give him a new one for a bazillion dollars. Probably never be proven, but that’s my opinion based on the facts plus circumstantial evidence.
I agree fully
Why would he stop if he thought he could keep doing it and not get caught? We know he was willing to use them in the first place.
by Brendan Scolari on Feb 7, 2009 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
It seems highly porbable that he used in NY as well
The SI.com report also indicated, citing three Major League players, that Rodriguez was tipped by MLBPA chief operating officer Gene Orza in early September 2004 that he would be tested later that month.
by A2004LoveAffair on Feb 7, 2009 4:13 PM EST up reply actions
MLB
Great job by the MLB in keeping these names secret of who tested positive and who didn’t. I haven’t seen these many leaks in something since the Client #9 story
really
if one name gets leaked, they might as well release all the names. otherwise ‘users’ get tacit innocence.
That's exactly what the guy who leaked Arod's name wants
Remember, there’s an ongoing prosecution of Barry Bonds and others that the feds desperately want to win. They can’t use unnamed sources in court, but if MLB releases the name, the feds case is made for them.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
I imagine this is going to get pretty dirty.
Especially if A-Rod decides to sue.
If more than one person knows a secret, it ain't a secret.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 8, 2009 8:56 PM EST up reply actions

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