Report: A-Rod was on the juice while with Yankees
According to Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts’ new book, Alex Rodriguez was on steroids after the 2003 season and may have begun taking them as early as high school.
Roberts was the one that initially broke the news that A-Rod took steroids as a member of the Rangers and while he claims that he stopped taking performance-enhancers in 2003, she writes that he showed steroid-use symptoms into the 2005 season.
Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts, who broke the story that A-Rod flunked a steroid screening in 2003, reveals fellow Bombers nicknamed the third baseman “B—h T–s” in 2005.
That was after he put on 15pounds in the off-season and seemed to develop round pectorals, a condition called gynecomastia that can be caused by anabolic steroids, she writes.
In addition, an unnamed major-leaguer is quoted as saying Rodriguez and steroid-tainted pitcher Kevin Brown were seen together with human growth hormone – HGH – in 2004.
Two other anonymous Yankees said they believed A-Rod was using based on side effects they saw – and a clubhouse staffer said management wondered if he was using banned substances.
“No one ever asked Alex directly that I know of, but there was a lot of suspicion in house,” the employee is quoted as saying.
You knew there had to be more to the story and that it would eventually come out that he was juicing while as a member of the Yankees. The smoking gun was when it was reported that he still had a relationship with steroid-linked trainer Angel Presinal well into his Yankee days. Why have Presinal around if you’re not juicing?
What’s infuriating about all of this is that the Yankees had to have known. If his teammates were calling him “Bitch Tits” and people saw him with Presinal, they had to have known he was juicing. But instead of doing something about it, they took a page out of the MLB handbook on how to deal with a player on steroids and they just turned a blind eye.
This news couldn’t be any worse timing for A-Rod since he’s scheduled to play in a spring training game in Tampa today. The Yankees thought that they would be getting their All-Star third baseman back soon, but what they’re really going to get is another media frenzy.
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Well, one thing this tells me……The “juice” doesn’t work in September and October……
Hammerin Hank Aaron will always be the homerun king !!!!!!!!!!!
Now I know what the A in A-Rod stands for, and it isn’t Alex…….
This is such a non-story to me anymore, and the supposedly scandalous tidbits are anything but. The Hooters servers didn’t like him because he tipped 15%? What, did they think he owed them more because he was rich? This isn’t welfare, girls. If he tips extra, great, but to assume you’re entitled to a handout is your mistake.
I also love the pitch-tipping bit. For that to work, several players must be complicit. If Ms. Roberts really wanted to uncover something substantial, she’d find out who else is involved in the pitch-tipping game, instead of leaving it solely a A-Rod’s feet. Not impressed, don’t care.
Gotta admit, I love the “Bitch Tits” nickname, though.
Alex went before the League and said ” he never took anything when playing with the Yankees ” Whatever Alex says – we should believe.
This is no longer an event. He took steroids and said so. I have no idea where or when nor do 99% of experts.
We are beating a dead horse when all the averge slob wants to see is a beaseball game. Most people dont care what these people eat, when they go to sleep or who with, that’s for People magazine or the Star.
400+ guys tested positive, steroids were used and no Fan is going to change that.
Bob Costas said it right…It was the era of steriod use. Period…that label is going to stick.
Ah, but Big Stienny, you are missing a point that was important to “old” baseball fans like myself. Back when Bonds was being demolished for his steroid use and breaking Aaron’s record, the baseball purists were saying “don’t worry A-Rod will break Bonds’ record eventually and all will be right because A-Rod is clean.
I say throw out all records from the “steroid era” and move on.
As an average baseball “slob” I want to see the game clean and not include these tainted records and then put it behind us.
I don’t think the records should be thrown out because that would enable MLB to pretend the steroids era never happened. They can point their fingers at the players all they want, but they knew what was happening, and erasing the numbers would be akin to absolving them of any wrongdoing.
They should be forced to stare at Barry Bonds’ name at the top of the home run list and say, “I allowed this to happen.” Of course, the simple fact is that MLB is not nearly as concerned about cleaning up the game as they are about making money. Otherwise, they would have stood up to the players’ union and instituted testing ten years ago.
People can blame A-Rod all they want, but he’s not the bad guy (nor is he a victim). He saw how the system worked, and he took advantage of it.
David, the only problem is that these people you say should say “I allowed this to happen”. Statements like this would only bother folks with a conscience, which does not apply here.
The people hurt would be the legitimate ballplayers who had their records broken by these guys. They’re the ones who lose.
I’m not sure we know who the ligitimate players are? Are there 50%, 60%….I’m guessing not more than 60%…
Baseball is a game of much history however it’s a different time, a different world and no longer can we compare them as much as we try. Those days are gone…right or wrong…
Baseball has had assholes playing since day 1….A-Rod, Canseco, Bonds & Clemons didn’t start the list, they were just added.