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A-Rod Tested Positive for Steroids
Published: February 7, 2009
How bad will the ‘mainstream’ media get with the latest revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids back in 2003? Especially with the newest ‘nickname’ that the Bronx Bomber’s third baseman has acquired from the release of Joe Torre’s book, “The Yankee Years,” it will come as no shock to see ‘A-Fraud’ splashed across the new York tabloids as we sit down to our Sunday breakfast tomorrow.
According to a report on the Sports Illustrated website, “four sources have independently told” SI that “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.”
The previously stated anonymous testing was conducted after MLB and the Player’s Association agreed to it as a reference source if random drug testing would be necessary the following year.
The report further stated that Rodriguez told an SI reporter on Thursday that he was not saying anything about it and that the scribe would “have to talk to the union.” Subsequent attempts to receive a statement from Donald Fehr, the union executive director, were met with negative results.
When the test was given, Rodriguez was a member of the Texas Rangers and won both the American League Most Valuable Player Award and the home run title (47) that summer. During that offseason, he was dealt to the Yankees. Rodriguez tested positive for two types of steroids – testosterone and Primobolan, which is also known as methenolone.
The list of player’s names that tested positive has been exposed as a result of a seizure by federal agents at a Long Beach, California lab that was one of two that performed the testing. They were investigating 10 player’s links to BALCO.
Due to more than five percent of players testing positive during the anonymous period, MLB instituted a mandatory testing program with penalties in 2004.
Photo by Joe Perricone
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