A-Rod Tested Positive For Steroids-report

[SamuelKhan]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_y...?slug=ap-rodriguez-steroids&prov=ap&type=lgns

This will be his most famous photo until he wins a ring...

NEW YORK (AP)—Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in his MVP season of 2003, according to a report by Sports Illustrated.

The New York Yankees star tested positive for two anabolic steroids, four sources told Sports Illustrated in a story posted Saturday on its Web site.

 

[..Glamorous..]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_y...?slug=ap-rodriguez-steroids&prov=ap&type=lgns

This will be his most famous photo until he wins a ring...

Uhm, 2003 was 6 yrs ago. Why does it matter now?

 

[Goodieluver]

Uhm, 2003 was 6 yrs ago. Why does it matter now?

Why doesn't it?

Its relevant, Just like how Giambi roided and won the mvp in 2000 over a deserving and renown anti roid Frank Thomas

 

[The Fallen Angel]

and he was supposed to be the clean one who rescued the home run record and returned the respectibiliatly to baseball, now what

 

[Goodieluver]

and he was supposed to be the clean one who rescued the home run record and returned the respectibiliatly to baseball, now what

That too, Arod was considered clean

Its douchebags like these that ruin the real true legends of the game today, like Griffey jr and Thomas

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

A-ROID He cheats in baseball TWICE and he cheated on his wife. I just simply LOVE the fact that the yankees have spend a shit load of money on him and they havent done jackshit with him..LMFAO

 

[Goodieluver]

A-ROID He cheats in baseball TWICE and he cheated on his wife. I just simply LOVE the fact that the yankees have spend a shit load of money on him and they havent done jackshit with him..LMFAO

He's performed worth his value on every team he has been on

Problem is and this rather proves it, money doesn't buy you a title

Yet people think the yankees buying up big talent=they are buying titles

 

[CrazyTickler]

I wasn't suprised.

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

He's performed worth his value on every team he has been on

Problem is and this rather proves it, money doesn't buy you a title

Yet people think the yankees buying up big talent=they are buying titles

He hasnt preformed worth his value on ANY team thats why he has played for "several" and he chokes 99% of the time when he can give the team a lead or win.

And the yankees do buy titles why do you think they spend as much as they do on players, the yankees buy up all the talent they can so they wont have any competition to contend with

To me he'll always be a ball-slapping steriod using wife cheating latest new boy-toy to madonna until she is finished using him

 

[The Fallen Angel]

He hasnt preformed worth his value on ANY team thats why he has played for "several" and he chokes 99% of the time when he can give the team a lead or win.

And the yankees do buy titles why do you think they spend as much as they do on players, the yankees buy up all the talent they can so they wont have any competition to contend with
To me he'll always be a ball-slapping steriod using wife cheating latest new boy-toy to madonna until she is finished using him

the yankees dont buy titles, but they do try. When is the last time the Yankees won a ws, 2000 so the buying titles thing isnt working. They buy regular season wins and they didnt even have enough of those to make the playoffs last year

 

[Goodieluver]

He hasnt preformed worth his value on ANY team thats why he has played for "several" and he chokes 99% of the time when he can give the team a lead or win.

And the yankees do buy titles why do you think they spend as much as they do on players, the yankees buy up all the talent they can so they wont have any competition to contend with

To me he'll always be a ball-slapping steriod using wife cheating latest new boy-toy to madonna until she is finished using him

His lowest HR total since he started his big contract spiel starting with the rangers has been 35 low end and high end 57. Esp when he was playing SS this was unheard of and he is ranked 7th currently for OPS in the actives

back to the yankee comment though, name the last time they won a world series? Also, on the money standpoint, see the atlanta braves as well.

More smaller budget teams have won the series the past decade than big spending teams

 

[gilmourwaters]

Just another name to add to the ever growing list of yankee cheats and losers! Way to gooooo! and yet the fans of that embarrassing bunch in the bronx will still pay for another ticket price hike willingly and for what in return ??.....abolutely nothing!

 

[..Glamorous..]

Just another name to add to the ever growing list of yankee cheats and losers! Way to gooooo! and yet the fans of that embarrassing bunch in the bronx will still pay for another ticket price hike willingly and for what in return ??.....abolutely nothing!

That's right, We sure will. I mean what exactly do you think baseball fans want in return? Other than a win? Because I am a HUGE fan of baseball, and that's all I care about.

 

[CarolinaTickler]

I agree that he is a choke artist who doesn’t perform in the big moments, but I'm conflicted by the fact that the names of these test were supposed to be withheld. Had the players not been promise ambiguity I doubt they ever would have agreed to the 2003 testing. I’m not trying to say that A-Fraud isn’t a cheater or that what he did isn’t wrong, but I have a bit of a conflict with a player being promised ambiguity and then the test being leaked. I have the same kind of conflict with the test Bonds took, under the promise of ambiguity, being used as evidence in his perjury trial. I just have a bit of a problem with tests that were supposed to be kept secret being released to the public and then only one name is released. I’m not saying that what A-Fraud did wasn’t wrong and that he isn’t a cheater. I think his steroid use taints his legacy and calls into question a lot of what he has accomplished. My problem is simply that I don’t agree with telling a player that he is taking a test that no one is ever going to see and then having it released to the public. I doubt that the players ever would have agreed to take these tests had they known that their results would become public knowledge.

 

[SamuelKhan]

UPDATE

A-Rod admits using steroids

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847

"When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure, felt all the weight of the world on top of me to perform, and perform at a high level every day," Rodriguez told ESPN's Peter Gammons in an interview in Miami Beach, Fla.

Part of interview can be seen on the link. The rest can be seen tonight on ESPN Sportscenter.

"It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time.

"I did take a banned substance. For that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful."

 

[Goodieluver]

No excuse

"Pressure"

Plenty of MLB stars are under pressure to perform and never roided
(i will keep advocating Griffey Jr and Thomas as the greatest hitters of the 90s and my generation)

 

[The Fallen Angel]

doesnt make it any better but i am glad to hear him own up to it

 

[Goodieluver]

In my mind, Marris still is the Hr king

Also AROD is a fucking dolt
he didn't need roids he had the natural talent

Also, his roiding gave him an MVP

He did this for the same reason Bonds did it. To put their numbers so far ahead of everyone else that everyone will bow down and kiss their asses as the baseball best

 

[CarolinaTickler]

I was glad to hear him own up to it and that he never tried to pawn it off on someone else. Everytime Gammons asked him a question he always took responsibility. The best example of this was when he was asked by Gammons if he wished the tests had been destroyed by the Union and he responded that it didn't matter that he was wrong. I don't think this repairs his image, but it helps. I think it does help him a little that he pointed out in the interview that he has been tested numerous times since the inception of "official" MLB steroid testing and has never had a positive test other than this test that was supposed to never be revealed back in 2003.

That being said, I don't think he gets the same forgiveness that Giambi or Andy Pettite got because there is a perception that A-Rod is a phoney and people already disliked him before this. All he has really done is just give people another reason to dislike him. I just don't see him getting a pass like they did despite him apologizing like he did.

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

Pressure, he doesnt know anything about pressure, if he had a real job rather than making 20 million plus a year hitting a motherfucking baseball then he would understand pressure, Try having a federal job like i do then he'd understand pressure

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

I agree that he is a choke artist who doesn’t perform in the big moments, but I'm conflicted by the fact that the names of these test were supposed to be withheld. Had the players not been promise ambiguity I doubt they ever would have agreed to the 2003 testing. I’m not trying to say that A-Fraud isn’t a cheater or that what he did isn’t wrong, but I have a bit of a conflict with a player being promised ambiguity and then the test being leaked. I have the same kind of conflict with the test Bonds took, under the promise of ambiguity, being used as evidence in his perjury trial. I just have a bit of a problem with tests that were supposed to be kept secret being released to the public and then only one name is released. I’m not saying that what A-Fraud did wasn’t wrong and that he isn’t a cheater. I think his steroid use taints his legacy and calls into question a lot of what he has accomplished. My problem is simply that I don’t agree with telling a player that he is taking a test that no one is ever going to see and then having it released to the public. I doubt that the players ever would have agreed to take these tests had they known that their results would become public knowledge.

But that is the Players Union fault. Those that tested positive ( I think the number is 104 ) the Union Rep Gene Orza tried to refute. So they kept the tests hanging around. Then once the Feds got that Court Order for those tests. All bets were off.

The Union Reps were suppose to destroy what they had. Instead they wanted to fight it. Also, how fair is it that Orza was warning players when these tests were suppose to be done??? They should be trying to clean up the game for their OWN safety and life span.

I understand your problem but the bottomline is they shouldn't have been cheating to begin with. Had they NOT been cheating their would have been no issue with having the test done.

 

[ticklingfeet4fu]

I was glad to hear him own up to it and that he never tried to pawn it off on someone else. Everytime Gammons asked him a question he always took responsibility. The best example of this was when he was asked by Gammons if he wished the tests had been destroyed by the Union and he responded that it didn't matter that he was wrong. I don't think this repairs his image, but it helps. I think it does help him a little that he pointed out in the interview that he has been tested numerous times since the inception of "official" MLB steroid testing and has never had a positive test other than this test that was supposed to never be revealed back in 2003.

That being said, I don't think he gets the same forgiveness that Giambi or Andy Pettite got because there is a perception that A-Rod is a phoney and people already disliked him before this. All he has really done is just give people another reason to dislike him. I just don't see him getting a pass like they did despite him apologizing like he did.

Do you really think he hasn't been doing it since 2003??? I personally don't. He claims there was pressure with that contract. He still had that contract when he came to New York. Don't you believe that the pressure of New York alone as well as that contract multiplied??? I do believe he is STILL lying and I actually like Alex Rodriguez.

Also since now the Gene Orza seems to warn these players when there is testing being done it might be easier to NOT get caught. Besides they are NOT testing for HGH. So who is to say that Alex or anyone else in baseball ( or any sport for that matter ) isn't still cheating.

 

[Liu Kang]

Lol, when I saw the title, I thought it was about tennisman Andy Roddick.

 

[CarolinaTickler]

But that is the Players Union fault. Those that tested positive ( I think the number is 104 ) the Union Rep Gene Orza tried to refute. So they kept the tests hanging around. Then once the Feds got that Court Order for those tests. All bets were off.

The Union Reps were suppose to destroy what they had. Instead they wanted to fight it. Also, how fair is it that Orza was warning players when these tests were suppose to be done??? They should be trying to clean up the game for their OWN safety and life span.

I understand your problem but the bottomline is they shouldn't have been cheating to begin with. Had they NOT been cheating their would have been no issue with having the test done.

I totally agree that he should not have been cheating. That is the fundamental reason he is in this mess. It isn't because someone leaked steroid tests, though that is the method. Alex is in trouble because he took steroids. My argument is simply that the tests never should have been made public. I don't dispute that what was done was wrong. I simply have a problem with confidential tests being leaked to the public. If a player took a steroids test under the promise that the results would remain confidential I think the results should have remained confidential.

I do disagree with you about the job of the union though. The union isn't concerned with cleaning up baseball, it is concerned with the best interests of the players. Part of looking out for those interests is fighting positive steroids tests to keep players from losing money and possibly their job.

I also disagree with the statement that steroids are unsafe and shorten your lifespan. When ABUSED steroids are unsafe and can shorten your lifespand. Steroids are like almost any other drug in that they have negative side effects when you take too many or you abuse them. When used in recommended dosage and cycled on and off under the supervision of a trainer the risks are quite minimal. It is the guys who abuse steroids that shorten their life span and endanger their health. People who paint the picture that all steroid use kills are lying to the public. Steroids can have bad side effects, but most drugs do. That is why it is important to have a trainer who knows what those side effects are and knows how to manage them.

 

[The Fallen Angel]

i think that he is lying and still taking the juice, i at first said i was happy for him to own up to it but i was finally able to find the time to see the whole interview and i dont think he owned up to anything

he said that he isnt sure what he took and that it could have been as simple as something he got from gnc.. thats a bunch of bull. he also said he was at fault but i mean he didnt really have a choice on that one. he didnt mention who he got it from and said that he was unaware and naive to what he was putting into his body. are we supposed to believe that an athlete whose whole life is their body was putting anything into it for "3 years" and didnt know what it was? i mean come on really thats a lame cop out

bottom line i think he is still juicing and that aaron and his clean home run record are safe for a long time