Call Him A-Roid: Alex Rodriguez Tested Positive in 2003

[Matt Molnar]

Sources tell SI Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003

By Selena Roberts and David Epstein

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." [Full Article]

[AirtrafficController]

I'm not surprised.

[lijk604]

The question now is who is/was NOT on steroids?

[Midnight Mike]

Well, Jose Cansceco was right, a bunch of people were doping up.

Sad part is the baseball union was trying to cover it up

[Gerard]

But why single out Arod and not the other 103 people on the list? Sounds like someone had an agenda here.
BTW Alex just did an interview with Peter Gammons for ESPN tonite at 6PM ADMITTING he did the steroids.

[Matt Molnar]

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 exclusive interview in Miami Beach, Fla. An extended interview will air on SportsCenter at 6 p.m. ET.

"Back then, [baseball] was a different culture," Rodriguez said. "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."

Translation: "Boohoo, I felt pressure being the richest athlete in the world with my private locker room, flying to games in my own biz jet, feel bad for me."