A-Rod Tested Positive for Steroids in 2003

by hugo on Feb 7, 2009 12:04 PM EST in Toronto Blue Jays News

According to Sports Illustrated, in 2003, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two banned anabolic steroids. 2003 was the first year of testing for the substances. SI is reporting that the story has been confirmed by 4 independent sources, so it sounds like more than rumor. A-Rod, of course, won the MVP in 2003.

To put it in perspective, according to the report, 104 major-league players tested positive that year, less than 10% of the total 1200 players tested but still quite a few. According to the article, A-Rod tested positive for testosterone and methenolone (brand name Primobolan ), which, unlike many anabolic steroids is not now and was not in 2003 an approved prescription drug.

It will be interesting to see what comes out of this. I have to confess to a level of schadenfreude here as A-Rod has grated me the wrong way especially since the "mine" incident.

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You know....

I’m feeling sorry for ARod today, and I bet I’ve never felt sorry for the man before. I just finished the chapter in Joe Torre’s book that should have been titled ‘Alex is a Creep’. They go on and on about what a lousy person he is and then I get up and the first thing I see is that he tested positive for steroids.

First, I think if I’m him, I’m suing MLB. If 104 tested positive why is his the only name to come out. Add in that the testing was supposed to be anonymous at the time it seems a little much to pick his name out of it.

In the book, everything he does is wrong. He works out in the gym after the game! Shame! He runs on the threadmill before the game! Shame! He likes to watch baseball on TV! He has the Baseball Channel! Isn’t that awful.

I mean I get the point, Jeter good, Rodriguez bad but that chapter was just way over the top. I understand Torre thinks that Jeter walks on water, but does he have to tear down ARod that much to make Jeter look good?

Anyway I’m sure this feeling will past quick and I’ll go back to my usual start of disliking ARod really soon.

by Tom Dakers on Feb 7, 2009 12:44 PM EST reply actions

the part about

how Jeter doesn’t care about watching baseball was hilarious. Somehow Joe Torre thinks it is a negative that A-Rod obsessively watches baseball and takes an interest in the game whereas it is good thing that Jeter couldn’t care less about any game he’s not playing in.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Feb 7, 2009 1:10 PM EST up reply actions

And you have to know...

that if it was Jeter that watched the games and ARod that didn’t it would be another story of what a great baseball mind Derek Jeter is and how ARod only cared about himself.

by Tom Dakers on Feb 7, 2009 4:07 PM EST up reply actions

Exactly

The testing was not suppose to be made public.

Sadly (I’m with you today, I’m feeling a little sorry for him for the first time ever…. just so much is piling up), it’s a lose-lose. If he tries to sue someone he will be called a “whiner” the entire time. If I’m him, this year I don’t say a word to anyone and I put my head down and go to work.

by dlb on Feb 7, 2009 2:50 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah I think so...

I mean the guy is scum, and has shown it in 5200 ways but if his positive result is released then all 104 names should be.

by Tom Dakers on Feb 7, 2009 4:02 PM EST up reply actions

I figure they will be eventually

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Feb 7, 2009 4:18 PM EST up reply actions

I wonder....

The player’s association will have to get on this in some manner because they agreed to do this. If I’m a member I’ve got questions for them, if the results were to stay private, what guarantees were the players given? I would imagine a number of phone calls are being made today.

by Tom Dakers on Feb 7, 2009 4:29 PM EST up reply actions

I just have to make one more comment....

in Torre’s book they quote a bullpen catcher about ARod:

“He was phony,” said Mike Borzellow…one of Rodriguez’s closest friends

Yeah that’s a friend. How better to rip a guy in your book than by quoting someone calling him a phony then say that person was one of his ‘closest friends’. You know the saying, with friends like that who needs enemies.

by Tom Dakers on Feb 7, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions

"with friends like that

who needs friends?" One of my favourite movie lines ever, and a lot more honest than the usual saying

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Feb 7, 2009 1:11 PM EST up reply actions

dirk in rushmore

great line

"The NY Mets are my favorite squadron" -- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

by jessef on Feb 8, 2009 11:28 AM EST up reply actions

torre's book is a joke

by torontocoltsfan on Feb 9, 2009 1:04 PM EST up reply actions

and by the way

Jose Canseco was saying this years ago and no one was paying any attention. He was right again….

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Feb 7, 2009 1:13 PM EST reply actions

couldn't

have happened to a nicer guy…

I’ve never been a fan of AROD…the mine incident, the slapping incident (in the pic), the lady friend pictures in Toronto, the blonde streaks…

by bunner on Feb 7, 2009 2:02 PM EST reply actions

not to mention all the b.s. about how he loved his wife so much for standing by him

and then cheating on her with the biggest attention whore on the planet

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Feb 7, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions

He is a hell of a guy isn't he.....

oh well I knew my little moment of feeling sorry for him would end quick….thanks for helping me thru it.

by Tom Dakers on Feb 7, 2009 2:30 PM EST up reply actions

welcome back

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Feb 7, 2009 2:41 PM EST up reply actions

AROD is a DOUCHE!

AROD and Michael Phelps…biggest douche’s on the planet.

by bunner on Feb 7, 2009 5:24 PM EST up reply actions

could not agree more

anyone in their current situations who engenders so little sympathy must be a complete d-bag

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Feb 7, 2009 5:32 PM EST up reply actions

I have questions abou many Jays...

Wilkerson for sure, Frank, and guys like Stewart who all fell off hard seemed like they lost someting after 2006… Wells too? You could see the difference in Zaun for sure…

by Andy Mc on Feb 7, 2009 8:06 PM EST reply actions

So...

NOW I feel for AROD…I’m not a fan of his at all I think he’s a douche bag (as mentioned above) but to public admit to using drugs take a lot of balls IMO. Especially after specifically denying it on more then one occassion.

It’s a bit of a cop out to stay it was because he felt pressure after signing the big contract but is a plausable excuse, especially when drug use was so wide-spread I’m he didn’t feel like he was doing anything wrong at the time.

Overall I wish more players (insert: Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Bonds, Palmeiro) would just admit to it rather then lying over and over and over again…AROD deserves some credit here, I just wonder if there will be any thing done to him…will his MVP be taken away?

by bunner on Feb 9, 2009 3:35 PM EST reply actions