According to Selena Roberts and David Epstein of SI.com, current New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez allegedly tested positive for steroids while he was a member of the Texas Rangers in 2003.
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.”
With no penalty for steroids in 2003, ARod wasn’t punished. But now this brings into question many things for him such as being one of the greatest hitters of all time. Plus what happens when he gets close to the home run record. You may argue that his record would be tainted as well.
It’s going to be another long season of ridicule by the fans for ARod. I can’t wait until he gets to Boston this season. Oh boy will that be fun.
Sources tell SI Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003 [SI.com]
