Alex Rodriguez Confesses to Using Perfomance Enhancing Drugs
Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez told ESPN's Peter Gammons in an exclusive interview in Miami Beach, Fla., "I did use a banned substance. And for that I am very sorry and deeply regretful." Rodriguez used PED [performing enhancing drugs] during a three year period beginning in 2001 while he was playing with the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez stopped using in 2003 when he incurred a neck injury and because Major League Baseball started testing to find out if it was necessary to test players during that year. Rodriguez said:
"Again, it was such a loosey-goosey era. I'm guilty for a lot of things. I'm guilty for being negligent, naive, not asking all the right questions. And to be quite honest, I don't know exactly what substance I was guilty of using.
There's many things that you can take that are banned substances. I mean, there's things that have been removed from GNC today that would trigger a positive test.
Rodriguez's admission comes 48 hours after Sports Illustrated came out with a list of 104 players who tested positive for using PED. Alex said that when he was signed to the Rangers, it was a $252 million dollar contract, and he felt extreme pressure to play really well. He needed something to "give him a push."
Rodriguez said that when he joined the New York Yankees in 2004, his years with the Yankees:
"...have been clean. I've played the best baseball of my career since. I've won two MVPs since and I've never felt better in my career. Of that I'm very proud of."
Alex Rodriguez is best known for being the youngest MLB player to ever hit 500 home runs. The last record was set in 1939 by Jimmie Foxx. His steroid use may have hurt his chances for a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
February 9, 2009
Alex Rodriguez Confesses to Using Perfomance Enhancing DrugsAlex "A-Rod" Rodriguez told ESPN's Peter Gammons in an exclusive interview in Miami Beach, Fla., "I did use a banned substance. And for that I am very sorry and deeply regretful." Rodriguez used PED [performing enhancing drugs] during a three year period beginning in 2001 while he was playing with the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez stopped using in 2003 when he incurred a neck injury and because Major League Baseball started testing to find out if it was necessary to test players during that year. Rodriguez said:
Rodriguez's admission comes 48 hours after Sports Illustrated came out with a list of 104 players who tested positive for using PED. Alex said that when he was signed to the Rangers, it was a $252 million dollar contract, and he felt extreme pressure to play really well. He needed something to "give him a push."
Rodriguez said that when he joined the New York Yankees in 2004, his years with the Yankees:
Alex Rodriguez is best known for being the youngest MLB player to ever hit 500 home runs. The last record was set in 1939 by Jimmie Foxx. His steroid use may have hurt his chances for a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
source: ESPN