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Medical Records Show Manny Ramirez Steroids Use

By ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

According to a report by ESPN.com’s Mark Fainaru-Wada (co-author of the book, Game of Shadows) and T.J. Quinn, medical records the MLBPA was forced to hand over to league officials because of the collective bargaining agreement further indicted Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez. Ramirez first tested positive for elevated levels of testocerone during Spring Training. MLB then [...]

MANNY TESTS POSITIVE FOR FERTILITY DRUG

By ⋅ May 7, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

Just breaking news out of L.A. that former Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez has tested positive for drugs and is suspended for 50 games! His agent Scott Boras says it’s not steroids but a prescription from a doctor. ESPN is reporting the substance is a women’s fertility drug. WTF? Here’s the scoop from ESPN.com: …two [...]

A-Rod Used Steroids with Yankees, in High School

By ⋅ April 30, 2009 ⋅ One comment

UPDATE: When asked today to comment on the allegations, A-Rod said, “I’m not going there.” According to the N.Y. Daily News, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez used performance-enhancing drugs a lot more that for just a three-year period with the Texas Rangers. In the new book about the slugger due to be released in May, Selena [...]

Canseco: 90% Sure Manny Used Steroids

By ⋅ April 6, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Update (05/07/09): Canseco’s hunch was true…Manny Ramirez tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and was suspended 50 games. … With no Red Sox game today, Boston fans can turn their focus to Los Angeles. Why? Well, in front of a packed auditorium (some 50 spectators) on the campus of USC, former Red Sox slugger Jose Canseco [...]

Sorting Through the Steroids Mess

By ⋅ February 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Well it’s nice to be back after a short hiatus, and boy did things ever blow up in the sports world during it. I’d like to thank Alex Rodriguez, Bud Selig, and a whole cast of others for giving me quite the range of items to discuss my thoughts on, and all revolve around one item: [...]

Ortiz Downplays Association with Banned Trainer

By ⋅ February 21, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

David Ortiz answered questions Saturday morning about his relationship with trainer Angel Presinal, who was banned from all major league clubhouses following an incident in 2001. Presinal allegedly traveled with A-Rod and his infamous cousin Yuri Sucart during the entire 2007 season, with Presinal and Sucart staying in a separate hotel room from Rodrgiuez all [...]

Steroid-Tainted Trainer Linked to A-Rod, Ortiz, Pedro

By ⋅ February 20, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments

According to the New York Daily News, Alex Rodriguez has been linked to a trainer that has been banned from all MLB clubhouses. That trainer, named Angel Presinal, was banned from all private areas in every major league ballpark after an October 2001 incident involving an unmarked gym bag full of steroids. In addition to A-Rod, [...]

A-Rod Says He Took an “Energy-Booster”

By ⋅ February 17, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

Alex Rodriguez told the assembled media outside the Yankees Spring Training complex Tuesday that he used an over-the-counter substance (named “boli”) from the Domican Republic that was supposed to be an “energy-booster.” A-Rod said that his cousin injected him with the substance twice a month during six-month cycles for a three-year period from 2001-2003.

Alex Rodriguez to Face Media Tuesday

By ⋅ February 17, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Alex Rodriguez, with his Yankees teammates by his side, will follow in the footsteps of Jason Giambi and Andy Pettitte before him. Tuesday, A-Rod will face the New York media for the first time since admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs from 2001-2003. “When I see him tomorrow, I’m going to give him a big hug [...]

A-Rod: No Different Than The Rest

By ⋅ February 10, 2009 ⋅ One comment

So it turns out A-Rod used steroids, just like at least 103 other players in 2003, and I’m not surprised. I think I would’ve been more surprised if he played his whole career and came back with clean tests all the way. After all, baseball has created a culture of “Do anything possible to stay [...]

ESPN Video: A-Rod Admits Using Steroids

By ⋅ February 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In sitting down with ESPN’s Peter Gammons, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez admitted Monday to using performance-enhancing drugs. In 2007, he lied to Katie Couric on 60 Minutes about his past steroid use.

Video: Alex Rodriguez 60 Minutes Interview in 2007

By ⋅ February 9, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Alex Rodriguez admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in an interview with ESPN’s Peter Gammons Monday. In 2007, he told Katie Couric of CBS’s 60 Minutes that he never used steroids and felt he was “never over-matched on the baseball field.” It turns out, he flat-out lied.

A-Rod Admits Steroid Use From 2001-2003

By ⋅ February 9, 2009 ⋅ 11 comments

Alex Rodriguez, who anonymously tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 admitted to ESPN’s Peter Gammons of past steroid abuse dating back to 2001. Rodriguez joined the Rangers in 2001 after signing a then-record 10-year, $252 million deal. In A-Rod’s words: “When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure, [...]

CNNSI: Arod Tested Positive for Steroids in 2003

By ⋅ February 7, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

This could be the big tamale. CNNSI.com is reporting they’ve received word from four independent sources that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for an anabolic steroid and testosterone in 2003 – which happened to be an MVP season. Arod was on a list of 104 players who tested positive for steroids in 2003, but while the [...]

Deadspin: McGwire “Steriods Secret” Revealed!

By ⋅ January 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

When Jose Canseco first released “Juiced” in 2005, news of the widespread use of steroids in Major League Baseball throttled the game. Canseco ratted a number of his former friends including Rafeal Palmeiro and former Bash Brother Mark McGwire, and made a lot of money doing it. That is perhaps the motivation for Mark’s brother, [...]

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