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Rodriguez Says Cousin Injected Him With Substance in 2001-2003
By Danielle Sessa
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Alex Rodriguez said his cousin injected him with an over-the-counter substance twice a month to increase his energy during the 2001 to 2003 baseball seasons.
Rodriguez, the New York Yankees’ third baseman, said he asked an unidentified person to obtain the substance from the Dominican Republic.
Rodriguez confessed to using banned substances in an interview with ESPN on Feb. 9, two days after Sports Illustrated reported that the three-time Most Valuable Player tested positive for steroids in 2003.
“I didn’t think they were steroids,” Rodriguez told reporters at a televised press conference today at the Yankees’ spring training complex in Tampa, Florida. “It was pretty evident that we didn’t know what we were doing.”
He said he stopped using the substance in 2003 and hasn’t taken it since
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All he had to do was be honest. This presser did nothing for him and only wil make people hate him more. Why not just be honest? Idiot. His own peers have called him a lier and a cheat (Roy Oswald).
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I have zero respect for these athletes that say they didn't know it was steroids. At least come up with a good lie.
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maybe a-rod is just one of those guys with a $25 mil contract who lets strangers inject his body with unknown oils.
maybe he's just trusting like that.
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Dumbest thing he could have done. Millions of gym rats weigh supplements, food, etc, but a world class athlete doesn't know what he's putting in his body. ::)
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I have zero respect for these athletes that say they didn't know it was steroids. At least come up with a good lie.
Ditto!
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I have zero respect for these athletes that say they didn't know it was steroids. At least come up with a good lie.
I agree, he could have said he was tricked it was tol 12 or some multivitamin
maybe a-rod is just one of those guys with a $25 mil contract who lets strangers inject his body with unknown oils.
maybe he's just trusting like that.
im sure he would just give those 25 mill to anybody that would ask, he's pretty innocent ::)
Dumbest thing he could have done. Millions of gym rats weigh supplements, food, etc, but a world class athlete doesn't know what he's putting in his body. ::)
hahah yeah,
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What was the name of what he said it was? "Bolle" or something like that? And didn't he say that it was, or had been, over the counter?
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What was the name of what he said it was? "Bolle" or something like that? And didn't he say that it was, or had been, over the counter?
I think he may have been referring to Primobolan and it probably is over the counter in the Dominican Republic.
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maybe a-rod is just one of those guys with a $25 mil contract who lets strangers inject his body with unknown oils.
He said it was his "cousin" who injected him. By coming up with this fictious character, A-Rod can claim that even though he didn't know what was being injected into him, he trusted this person doing the injecting.
That's the problem with lying. You eventually have to come up with more lies to cover the original ones.
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hahahhahaha.......he thought they were Flaxeed oil.......hahhahahahahha ......another dumb ass millionaire athlete.
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People do it for no other reason then getting stronger in the gym.
millions to be made and at the time no testing.
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"I took this stuff called....Ripped Fuel" thats some dangerous stuff!!
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He said his cousin did it.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez expanded on his admission last week that he used a banned substance earlier this decade, saying a cousin injected him with an over-the-counter drug designed to give an "energy boost."
The New York Yankees star third baseman said using the banned drug that he said he obtained from the Dominican Republic was a "stupid mistake."
"I knew we weren't taking Tic Tacs," Rodriguez said.
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Ready to ask questions -- many questions -- were the 150-200 reporters on hand at Steinbrenner Field, where satellite trucks for live transmissions already were set up at dawn. At the outset of the news conference, Rodriguez said he was "a lot nervous" and quickly added he understands the long road ahead toward earning back others' trust in him.
Sports Illustrated broke the story on its Web site Feb. 7 that Rodriguez tested positive for a pair of steroids during baseball's anonymous survey in 2003. Two days later, baseball's highest-paid player acknowledged that fact in an interview with ESPN.
The three-time AL MVP started his news conference by reading from a prepared statement. At the end, he paused for 37 seconds to collect himself, turned to his teammates and simply said "thank you." Sitting in the front row were Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada.
The third baseman said a cousin of his injected him with a banned substance in 2001, 2002 and 2003. He said his decision to use what he called an "energy boosting" drug was purely ignorant..
"We consulted no one. It was pretty evident that we didn't know what we were doing," Rodriguez said.
The drug-related apology has become a near-annual February rite for the Yankees.
Jason Giambi gave an ambiguous one at Yankee Stadium on the eve of spring training in 2005.
Pettitte gave an emotional and lengthy one when he arrived at spring training last year.
Tuesday, it was Rodriguez's turn.
"Spring training represents a new start to me," he said.
For years, Rodriguez denied using performance-enhancing drugs. But SI reported he was on a list of 104 players who tested positive during the '03 survey. SI identified the drugs causing the positive test as Primobolan and testosterone.
The survey was to remain anonymous, but federal agents seized the records and samples from baseball's contractors in April 2004 during raids in connection with the BALCO probe in San Francisco. Although the agents originally had search warrants for the records of 10 players, they discovered the broader records and came back with additional search warrants.
The list of players is under seal, but those seizures remain in dispute. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals currently considering the government's appeal to overturn lower-court decisions in favor of the union.
Where Rodriguez broke new ground Tuesday was with his admission, which separates himself from others -- Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa among them -- ensnared in the haze of the steroids era. Rodriguez also is the first first-ballot-type Hall of Famer to acknowledge using performance-enhancing substances.
The stakes are higher, too, because Rodriguez is 12th on the career home run list with 553 and trails leader Bonds by 209.
Rodriguez acknowledged speaking privately last week with Selena Roberts, a co-author of the SI report, and offering an apology after saying in his interview with ESPN that Roberts stalked him and tried to break into his home while his two daughters were sleeping.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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"I took this stuff called....Ripped Fuel" thats some dangerous stuff!!
i heard him say that, i wonder if it was the RF with the ephedrine still in it.
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i heard him say that, i wonder if it was the RF with the ephedrine still in it.
He said that it is no longer available, so I'm sure it was.
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" I took it for energy" A-Rod
All this fool had to do was say: ' I took steroids for 3 years because I thought it would help me be a better athlete....I was stupid for doing this and I messed up. I have no one to blame buy myself and I understand that people will question my records". Not "I took it for energy and I didn't know what it was". "not I was young and dumb", not "my cousin did it". You knew what it was A-rod....are you kidding me?
Instead he took the dumb route and lied again. His fellow players were the ones who outed him and he is hated by many of his peers. This is only going to make things worse. Only the most delusional Yankees fan would think A-Rod was telling the truth here.
It's not even a big deal......just be hones about it. Lying like this makes it worse.
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I get a kick outta all the media's holier than thou attitude ::)
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" I took it for energy" A-Rod
All this fool had to do was say: ' I took steroids for 3 years because I thought it would help me be a better athlete....I was a genius for doing this and made millions and baseball became popular again. I think everyone should do it and I understand that people will question my records, but no more than any other baseball player over the past 30 years". Not "I took it for energy and I didn't know what it was". "not I was young and dumb", not "my cousin did it". You knew what it was A-rod....are you kidding me?
Instead he took the dumb route and lied again. His fellow players were the ones who outed him and he is hated by many of his peers. This is only going to make things worse. Only the most delusional Yankees fan would think A-Rod was telling the truth here.
It's not even a big deal......just be hones about it. Lying like this makes it worse.
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Didn't Marion Jones have the same excuse?! ::)
You'd think these world class athletes are either dumb as hell, or can't lie worth a damn :-X
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I get a kick outta all the media's holier than thou attitude ::)
Unless someone else is a victim of it, then New Yorkers and the New York media love it. The New York Yankees are the team of the steroid era. There are a lot of guys who did it, but the Yankees stand alone with known steriod users. The Mitchel Report was like a Yankee roster.
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Stark is that you?
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Not really, not everyone did it. I don't even care that he juiced, tons of guys did. He should have been honest and it would have been fine. His peers already hate him, saying what you said would have made it worse.
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Not really, not everyone did it. I don't even care that he juiced. He should have been honest and it would have been fine.
You're giving him too much credit. What makes you think he'd know what primo, deca, adrol , dbol would be? Seriously? In the DR you can buy this shit from any farmacia with any scrips. People probably take it to get aggresive before they headed to a club down there.
Just because he can hit a ball doesn't mean he's smart.
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I get a kick outta all the media's holier than thou attitude ::)
During the Mcguire/Sosa homerun title race year, I remember telling my non-bodybuilding savy friends that both were juicing. However, I didn't hear a peep from the media about this. Now, all these same guys are steroid experts.
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During the Mcguire/Sosa homerun title race year, I remember telling my non-bodybuilding savy friends that both were juicing. However, I didn't hear a peep from the media about this. Now, all these same guys are steroid experts.
haha exactly! Just like every four years everyone becomes a political genius and knows EXACTLY what this country needs ::)
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You're giving him too much credit. What makes you think he'd know what primo, deca, adrol , dbol would be?
He was 25-26 at the time and had been a professional athlete in the U.S. for 6-7 years. You don't think he knew about steroids?
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You're giving him too much credit. What makes you think he'd know what primo, deca, adrol , dbol would be? Seriously? In the DR you can buy this shit from any farmacia with any scrips. People probably take it to get aggresive before they headed to a club down there.
Just because he can hit a ball doesn't mean he's smart.
The guy speaks two languages flawlessly and he is a pro athlete who has teamates who take/took steriods. He had been a pro for years at that point. You're telling me that he didn't know that he was injecting steroids into his body for increased performance and not just better energy? He knew enough that he couldent tell anyone what he was doing and that he had to be secrative, but he didn't know what it was that he was taking?
All he had to do was be honest. His peers outed him, they must really hate his guts :-\
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Unless someone else is a victim of it, then New Yorkers and the New York media love it. The New York Yankees are the team of the steroid era. There are a lot of guys who did it, but the Yankees stand alone with known steriod users. The Mitchel Report was like a Yankee roster.
I think every team was the same the Yanks just got caught.
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I think every team was the same the Yanks just got caught.
Why would the Yankees be the only ones to get caught? The Mitchel report did not focus on just the Yankees. The bottom line is that there are a lot of guys who took drugs in baseball, and the highest concentration of these players was on the Yankees. Yanks fans and New York media like to throw the word "taint" around, well, there is one hell of a stain on their baseball team.
A-rod never would have been outed if he was not such a douche. His own peers outed him, thats serious shit in the MLB. Players never out other players or come out and flat out rip players like Oswald did with A-Rod.
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Ditto!
Hey Bay, at least he's there to talk about the past...... ;D
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i played pro baseball years ago.. everyone has a trainer just like in bodybuilding. my trainer gave me shit all the time. he injected me with several things i didnt really know about.. most of it was to heal the pain in my arm. could he have injected me with a steroid? i dont know. i didnt lift weights much at that time or eat much..
now why would a trainer inject me with a 'performance enhancing'' drug?
''wow kh300 is looking good, he also throws harder and hits the ball harder since he been working with #####'' =$$$$$$$$ for my trainer.
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I have zero respect for these athletes that say they didn't know it was steroids. At least come up with a good lie.
He should have just hollered "racism"