Steroid accusations once again haunt baseball
The star third-baseman for the New York Yankees and baseball’s highest-paid player, Alex Rodriguez, who recently attained the magical figure of 600 career home runs, has been accused of making use of steroids.
The game of baseball seems to have absolutely no respite from accusations of use of steroids and the history seems to be repeating itself.
From News.bbc.co.uk:
Timed to coincide with the opening of Bonds’s trial for perjury in telling a federal grand jury he had never taken steroids, Sports Illustrated broke the story on their website, saying Rodriguez had tested positive in 2003 for both testosterone and for the “designer steroid” primobolan.
The drugs were not banned in baseball at the time, although primobolan has never been authorised even for prescription use in the US.
The testing, which covered all 1,198 major league players, had been agreed with the players’ association to determine the extent of drug use in the game: if more than 5% of the players tested positive, it would trigger the instituting of mandatory random tests in 2004.
Nearly 9%, or 104 players, tested positive, though their identities were supposed to remain secret and no punishments were called for.
Confronted by SI.com reporter Selena Roberts in Miami, Rodriguez passed up the chance to comment on the report. “You’ll have to talk to the union,” he said. “I’m not saying anything.”
A-Rod has remains a style icon and idol for many ever since he entered the world of professional baseball by moving from high school in Miami to the Seattle Mariners.
Tags: Alex Rodriguez, baseball, New York Yankees, Primobolan, steroid, testosterone, use of steroids
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