A-Rod to admit steroid use and apologize during ESPN interview

[BlackZ28]

Alex Rodriguez admits to steroid use from 2001-2003 and apolozes, interview on SportsCenter at 6pm today.


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847


His voice shaking at times, Alex Rodriguez met head-on allegations that he tested positive for steroids six years ago, telling ESPN on Monday that he did take performance-enhancing drugs while playing for the Texas Rangers during a three-year period beginning in 2001.


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"When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure, felt all the weight of the world on top of me to perform, and perform at a high level every day," Rodriguez told ESPN's Peter Gammons in an exclusive interview in Miami Beach, Fla. An extended interview will air on SportsCenter at 6 p.m. ET.

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[dan]

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[billybongthorton]

name a baseball plyer who hasnt taken roids

[dan]

hank aaron, babe ruth, ...i can go on.

oh and the old timey guys used to smoke regularly and booze alot harder than they do now. and today has better exercising techniques too. yet those guys got it done.

there are hordes of players who are talented and never touched the stuff.

[BlackZ28]

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:lol:

[Cobb_Web]

hank aaron, babe ruth, ...i can go on.

oh and the old timey guys used to smoke regularly and booze alot harder than they do now. and today has better exercising techniques too. yet those guys got it done.

there are hordes of players who are talented and never touched the stuff.

I mean I'm not saying that those two guys took steroids, but we don't know for sure that every single one of the old time ball players didnt take steroids. I'm not saying I think that they did, but we dont know for sure.

Also consider that ball parks were smaller then.

In any case, I think its good that he's coming forward and saying that he did it and so on. And everyone keeps resorting to the "show me a player that doesnt take roids." Thats not an excuse. Steroids are a major problem, and their use needs to be discontinued. And I'm not just saying that because of the moral implications, but steroids are incredibly unhealthy. The health factor is really my biggest issue.

[Lil Ze']

Lets also take into factor that between the 90's and early 00's most players were on some form. So it was either take some or take a huge risk at not being a starter.

[Treysdad]

I don't really see the big deal with baseball players or any sports player taking steroids. They're not weightlifters.

[TNathe]

here's my question. He said in his interview that he didnt know what it was he ingested that got him banned and he mentioned that many of things available at your local GNC are in fact banned. So, did he get busted with some serious type of roids, like the shit they inject or whatever they do, or was it he failed tests because he was taking "performance enhancers" that you can buy at Walgreens?

[Strongest Man In The World]

news flash

over 75% of professional athletes are on some sort of performance enhancing anabolics androgenics or growth hormones

This country is so hyporcritical. They want the big hitters, fastest runner, huge 350lb linemen but when they reveal how a human is made superhuman, they hang them out to dry via a modern day witch hunt.

sickens me

[Strongest Man In The World]

I don't really see the big deal with baseball players or any sports player taking steroids. They're not weightlifters.

LOL, bulking anabolics are just one of the many out there. Many enhance speed, longevity, repair/protect ligements.

Its not just about getting bigger and stronger, its about being faster and having a well protected body that can endure the beating of a long career

[Treysdad]

Its not just about getting bigger and stronger, its about being faster and having a well protected body that can endure the beating of a long career


And i see no issue with that whatsoever

[Strongest Man In The World]

I mean I'm not saying that those two guys took steroids, but we don't know for sure that every single one of the old time ball players didnt take steroids. I'm not saying I think that they did, but we dont know for sure.

Also consider that ball parks were smaller then.

In any case, I think its good that he's coming forward and saying that he did it and so on. And everyone keeps resorting to the "show me a player that doesnt take roids." Thats not an excuse. Steroids are a major problem, and their use needs to be discontinued. And I'm not just saying that because of the moral implications, but steroids are incredibly unhealthy. The health factor is really my biggest issue.

sorry to keep replying seperatly but prove that steroids are unhealthy!

When you go to the doctor and have some sort of illness or infection, the first thing they want to do is inject you with an anabolic to strengthen your amune system.

When your test count is low, what do they do? Give you some androgel to rub on your body(pssss thats a steroid)

Medical science uses anabolics/androgenics and growth hormones to SAVE lives and quality of life, but when an athlete uses them(most high level guys use them under doctors supervision) they are all of a sudden unhealthy? These guys are the top .5% of the population in physical condition and they are the unhealthy ones? really?

Im pretty sure most people in here have no idea what they are talking about and are just regergitating a CNN article they read about barry bonds.

[Strongest Man In The World]

and I personally have not touched an anabolic in over 4 years( did ONE cycle)

so this isnt coming from a juice head, this is coming from an educated/relalistic mind.

These guys have to be superhuman to compete at the professional levels. Their career/livelyhood depends on them being better than the other guy

If George ruth had access to the stuff todays athletes do, he would have been the biggest juice head alive. Hell he was an alcoholi womanizer...whats worse? :lol:

[dan]

while i agree that there are some supplements that are borderline, some of these guys were plain ole taking the heavy stuff. a-rod may have just gotten caught up in the smaller things, which may play out to not be as bad, unless someone comes to light saying he took HGH or one of the 'worse' ones.

i'm not in the pool of hypocrisy though. i want good players, but i don't gripe about having the fastest or biggest...if i do, i mean in the most natural, talented sort of way. i prefer sports w/o all these hyped up guys who are the face of the team.

face of the team....what an oxymoron.

im all about a fair and balanced game, no matter what it is. if one side is better, it's because they play harder and have legitimately better players, as no human is created the same as the next. it makes for closer more exciting games, and i'm a huge fan of parity.

but of course, this is america, and people want to glamorize and hype up everything they can. they seek out the big hits and the glitzy highlight reel stuff, and their attention spans really can't handle the rest of the game. they especially seem to hate on baseball nowadays, as even with juiced players, they still think its too boring...can't win i guess.


i do give a-rod props for coming out publicly and speaking about his faults. the guy is a real asshole from what i hear, but this makes me not feel so bad for him. granted, it did take allegations and such for him to break silence about it, but at least he's smarter than a few others who sit there and deny deny deny (and might end up in jail for it).

[2MuchDuctTape]

You know, if you take a look at McGwire, Sosa, Bonds...all of those guys took steroids for a while, and they just have "that steroid look": just huge! Man, young Barry Bonds was really skinny, and then he (and his head) blew up.

A-Rod? He's a tall, fit guy, but he doesn't look like a steroid user. Big guy, but not steroid big.

Whatever, ARod's biggest problem is his head and his attitude anyway.

[Cobb_Web]

I think this brings up a point that I'm glad is finally being addressed.

In the realm of sports, it seems like everyone does want the 350 lb linemen, the crap load of home runs, and all of that because thats what has become marketable, "exciting," and so forth. While I enjoy the level of competition that we seem to be having in the likes of baseball and football and so forth, enjoying that so much is what will keep steroids in players around the country. Until we as a people say that we will sacrifice the enjoyment of watching someone break home run records, or the enjoyment of HUMONGOUS hits during a football game, none of this is going to go away. We have to say that their health is more important than our enjoyment. And yes, it comes to the coaches too, that push these players to acheive the records that they have, among other things. They have to start taking some responisbility and some action and work proactively to help get steroids out of their repsective games.

Another similar statistic. Professional wrestlers are taking steroids today because the big muscles have become so marketable, that if you don't "look big" you wont become succesful. Hulk Hogan is a fair example. He took the steroids to get big because thats what the industry desired from him, and he ended up getting burned on the witness stand. Eddie Guerrero knew that if he wasn't big he wouldnt make it as a succesful pro wrestler in America (where the money is) if he wasn't big. It ended up costing him his life. You can make the case that steroids played a part in the double murder suicide of the Chris Benoit family, but I really don't connect that to this same issue.

But it goes back to the same thing with "regular" sports. The fans and the leagues put such a high premium on size, home runs, long passes, and so forth that the players have no other option BUT to take steroids. I'm not saying that these people are immoral people, I can certainly understand why they do take them.

Idk, thats just my two cents for now.

[2cansam]

Legalize it. Then they don't have to worry about it cause everyone will be doing it. That would make for a interesting season of baseball if everyone was on the juice

[TampaDude]

Legalize it. Then they don't have to worry about it cause everyone will be doing it. That would make for a interesting season of baseball if everyone was on the juice


^ this

All the labs could market "their" steroids as the best, and you'd have a whole new, competitive market.

Coming soon...the Tour de France Team USA, sponsored by Deca-Durabolin! :lol:

[dan]

the legalize argument is stupid.

i can hear the lawsuits coming.

and when kids and teens start being found with it, what then. "but the pros are allowed to do it!?"

no steriods. make a more concrete list of what IS and ISN'T allowed. have it more publically published, and make EVERY player aware of it. enforce zero tolerance...you get caught youre done for that season (or the coming season)...caught the 2nd time...banned from the sport. buh bye.

its that simple. if guys want to chase records and be the best, make them work for it. records are there because people were and are extraordinary...its not something 3 guys can reach over the past 100 years, and then 50 guys break that record in a matter of a decade.


and coaches do not promote chasing records. most players and coaches dont keep up with alot of that stuff. they are reminded of it by the media, fans, and their stat keepers when they are close to breaking one. coaches just want the most out of a player...which is almost the same thing.

[Lil Ze']

I think if people assume Barry Bonds wouldn't have hit 500+ HRs and been a Gold glove outfielder with out roids they're fucking stupid and know nothing about the game. Bonds is one the most talented players to ever play. With or without roids.

[TampaDude]

I think if people assume Barry Bonds wouldn't have hit 500+ HRs and been a Gold glove outfielder with out roids they're fucking stupid and know nothing about the game. Bonds is one the most talented players to ever play. With or without roids.

+1 Steroids don't give you better vision to see a pitch, or better swing mechanics, or make you a better fielder. It's not all about the 'roids.

[2cansam]

I think if people assume Barry Bonds wouldn't have hit 500+ HRs and been a Gold glove outfielder with out roids they're fucking stupid and know nothing about the game. Bonds is one the most talented players to ever play. With or without roids.


Look at the mid 90s Bond to the 2000s bond...That guys head swelled up from a four head to a ten head. LOL < Get it ? LOL ! Yeh ok that was dumb. Just Say No ! To the JUICE !!!!

[Lil Ze']

I'm not saying he wasn't on juice. Almost everyone in the MLB was on juice in 90's and early 00's.

[2cansam]

I don't think it really matters. To me its like cigarettes . People know they can cause cancer , but do it anyway. Its their choice to do it. With steriods what harm dose it bring to you or I ? True the athlete may become more easily provoked and beat his spouse , but alcohol can make you do the same thing and you don't see major sports leagues banning that .

[TampaTraps]

the legalize argument is stupid.

i can hear the lawsuits coming.

and when kids and teens start being found with it, what then. "but the pros are allowed to do it!?"

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let's change steroids with alcohol

i can hear the lawsuits coming.

and when kids and teens start being found with it, what then. "but my mom and dad are allowed to do it!?"

[Lil Ze']

The fact that we have congress wasting tax payers money and just money in general to worry about Steroids in a godamn GAME is just ridiculous. I think there are a couple more pressing issues then whether or not bonds used the cream or the needle. FUCK

[Cobb_Web]

The fact that we have congress wasting tax payers money and just money in general to worry about Steroids in a godamn GAME is just ridiculous. I think there are a couple more pressing issues then whether or not bonds used the cream or the needle. FUCK

I for one do agree with this. I still think its an issue that needs to be handled, but I think that it should be an in house kind of issue. Let baseball take care of baseballs problems. Congress should just get all of these perjury cases done with and then just let MLB handle it.

[dan]

let's change steroids with alcohol

i can hear the lawsuits coming.

and when kids and teens start being found with it, what then. "but my mom and dad are allowed to do it!?"

taking alcohol does not give me an unfair advantage in anything...except maybe improving the ability to fuck fat girls.

[2cansam]

taking alcohol does not give me an unfair advantage in anything...except maybe improving the ability to fuck fat girls.


^+ 1 but I will never admit to that.

[Cobb_Web]

taking alcohol does not give me an unfair advantage in anything...except maybe improving the ability to fuck fat girls.

lol, sorry just had to do this:

10 Jan 2012, Tampa-- Joe Fraterno admitted today to using hunch punch during his four years of involvement with the University of South Florida greek life organization.

[TampaTraps]

taking alcohol does not give me an unfair advantage in anything...except maybe improving the ability to fuck fat girls.

i hear ya dan, so why did you bring up the kids again?

[dan]

i hear ya dan, so why did you bring up the kids again?

kids being impressionable and trying to emulate adult figures. i know you'll spin it and say the same can be said for alcohol and other drugs. but that's not the point. kids are gonna do things adults do, but their going to be trying smoking and drinking because it's "cool"...every kid out there knows it won't do them any good or get them any farther. but taking steroids...if it's "acceptable" for adults, kids are gonna want to grow up and try it in teen years because they're going to want to "do better" than the others.



i dont agree with government getting involved with all of this, but i still dont think they should be allowed in sports.