Sources tell SI Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003

I wonder how Madonna feels about this new A-Rod information.

I think it was an incredibly savvy move for A-Rod to admit it.

will Bud still be commish when A-Rod passes Bonds, and will he stand up with his hands in his pockets again?

incredibly savvy? it's pretty obvious that admitting something has worked better than denials for people in his situation.

yep. I still give him props as much I hate gay-rod. certainly looks better then mcgwire/bonds/etc now.

(obviously I am praying Alberticus is not in the 104.)

if it didn't work they wouldn't do it

― Tracer Hand, Monday, February 9, 2009 12:14 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

well, this is patently false. athletes of every stripe do all kinds of dumb bullshit IN CASE it could help them, not because they know for sure it will.

dan they are basically magic make u perform better pills - obv yr starting w/a baseline talent - but theyll give a guy w/warning track power big home run numbers every time

― WATERSLIDE MANSION (ice cr?m), Monday, February 9, 2009 11:56 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

if this is the case then why have all the big name hitters who were implicated been guys who were ALREADY sluggers? where are the undersized shortstops beefing up their power numbers? why are most of the guys implicated no-name relief pitchers? nigga u r just MAKING THIS SHIT UP

I know there are tools in every sport but why is it that the baseball tools are the tooliest (standing exception made for Terrell Owens)?

― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Monday, February 9, 2009 12:29 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i was wonderin this myself recently, it seems like a greater percentage of baseball's all-time greats are also all-time dbags - it is a mystery

(obviously I am praying Alberticus is not in the 104.)

― bnw, Monday, February 9, 2009 1:16 PM (47 minutes ago)

;-)

my understanding is that baseball players are well-known as the dumbest of all pro athletes, dunno why that is but it may have something to do with the douchiness

hey guys it's ji

As of 5/3/2007:

Homerun average (HR/AB)
1) Mark McGwire - .094
2) Babe Ruth - .085
3) Barry Bonds - .077
4) Jim Thome - .074 (active)
5) Albert Pujols - .072 (active)
6) Ralph Kiner - .071
6) Manny Ramirez - .071 (active)
8) Sammy Sosa - .070 (active)
8) Harmon Killebrew - .070
10) Alex Rodriguez - .069 (active)

sosa not active...

dan they are basically magic make u perform better pills - obv yr starting w/a baseline talent - but theyll give a guy w/warning track power big home run numbers every time

― WATERSLIDE MANSION (ice cr?m), Monday, February 9, 2009 11:56 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

if this is the case then why have all the big name hitters who were implicated been guys who were ALREADY sluggers? where are the undersized shortstops beefing up their power numbers? why are most of the guys implicated no-name relief pitchers? nigga u r just MAKING THIS SHIT UP

― my heigl-lohan girl (who's also latina and half-jewish) (cankles), Monday, February 9, 2009 5:02 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

sry there are way more desperate no name relief pitchers in the world than famous power hitters - and yah bonds et al were already sluggers who had not until they started juicing broken any home run records

sounds like ure... agreein w/me 8-) *puts feet up on desk*

;-)

― (*ﾟーﾟ)θ L(。･＿･)　　　°~ヾ(･ε･ *) (Steve Shasta), Monday, February 9, 2009 4:04 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark

I know, I dread the shasta blowback. D:

where are the undersized shortstops beefing up their power numbers?

brian roberts did have a magical 2005

Is this a "Steroid User Tearfully Admits to Being Yankee" situation?

plus our livestock sciences are so thoroughly inundated with a myriad of substances to increase food production, that it seems that throwing in steroids is not going to give you an appreciable boost insurmountable by anyone else.

Awesome! Pump a sirloin full of steroids, then eat it! Take that, testing!

I also want to point out that unless you're dealing with identically-raised clones, there will always be an imbalance between pitcher and hitter regardless of the use of steroids.

DO THIS NOW. Dan, you're full of grebt ideas today/yesterday.

I kind of just want baseball to turn into this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Base_Wars_cover.jpg/256px-Base_Wars_cover.jpg

A-Rod's voice is quavering a little bit as he talks about all the fans he's probably lost.

http://pinstripedbible.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/02/what_to_make_of_arods_confessi.html

quavering because he knows "can't miss nothin that you never had"

God, this dude is such a liar.

Haha, he is not pleased with "that lady from Sports Illustrated".

He really is one of the most immediately dislikeable personalities in professional sports. He makes Kobe Bryant seem positively luvable, which is exceedingly difficult.

well this took quite a turn while i was away.

a-rod is playing on his negative public image to try to get forgiveness this, which would be hilarious if it wasn't completely fucked. the idea of this guy ever being "naive" is so laughable.

lol base wars was sweet

as Sandomir sez in NYT today, Gammo isn't exactly Mike Wallace (never asked how often he used, let him wriggle out of the who and the when).

my understanding is that baseball players are well-known as the dumbest of all pro athletes

You and icey CAN start an I Don't Love Baseball board, y'know. srsly, I've heard guys from the other sports and it's at least a tie. And the other guys are armed more often.

dude a person can love baseball and think that a lot of players are unredeemable douchebags

irredeemable, unless of course you are disappointed that you can't turn in old douchebags for $$$

speaking of, POTUS 44 sounds a lot like POTUS 43 both on "state secrets"/ rendition and mealymouthed platitudes about steroids in baseball

do you think the POTUS actually gives a fuck about steroids in baseball right now?

Neyer OTM:

Have you seen the interview? (Congrats to Mr. Gammons, by the way.)

I've watched it a couple of dozen times now, and I have to say, things don't start out too well for Mr. Rodriguez. Not when Mr. Gammons' first question is, "What's the truth?"

When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt like I had all the weight of the world on top of me, and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day.
Back then, it was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young. I was stupid. I was naive. And I wanted to prove to everyone that, you know, I was worth, you know, being one of the greatest players of all time.

And I did take a banned substance. And, you know, for that I am very sorry and deeply regretful. And although it was the culture back then, and Major League Baseball overall, um … was very … I'm just, I just feel that, um … You know, I'm just sorry. I'm sorry for that time. I'm sorry to my fans. I'm sorry for my fans in Texas. It wasn't until then that I thought about a substance of any kind, and since then, I've proved to myself and to everyone that I don't need any of that.

If you're not trained, reciting a script is terribly difficult for most people. I tried it once. I tried to memorize a 250-word commentary about baseball and failed miserably. And in this clip, you can see exactly where Alex Rodriguez loses track of his place in the script. You see those ellipses up there? That's where A-Rod forgot what was he was supposed to say next. So instead, he paused, got a little verklempt and returned to his No. 1 talking point: He's really, really sorry.

Sure. He's sorry he got caught. Everyone's sorry when he's caught. But you're really sorry only if you think that what you did was wrong, and I don't believe that any of these guys really believe they did anything wrong. A different culture five years ago? The culture today is exactly the same as it was five years ago. The only thing that has changed is the penalty for failing a drug test. If you want to know the culture, look no further than the ridiculous percentage of players who have a doctor's note that allows them to take stimulants (under the guise of controlling their ADHD or whatever).

The culture is exactly what it's always been: If you ain't cheating, you're not trying. And it ain't cheating if you don't get caught. Rodriguez tried, and now he's been caught. The next step is damage control, full of apologies and admissions of youth and stupidity. (And, of course, it's obvious that he's now a mature and thoughtful adult.)

Asked whether the steroid use took place only from 2001 through 2003, Rodriguez responded, "That's pretty accurate, yes."

Pretty accurate? So maybe there was a little bit in 2000? What about 2004, and maybe just a dabbling in 2007?

And when Gammons asked him which drugs he used, there came this whopper: "Peter, that's the thing. I mean, again, it was such a loosey-goosey era. I'm guilty for a lot of things. I'm guilty for being arrogant, of being naive, not asking all the right questions. To be quite honest, I don't know exactly what substance I was guilty of using."

Rodriguez -- earning $25 million and surrounded by a bevy of agents, advisers, trainers and God knows who else -- didn't bother knowing which drugs he was using? For (at least) three years? He's obsessed with his performance … and yet, for three years he'll stick any old thing into his body without a thought?

Please. I understand the public relations angle of this thing. But now you're just insulting our intelligence. Alex, I forgive you. But I would feel better about it if you'd told us the truth, just this once. Other guys were doing it, and nobody was getting caught, and you were just one of them.

If you ain't cheating …

thanks "harvard" perry

cad, I wd like to have heard the POTUS say "I don't give a fuck about steroids in baseball." But he doesn't give a fuck about civil liberties, so that's just a wish.

cad, I wd like to have heard the POTUS say "I don't give a fuck about steroids in baseball." But he doesn't give a fuck about civil liberties, so that's just a wish.

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:51 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

yah guys i mean i would have liked that too but let's return to the real world mmkay?

read the news, icey

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email posted by NYT's Tyler Kepner (demonization balance):

I was a mom with two little boys when Alex first came to Seattle. He had no ego at all. We still have a dozen balls that he signed, which for all of his time in Seattle, he did for the kids during batting practice, before, and after games. Other players didn’t do this, and instead drove their cars directly into the Kingdome.

One day, there was an opportunity for fans to go down on the field and take pictures of the players from behind the rope line. My older son yelled to Alex to have a picture taken with him. The handlers said no. Alex ignored them, brought both my boys behind the rope, and knelt down with them. We bought two of his real rookie cards from a an old friend in New York, because no one there had ever heard of him, and the cards were eight bucks. He was my sons’ hero, along with Ken Griffey Jr.

The story saddens me. I believe that somewhere inside the Alex that now belongs to the New York Yankees is the young man who once played his heart out for the little boys in the stands, for his momma, and for the heart of the game. Maybe we can let ballplayers be ballplayers again, and forgive Alex. Maybe Alex can find his core again, and move forward. I took those same little boys to the Hall of Fame, and we hoped to go back someday and see A-Rod honored. I hope, perhaps naively, that this will still happen. As Van Jones says, sometimes we have to break down so we can rebuild.

find yr core again bro, move forward

anyway: no story here. Back to baseball.

at least he's admitting to it.

April 24, 25, 26
NYY @ BOS

tune in for some taunting, baiting and jeers.

i mean - you have to give him that much.
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i'm seriously starting t feel sorry for the guy.
thanks guys.

at least he's admitting to it (after lying about it for 6 years and faced with a positive test leaked to the media underscoring any credibility he has left).

admitting to it, yet being unable to clearly state when he used or what he was using. yeah fuck that.