Sources tell SI Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003

page 220:

"Unlike other celebrities, including Dr. Phil and Kanye West, Rodriguez refused to post on the world-famous ILX message boards. A clubhouse source says that Rodriguez told him, 'Fuck ILX. Fuck Dr. Morbius. Fuck Steve Shasta,' although the same source says he caught Rodriguez laughing at the Excelsior thread more than once."

page 221:

"Sources close to A-Rod claim the hall of fame bound slugger would spend hours pouring over the ILE tipping thread, trying to make sense of it."

From page 400 (last chapter!):

"After being hospitalized for nearly three weeks (note: to correct a fistula), Rodriguez emerged from the hospital a changed man. Sources close to him claim Rodrigruez had stopped drinking, cut down on womanizing (although a brief fling with Miley Cyrus was reported in the Daily News), and oftening spent only twenty minutes a day admiring himself in the mirror. "He's a different person now," a close friend said, "it's like he cares what I have to say about stuff. He's not looking past you to check out his reflection in car windows. He's still shooting drugs into his groin though. Definitely still doing that."

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"Rodriguez was particularly troubled by venom direct at him on baseball message boards. "What did I ever do to Alex in SF or NoTimeBeforeTime," he was overheard saying at a popular Manhattan strip club nursing an Amstel Light, "why do these guys hate me? Is it because I'm too good looking?""

haha, very Reggie Jackson-esque

On accusations of A-Rod using roids in high school:

“There’s no way,” Dodgers utilityman Doug Mientkiewiczsaid. “I was with him too much, I was with him for too long. Our team was together, like, 20 hours of the day. Every day. Even Sundays. And holidays. I spent like all of Christmas day with Alex one time. We went to the movies that day. Saw Forrest Gump. Didn't like it. Plus we took showers together. We slept in hammocks together. I saw every inch of Alex's body back then and I am a pretty observant guy. I think I would have noticed needle marks on his firm buttocks or rock hard biceps. Or testicular shrinkage. Naw he was clean back then. I'm sure of it. Positive.”

loool at these fanfics

so looking forward to "bitch tits" chants at Fenway during nationally televised broadcasts, this is going to rule

wtffffff

ha ha omg

that letterman bit was the 1st thing i thought of when b---h t--s broke

Alex Rodriguez was an insecure prima donna who made a clubhouse attendant load his toothbrush with toothpaste after every game in his three seasons with the Texas Rangers, a new book charges. The Rangers were also required to send a basket of food to the controversial All-Star's hotel suite during road trips, Sports Illustrated columnist Selena Roberts reports in "A-Rod." Many Texas teammates kept their distance from A-Rod, who they saw as a spoiled superstar. His relationship with other players didn't improve when Rodriguez joined the Yankees in 2004. His Bomber teammates regarded A-Rod as a phony and a hypocrite because he tried to project an All-American public image while pursuing a swinger's lifestyle. During a series in Texas, Roberts writes, A-Rod went to a sex club while his wife, Cynthia, pregnant with their first child, was at home in New York. Rodriguez also turned off teammates by bragging about wild nights with strippers - and by making clumsy passes at other players' wives and girlfriends.

I wonder what kind of toothpaste A-Rod uses.

Hey did you guys hear that A-Rod sez he's going to write a book about Selena Roberts in response. It's called "S-Rob". Apparently she's not well like by her fellow Sports Illustrated writers. Also she blows her nose really loudly. Talks with food in her mouth. Makes Sports Illustrated staffers bring her coffee in the morning. Apparently she's constantly complaining about her lousy sex life and was always trying to get Rick Reilly to take her out on dates.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/shysterball/article/selena-roberts-a-rod-and-impartiality/

http://shysterball.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-york-times-rod-hatchet-job.html

Yeah I think it's clear that the book is not going to be a balanced look at A-Rod: The Man, The Myth.

wow that blog spend a lot of time saying nothing

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/09/13/timesselect/roberts.184.jpg

you know i saw her on tv nine months ago
i was shocked in my minds eye she was a wiry black woman making it big at a big city newspaper

her eye fucked up

"Roberts was hated by the New York Times photographer who took her bio picture. "She kept trying to move the lights around and she kept mispronouncing my name on purpose," said Fred Conrad later, "she was won of the hardest people I've ever had to deal with. The green blouse she ended up wearing well that was like the fifteenth one she tried on and after every change she had to do another string of makeup applications to make sure 'that her complexion matched'." Conrad claimed the craziest part was that end of shoot she gave him her card and whispered that he should call him."

so looking forward to "bitch tits" chants at Fenway during nationally televised broadcasts, this is going to rule

― sanskrit, Friday, May 1, 2009 8:50 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

the signs pretty much wrote themselves

the boon to red sox fans was the first thing i thought of

wow that blog spend a lot of time saying nothing

not really

lol:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/jeff_pearlman/05/01/arod.griffey/index.html?bcnn=yes

Less than a year ago, people were not merely speculating how many career home runs he would hit (800? 850? 900? 950?), but also how his name atop the all-time list would return Aaron-esque decency to a record book poisoned by Bonds' regrettable presence. Rodriguez was the Brad Pitt of baseball -- the pretty boy with chops who could carry a big-budget adventure through the summer.

Now, with the latest revelations, the comparison to Pitt seems ludicrous. Instead, Rodriguez brings to mind a slightly different fabled theatrical figure -- one who, 20 years ago, took America by storm. At the time, we fell in love with Spuds MacKenzie because the bull terrier brought spark and pizzazz to the otherwise mundane world of beer advertising. He was cute and funny and talented and engrossing.

Then, we learned the truth. Spuds, a lady-killer in ads, was actually a girl. Her real name was Honey Tree Evil Eye, and she didn't even like beer.

Turns out, ol' Spuds MacKenzie was nothing special after all.

Just another dog.

Selena Roberts book on Spuds was just brutal. Apparently he liked to tear up flower beds! And he once peed on a baby carriage. Other dogs didn't like him at the dog park, etc. . .

that's maybe the most hilarious sub-plaschke reach for significance i have ever seen

Now, with the latest revelations, the comparison to Pitt seems ludicrous.
Now, with the latest revelations, the comparison to Pitt seems ludicrous.
Now, with the latest revelations, the comparison to Pitt seems ludicrous.
Now, with the latest revelations, the comparison to Pitt seems ludicrous.
Now, with the latest revelations, the comparison to Pitt seems ludicrous.
Now, with the latest revelations, the comparison to Pitt seems ludicrous.
Now, with the latest revelations, the comparison to Pitt seems ludicrous.
Now, with the latest revelations, the comparison to Pitt seems ludicrous.

I am excited to have this opportunity to say that I really hate Jeff Pearlman's writing.

the bull terrier brought spark and pizzazz to the otherwise mundane world of beer advertising. He was cute and funny and talented and engrossing.

wow i'm really happy i haven't bothered to track down his book on the cowboys yet.

Spuds MacKenzie was a dog.

A good dog.

A very good dog.

But every dog has its day.

And it was a day that we'll never forget, although Rodriguez hopes that we will one day.

Selena Roberts has done what nobody thought was possible -- she put that dog on a leash. And fed it apple juice instead of beer.

It turned out that the dog liked the juice. OH HO, SEE WHAT I DID THERE??

GUYS, THESE ARE PEARLS OF WISDOM!

I am going to learn to tell the fake excerpts from real

Why would you want to do that? Live in the mystery!

morbs, in the epilogue roberts writes about how, even though he wasn't very popular with his teammates, a-rod was very popular with his local crew of obama canvassers. one time, she writes, he treated them all to a showing of "i love you man"

Now see that's not at all credible.

"i love you man" is a metaphor for "the fun cooker".

"I worked out with him when he was 18. He could lift almost as much as I could"
Apr 30, 2009
Jose Canseco

"At 18, he could deadlift 300 pounds and his breasts were larger than some of my ex-girlfriends'. Me and Mark (McGwire) couldn't believe what we were seeing. He didn't need any help with his injections, he just fearlessly plunged these huge needles into his own oily, rippled ass without a second thought. Mark said to me one day, "that kid is the future of this sport". I rubbed my nipples and tried to laugh to laugh it off, but I knew he was right."

-- Jose Canseco, May 2, 2009

we thought spuds was fun. it turned out he was a chick. wtf spuds.

For her, a key insight into A-Rod's character comes with what some might call a fib: He tells people he hit with wood bats in high school because that's what the pros use, even though she found photo evidence he used metal.

SELENA ROBERTS, DID YOU WRITE WITH PENS IN HIGH SCHOOL?

Yes, I did.

WE HAVE OBTAINED PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE THAT YOU USED A PENCIL.

OK, there was this --

YOU HAVE TOLD WHAT SOME MIGHT CALL A FIB. WE FEEL THIS IS A TREMENDOUS INSIGHT INTO YOUR CHARACTER. (EVEN THOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE WE HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU USING A PENCIL THE ONE DAY YOU USED A PENCIL IN HIGH SCHOOL) IT IS APPARENT THAT YOU HAVE TOLD US YOU USED PENS AS A WAY TO PRODUCE THE ILLUSION THAT YOU WERE PERFECT IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT YOU WERE SO PERFECT THAT YOU DID NOT NEED TO USE A PENCIL -- A WRITING INSTRUMENT WITH AN ERASER, AFTER ALL. YOU WOULD TRANSPOSE LETTERS, USE IMPERFECT GRAMMAR, AND MAKE OTHER MISTAKES AS YOU WROTE IN CLASSES. YOU USED A WRITING INSTRUMENT WITH AN ERASER AS A SAFETY NET -- YOUR ONLY BARRIER BETWEEN PERFECTION AND ABJECT FAILURE. YOU ARE A SAD, MISERABLE LITTLE PERSON.

But, I --

SORRY, GOTTA RUN. BOB COSTAS IS CALLING.

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/07/26/alg_arod-kate.jpg

A-Rod went 0-for-4 Saturday - but he made it to first base anyway.

The randy Yankees slugger and stunning actress Kate Hudson put on a very public display of affection for the first time, locking lips during the team's annual family picnic.

Hudson, 33, was also spotted giving Rodriguez a big squeeze as the lovestruck pair canoodled following the Bombers' loss to the Oakland A's.

A-Rod's focus wasn't just on his flaming hot new gal pal. The Yankees star also spent time playing with daughters Ella, 1, and Natasha, 4, who were dressed in their Yankees best.

Notably absent from the family fest was A-Rod's ex-wife, Cynthia Rodriguez, whom he divorced last fall.

The very public smooching puts to rest rumors that Rodriguez, 33, and Hudson are just close friends.
Hudson, the daughter of Goldie Hawn, is believed to have met A-Rod last November in Miami.

Since then, she has been spotted slipping into Rodriguez's swanky midtown pad and cheering him on from the front row at several Yankees games.

The couple was first photographed together two weeks ago in Beverly Hills.

In recent years, A-Rod's exploits off the field have garnered as much attention as his slugging.

His rumored conquests include Madonna and a Las Vegas stripper, with whom he was photographed in a Toronto hotel two years ago while he was still married.

and a las vegas stripper? this guy