Alex Rodriguez tests positive for steroids and now ADMITS it

[HD MM]

Wait, let's look at a more recent photo, where the Brewers list him as 6-4, 205

Yikes! Looks like his head is going to explode!

Nice try Sasha!

 

[salsadancer7]

Yikes! Looks like his head is going to explode!

Nice try Sasha!

So NOW you have gone to call me female names?!! That's TWICE now. I can understand if the letter "H" was relative close to the letter "L"....but....if you are trying to get my attention....you have....

 

[salsadancer7]

I have another one for you, which I have no pic of....How about 5-10, 179 lbs Alex Sanchez...HE tested positive....Lat played for Tampa Rays a couple of years back....NEVER had more than 2 homers in season.....

Yeah...he's built like a monster.....AND tested POSITIVE for steroids. Like I said, for every MONSTER home run hitter you come up with, I can come up some average Joe of average size...that steroids did NOTHING for them except.....you ready? ....I mean this is what I have telling everyone what steroids in baseball really does.....you ready.....


....extend your career....!!

Edit: Here is one!

 

[Ramy]

Yikes! Looks like his head is going to explode!

Nice try Sasha!

Alright, let's cut out the name calling.

 

[HD MM]

So NOW you have gone to call me female names?!! That's TWICE now. I can understand if the letter "H" was relative close to the letter "L"....but....if you are trying to get my attention....you have....

Not a female name. There is a Cavs player named Sasha Pavlovic. I must've had a brain fart. No biggie.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

I have another one for you, which I have no pic of....How about 5-10, 179 lbs Alex Sanchez...HE tested positive....Lat played for Tampa Rays a couple of years back....NEVER had more than 2 homers in season.....

Yeah...he's built like a monster.....AND tested POSITIVE for steroids. Like I said, for every MONSTER home run hitter you come up with, I can come up some average Joe of average size...that steroids did NOTHING for them except.....you ready? ....I mean this is what I have telling everyone what steroids in baseball really does.....you ready.....


....extend your career....!!

Nice try, in trying to find examples for your argument. Apparently, what Sanchez took was a banned substance, but not anabolic steroids. Looks like it was available OTC:

"I recently failed a Major League Baseball drug screening because I used an over-the-counter supplement that I purchased before the laws banning certain substances changed on January 15th. If I am guilty, I am guilty of not taking the initiative to learn more about the contents of what I was taking. Once my agent informed me that I had tested positive, I then started finding out what was in my supplements. Then, and only then, did I find out about the particular ingredients of this supplement."

The status of several substances changed from over the counter to prescription drugs as of Jan. 15 under federal legislation and were added to baseball's list of banned substances.

Sanchez accepts suspension | raysbaseball.com: News

It's possible that Sanchez did not know the supplement contained a banned substance. Or it could have contained a substance that was in the process of being banned, and the ban had not yet taken effect.

When the Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on ephedra in December 2003, it made it effective not then but as of April 12, 2004. The F.D.A. seemed to be giving retailers a chance to sell their existing batches of products containing ephedra.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/04/sports/baseball/04chass.html?_r=1

 

[salsadancer7]

Nice try, in trying to find examples for your argument. Apparently, what Sanchez took was a banned substance, but not anabolic steroids. Looks like it was available OTC:



Sanchez accepts suspension | raysbaseball.com: News



http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/04/sports/baseball/04chass.html?_r=1

Ok...I used steroids...instead of a banned substance....same difference.....did it make him a better ball player? Did he hit Ruthian type number? Did it make him HUGE at 5-10, 179 lbs??!! It still my point clear.....for every monster guy, I can supply and average joe that didn't become a monster.

 

[HD MM]

Ok...I used steroids...instead of a banned substance....same difference.....did it make him a better ball player? Did he hit Ruthian type number? Did it make him HUGE at 5-10, 179 lbs??!! It still my point clear.....for every monster guy, I can supply and average joe that didn't become a monster.

This is a very mild argument. I think everyone understands that the impact steroids have on players depends on the player himself. We all know that taking 'Roids doesn't necessarily turn you into an instantaneous league leading home run hitter or anything.

However, give it to an already good long ball hitter and he now becomes great. Give it to me, Cosmo, or Alex Sanchez (who?) and it isn't going to just miraculously turn us into Babe Ruth.

 

[salsadancer7]

Give it to me, Cosmo, or Alex Sanchez (who?) and it isn't going to just miraculously turn us into Babe Ruth.

THAT is my point about Oswalt....as of now, can you HONESTLY say you believe what ANY player says in regards to steroids....I mean EVERY SINGLE PLAYER that has been caught has denied it till the cats come home....until they were caught.
So...again, thinking "outside the box", just because he is boney and small framed, does NOT automatically make him a candidate to not be taking 'roids....

 

[HD MM]

THAT is my point about Oswalt....as of now, can you HONESTLY say you believe what ANY player says in regards to steroids....I mean EVERY SINGLE PLAYER that has been caught has denied it till the cats come home....until they were caught.
So...again, thinking "outside the box", just because he is boney and small framed, does NOT automatically make him a candidate to not be taking 'roids....

I suppose not. By gut says no, but my brain doesn't trust anyone in baseball anymore.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Ok...I used steroids...instead of a banned substance....same difference.....did it make him a better ball player? Did he hit Ruthian type number? Did it make him HUGE at 5-10, 179 lbs??!! It still my point clear.....for every monster guy, I can supply and average joe that didn't become a monster.

We've already discussed ad nauseum about the many reasons why players took PEDs, with adding muscle being one of them. There were 29 pitchers named in the Mitchell Report, do you think they used PEDs to get jacked??

Anyway, back on topic.

Is there a worse commissioner in sports than Selig?? Apparently, he is contemplating suspending A-Rod* because the roids he used were illegal.

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez might be suspended for admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs, Commissioner Bud Selig told USA TODAY on Wednesday.
Selig and Major League Baseball officials realize any attempt to suspend Rodriguez would be challenged by the players union since the penalty phase of the testing policy was not implemented until 2004. Yet Selig said he sent a memo banning steroids around 1997 and that it was illegal to possess them without a prescription.

Does he really want to fight the union over this??

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez might be suspended for admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs, Commissioner Bud Selig told USA TODAY on Wednesday.

 

[SabresRule]

my brain doesn't trust anyone in baseball anymore.

I don't blame you, buddy.

 

[HD MM]

We've already discussed ad nauseum about the many reasons why players took PEDs, with adding muscle being one of them. There were 29 pitchers named in the Mitchell Report, do you think they used PEDs to get jacked??

Anyway, back on topic.

Is there a worse commissioner in sports than Selig?? Apparently, he is contemplating suspending A-Rod* because the roids he used were illegal.



Does he really want to fight the union over this??

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez might be suspended for admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs, Commissioner Bud Selig told USA TODAY on Wednesday.

I think Selig should be suspended. Either that or overthrown completely! He shares just as much fault as the players in this whole mess. Selig is such a dope.

 

[SabresRule]

I think Selig should be suspended. Either that or overthrown completely! He shares just as much fault as the players in this whole mess. Selig is such a dope.

For all his faults, Gary Bettman is still a better commisioner than Selig, IMO.

 

[stmcld]

We've already discussed ad nauseum about the many reasons why players took PEDs, with adding muscle being one of them. There were 29 pitchers named in the Mitchell Report, do you think they used PEDs to get jacked??

Anyway, back on topic.

Is there a worse commissioner in sports than Selig?? Apparently, he is contemplating suspending A-Rod* because the roids he used were illegal.



Does he really want to fight the union over this??

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez might be suspended for admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs, Commissioner Bud Selig told USA TODAY on Wednesday.

I do not agree with any suspension for A-Rod. Yes he is a cheater and a fraud in some aspects. However, these tests were supposed to be confidential and to gage if there was a steroid problem in baseball. Nothing more. Any discipline would be a mistake and make matters worse.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

I do not agree with any suspension for A-Rod. Yes he is a cheater and a fraud in some aspects. However, these tests were supposed to be confidential and to gage if there was a steroid problem in baseball. Nothing more. Any discipline would be a mistake and make matters worse.

I agree with you. Just by making comments that he is thinking about it shows that MLB doesn't have a clear plan to address the problem and they are reacting on-the-fly to public pressure to do something about it...

 

[salsadancer7]

We've already discussed ad nauseum about the many reasons why players took PEDs, with adding muscle being one of them. There were 29 pitchers named in the Mitchell Report, do you think they used PEDs to get jacked??

Anyway, back on topic.

Is there a worse commissioner in sports than Selig?? Apparently, he is contemplating suspending A-Rod* because the roids he used were illegal.



Does he really want to fight the union over this??

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez might be suspended for admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs, Commissioner Bud Selig told USA TODAY on Wednesday.

I was only answering due to the fact that JUST BECAUSE the Houston pitcher Oswalt is small and boney. Because his size AND because 'he said so' does not mean he didn't....THAT has been proven over and over again.

As far as Bud Selig, I find it extremely hypocritical on MLB part that they want to "take action" on something that was not punishable SIX YEARS AGO.....especially since they knews what was going on and turn a blind eye because it was raining money.

 

[salsadancer7]

I agree with you. Just by making comments that he is thinking about it shows that MLB doesn't have a clear plan to address the problem and they are reacting on-the-fly to public pressure to do something about it...

The clear plan is HOME and PRAY this just "goes away" because it has become MORE and MORE clear that MLB DID have big part in turning the blind eye.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

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Sandra

Swimsuit Issue!

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Surprise, surprise!! Selena Roberts' book is coming out sooner than originally expected:

An unauthorized and highly anticipated book about Alex Rodriguez is coming out a month sooner than planned.

Publication of Selena Roberts’ “A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez” has been moved up from May 19 to April 14 as scrutiny builds on the New York Yankees slugger after he acknowledged using banned substances from 2001-2003 while playing for the Texas Rangers.

“A-Rod,” which reportedly includes salacious details about Rodriquez’s private life, was originally titled “Hit and Run: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez.” Publisher HarperCollins, which this week listed the new release date on its Web site, has announced a first printing of 150,000 copies.

Speed it up! A-Rod book out sooner than planned - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

On a sports talk radio show I heard this morning, they were discussing rumors that Roberts has proof A-Rod* used steroids before 2001. Again, just rumors...