Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 11, 2009
Question of the Day

The question of the day (now that the print edition of Sports Illustrated is out); was Alex Rodriguez taking steroids when he joined the Yankees? I don't quite follow the logic:

  1. A-Rod fails drug test in 2003.
  2. Gene Orza allegedly tips Alex to the date of his 2004 test.
  3. Therefore, Alex was juicing in 2004.

This implies that Orza not only knew Alex failed a test, but that Orza knew Rodriguez continued to use in 2004. More likely, if indeed Orza tipped players, was that he simply tipped those who tested positive. If you take A-Rod at his word in his Gammons interview, he never confided in others that he had cheated. Orza's warning, in my mind, carries very little evidence.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:32 AM | Cheating | TrackBack (0)
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