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A-Rod Reportedly Tested Positive for Steroids

by 158 | February 7, 2009 at 08:47 am

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Sports Illustrated has reported that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003.

The magazine says in a story posted on its Web site Saturday that the New York Yankees star tested positive for two anabolic steroids. SI cited four unidentified sources.

Rodriguez declined to discuss the tests when approached by SI on Thursday at a Miami gym. He told a reporter to speak to the players' union. Calls from SI to union head Donald Fehr were not returned.

Rodriguez played for the Texas Rangers in 2003, when he won the AL home run title and MVP award. He was traded to the Yankees in 2004.

This is not good news,

not for him or for baseball.

Hopefully this report is

not true.

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Jordan Yerman

at 10:02 on February 7th, 2009

From the SI article:

Rodriguez's name appears on a list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball's '03 survey testing, SI's sources say. As part of a joint agreement with the MLB Players Association, the testing was conducted to determine if it was necessary to impose mandatory random drug testing across the major leagues in 2004.

A-Rod is within reach of some of baseball's home-run records, and a confirmed positive result could taint his legacy.