New A-Rod Steroid Allegations

[.RoCkEtS1]

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez could return from a hip injury in as few as 10 days.

But he is already back in the headlines.

More details from Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts' book "A-Rod" were released Wednesday by the New York Daily News. The book alleges Rodriguez did not stop using steroids when he was traded to the Yankees in 2004, and he might have been using as far back as high school, the Daily News reports.

Rodriguez has admitted to using performance-enhancers while with the Texas Rangers from 2001 to 2003, but insists he stopped when he was dealt to New York.

Roberts broke the story that A-Rod failed a steroid test in 2003. Yankees teammates, Roberts writes, nicknamed Rodriguez "B---h T--s" in 2005 because he put on 15 pounds in the offseason that resulted in round pectorals, a condition called gynecomastia that can be caused by anabolic steroids.

Rodriguez was not available for comment Thursday morning. He played in an extended spring training intrasquad game Thursday in Tampa, Fla., and hit a home run in his fifth at-bat. His final numbers for the session: 1-for-6, 1 HR and 2 walks.

Roberts' book also details Rodriguez's relationship with Dominican trainer Angel Presinal, who is banned from major league clubhouses. The Daily News does not say how it obtained a copy of the HarperCollins book, which was scheduled to be released May 12.

A HarperCollins spokesperson said Thursday that the release date has been moved up to May 4.

Roberts, during an interview on Dan Patrick's syndicated radio show Thursday, said sources told her after Rodriguez's spring training news conference -- in which he apologized to his Yankees teammates -- that Rodriguez was not entirely truthful at that media session.

"Sources came to me and said there were some things he said during his press conference that just didn't jive," Roberts said on the radio show.

Jose Canseco, a former teammate of Rodriguez, said in Roberts' book that he believes Rodriguez has been using steroids since high school.

"Was he on steroids in high school?" Canseco said in the book, the Daily News reported. "I think probably so. I worked out with him when he was 18. He could lift almost as much as I could."

Rodriguez put on 25 pounds of muscle between his sophomore and junior years. Former high school teammates told Roberts that A-Rod was using steroids back then and his coach knew it -- an allegation the coach, Rich Hoffman, denied.

On Patrick's radio interview, Roberts said that based on the sudden improvement in his bench press (from 100 to 310) in just six months in high school, and "in conjunction with the reporting that I did with [his high school] teammates would make it irrefutable to me, not a 'may have,' " that Rodriguez took performance-enhancing drugs in high school.

Other allegations in Roberts' book, according to the Daily News:

• A-Rod "pitch tipped" when he played for the Rangers by letting opponents at the plate know which pitch was coming in lopsided games. A-Rod expected players he helped would reciprocate when he was having an off night and needed to get his batting average up.

• A-Rod's off-the-field antics including his poker habit; his divorce from his wife, Cynthia; his relationship with Madonna; and his other affairs are detailed.

However, Roberts said on the radio show that she did not address those elements. "I never wrote anything about his bedroom life," Roberts told Patrick. "That was pure speculation on other people's part."

• A-Rod was hated at Hooters, where he tipped the minimum 15 percent.

Rodriguez hit in a simulated game for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, facing minor league pitchers Christian Garcia and Kai Liu, a left-hander from China the Yankees signed two years ago.

Rodriguez slid five times on a sliding mat for the second time, ran the bases and took 112 swings in regular batting practice.

Dr. Marc Philippon watched the three-time AL MVP's on-field workout Wednesday at the Yankees' minor league complex and said Rodriguez could return to the majors ahead of his May 15 target date.

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[Senser81]

LOL at "pitch tipping".

 

[FirstTimer]

The high school stuff always cracks me up. How do people ever know how much weight someone put on X amount of years ago, if it was all muscle, how much someone benched 15 years ago, etc. The MLB stuff is a little easier to hunt down but sounds like some people from many years ago have axes to grind.

Also, what the hell was Canseco doing working out with a high schooler?

I'd love to see the sources for the pitch tipping stuff as well and how that whole thing went down.

 

[jaggles82]

most likely there is pitch tipping going on today

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

most likely there is pitch tipping going on today

The speculation was that he would tip pitches off for the opposing team if they would do it for him. But again its all speculation and it really cant be proved.

 

[.RoCkEtS1]

Pitch tipping is so minor. Honestly it doesn't make that much of a difference.

 

[krulmichael]

Again with all this crap? Really now?

 

[Chrispy]

who cares already, he admitted to taking steroids let it go and let alex play baseball!

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

who cares already, he admitted to taking steroids let it go and let alex play baseball!

I think this time more people are talking about him tipping off pitches to the opposing team so he could get better at bats for himself.

 

[The Messenger]

lol @ Bitch Tits.

 

[Miggy]

So you're telling me that A-Rod's pecs looked like this?

 

[.RoCkEtS1]

So you're telling me that A-Rod's pecs looked like this?

:SHOCKED:

 

[jaggles82]

ya its pretty much an unwritten rule to not steal signs, tip pitches or atleast it was when I played ball but that shit still goes on, even in the majors

Arod tipping for the other team though, thats some Pete Rose type stuff

 

[Pills]

Meh, this whole thing is a smear job by the same bitch that "broke" the Duke lax/stripper story, which, mind you, was a complete smear job as well, and she was proven wrong.

She's taking circumstantial evidence and hear-say and proclaiming facts. Two of her claims have already been rebutted (HS coach and Kevin Brown).

 

[Youk]

I hate A-Rod, but give me some proven shit. No one anonymous. I don't want to hear players saying that they saw the signs of steroid use, I want to hear that they saw him using them.

 

[Youk]

MLB is now investigating what A-Rod told them during spring training:

The book arrives on the heels of a report in The New York Times that Major League Baseball is investigating Rodriguez’s statements about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Investigators have reached out to several of A-Rod’s associates to examine whether he used drugs for a longer period than he has acknowledged, according to an article in Sunday’s edition of the newspaper.