Alex Rodriguez Admits to Steroid Usage in 2003

This one's a real shocker. Is there anyone in pro baseball, or pro sports period anymore who doesn't do something like this? That's why I get a kick out of it when I hear certain people say "Those guys are faster than they used to be". No s**t.

Another big black eye for baseball. What else is new.

The timing of the story suggests that it will soon be buried- politics, March Madness, and (insert world conflict here) can supplant this as a sports or non-sports story. . .but. . . . . .but this is a big story. This is a complicated issue that I won't take the time to rehash (the union, the players, the gov't investigation). . .but A-Rod is now a suspect player. I don't care how 'good' these guys are or were. . .if you took 'roids you shouldn't go into the HOF. I don't care if no one goes into the HOF for ten years. Baseball will outlast these guys. They can sleep on their beds of millions- but if baseball doesn't get a serious backbone now the game will become a complete joke.

Baseball has botched the steroid issue from day one. Everyone, from the players to the union to the owners to the commissioners office was directly or indirectly complicit in the scandal. Even the fans, who loved the McGwire Sosa homerun drama were prepared to ignore the elephant in the room. Now, as the story progresses, they continue botch it. The Mitchell report was a joke, and only served to point fingers at some, while clearing none, leaving all under the shadow of suspicion. Add to the mix the publicity grabbing actions of Congress who took it upon themselves to "clean up baseball," as though it was the most critical issue the country faced. Baseball should have taken a page from the NFL's playbook, who acknowledged that steroids had occurred, instituted testing and penalties, and declined to sift through the past in search of culprits. The problem with baseball's approach is that it can never be comprehensive, nor can punitive measures effectively be taken against pas... Read more

There goes any chance of a home run record without a *

I hope that at least some good comes out of this story as a cautionary tale and kids realize that if you cheat and opt for the easy score, you could end up like A-Rod and have to date Madonna.

It would be much bigger news if it were possible to prove that any MLB player had never used steroids. It seems like most of these guys take something, it's just a matter of avoiding getting caught.

ESPN and the rest of the media that cover sports have shoved so much crap down the viewer's throats regarding steroids that I no longer care to har anything about it. Its no surprise to me that any player who has been active over the last 20 years has used illegal steroids or some other suspicious substance in order to improve their athletic performance.

If it were any other star it would be easy to write off as just another in the long line. This one takes the wind out of a few sails because Alex was assumed to be the steroid free All Time Homerun Champion in waiting. That guy in San Francisco could be ignored for a few years until Rodriguez took the title. Not so much.

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