Yesterday I wondered whether it was the day A-Rod became a true Yankee. Then I saw his interview rather than reading his statement. Oy Vey! A-Rod will never be a true Yankee – we may cheer for him as he helps our team but that’s more a function of “the laundry” as they say. What [...]
0 comments February 10 2009 | Russ | Discussion
From SI.com…
Nearly five years after federal agents seized positive drug tests of 104 players, including Alex Rodriguez, the players union offered its first full explanation of why it did not have the tests destroyed, as it had the right to do. In a statement released Monday night, Donald Fehr, the executive director of the Major [...]
2 comments February 10 2009 | John B | Discussion
John, from what I saw in the interview, the “monkey on his back” was there because Alex knew that he had taken some questionable substances. He just didn’t know if what he had taken had indeed triggered a positive on the tests. I don’t believe that the statements he made catch him in a lie [...]
3 comments February 10 2009 | Mike G | Discussion
I watched the full interview at 6pm. But after watching snippets of the interview on the news last night, one thing was apparent to me. A-Rod was happy that the “truth finally came out” and that “the monkey is off his back”, etc.
Well…if it’s true that the first time you knew about testing positive was when the [...]
0 comments February 10 2009 | John B | Discussion
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