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  <title>Sources tell SI: A-Rod tested positive for steroids in 2003</title>
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        <created-at>2009-05-01T08:56:32-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>I am getting sick of this story.  Why is Selena Roberts so focused on Arod?  If in fact 105 other men were on that list why not name others too?  Or maybe just 3 or 4 of them?  For instance, if David Ortiz is in fact on the list THAT would be a pretty big story!  Why single Arod out?  Is it because he gives HER the biggest exposure.  I'm pretty sure I don't care about HER.  Plus it doesn't seem fair.  I feel like we are picking on the guy and ganging up on him.  I don't like being part of &amp;quot;a gang.&amp;quot;</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-18T08:56:17-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>If Alex is clean now, than who cares what he did in the past. Everyone in life makes mistakes along the way, get off his ass and let him get back to concentratring on baseball.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-18T08:51:47-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>If Alex is clean now, than who cares what happened in the past. Everyone makes mistakes along the way, let the guy play and get off his ass about it.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-18T00:42:46-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>Alex has always been a jerk and cheat...even back to his days in the minors at Tacoma.  He actually stole from me...ask for the details.  I guess he did this to more than just me also.  Again...he is getting his karma...</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-18T00:40:40-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>He has always been a liar and cheat..even back to his minor league days in Tacoma...I was on the receiving end of his lying while playing here in Tacoma...truly a JERK and is getting what was coming.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-17T16:30:04-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>Major League Baseball throws A-Rod and all other players under the bus. It made record profits during the steriod era and now only comes clean when pursued by congress. Nice slight of hand by the MLB brass and Bud Selig. Look at A-rod but not at us. Most of the players were all doing it or as the only player who seems to have a credence when it comes to steriods-Jose Canseco said 90% of the players we're juicing. I'd say I have to believe Mr. Canseco as everything he has said so far has come to pass. This is all about money in the end and MLB is trying to look clean when reality is that they turned a blind eye to all of this for the sake of the almighty dollar.</body>
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        <body>Major League Baseball throws A-Rod and all other players under the bus. It made record profits during the steriod era and now only comes clean when pursued by congress. Nice slight of hand by the MLB brass and Bud Selig. Look at A-rod but not at us. Most of the players were all doing it or as the only player who seems to have a credence when it comes to steriods-Jose Canseco said 90% of the players we're juicing. I'd say I have to believe Mr. Canseco as everything he has said so far has come to pass. This is all about money in the end and MLB is trying to look clean when reality is that they turned a blind eye to all of this for the sake of the almighty dollar.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-12T19:10:27-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>Get over it...He is still one of the best ball players ever and unless injury stops him...he will be the leading homerun hitter ever when he retires....and while we are on the subject....let's make sure that the other 103 names are revealed and lets see if they handle it with as much class as Arod did. Oh and by the way...........GO YANKEES !!!!!!!</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-11T20:20:59-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>will steroids make you hit a ball?....seriously....have you ever seen wth a 90mph fastball looks like? think about it for a second and tell me how easy that is to do. I'll also keep saying this....steroids don't get you hits and players in the 60s and even before used drugs to have more energy. THAT is an unfair advantage. Pitchers used manipulate the ball somehow be it with nail files or spitting them, THAT is an unfair advantage. Quit the judging and the whining, cheating is not new so stop defending the past when the past is just as tainted as the steroid era.</body>
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          <created-at>2009-02-07T10:58:52-05:00</created-at>
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          <body>This is crushing.</body>
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        <quoted-text>This is crushing.</quoted-text>
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        <body>I agree.  But he is human, like the rest of us.  I guess I'll have to forgive him and move on...</body>
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  <body>&lt;div class=&quot;photo_container image_right&quot; style=&quot;width: 300px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/23401/alex-rodriguez-ftr.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Alex-rodriguez-ftr&quot; width=&quot;298&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo_attributes&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Alex Rodriguez has hit more than 50 homers three times.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo_attributes&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;John Biever/SI&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 2003, when he won the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids, four sources have independently told Sports Illustrated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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. &lt;a href=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/02/07/alex-rodriguez-steroids/index.html&quot;&gt;Read the full story here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What do you think of the latest A-Rod development? How does this news impact your opinion of A-Rod?&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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