Alex Rodriguez Broke Into Spring Camp With The Seattle Mariners

Drug abuse, and its consequences, is a problem in all sports, even among sports most decorated athletes. For instance, Alex Rodriguez was a professional baseball player who played with the New York Yankees. He was a three time all star with 696 homeruns under his belt. Towards the end of his career, MLB authorities found that he had been using performance enhancing drugs after failing a drug test. Rodriguez was issued a one-year ban and a ruined reputation. In a similar case, Lance Armstrong was an accomplished cycling in a familiar situation to Rodriguez. Lance won the Tour de France from 1999-2005, making him one of the best cyclist ever. However, in 2012 the great cyclist was caught up in a doping scandal

That was the year he became a superstar, he batted .358, hit 36 home runs, and had 123 RBI’s (Runs Batted In). His stats for that season were good enough for him to finish second in the MVP race (Alex Rodriguez Biography). Furthermore Rodriguez proved himself to be the best all-around player over roughly the next decade (Alex Rodriguez Biography). He gained many fans over these years, however they didn’t know what was going on behind the locker room doors.

The steroid era has been a big thing the past ten years in major league baseball. A good example from the steroid era would be Yankees third basemen Alex Rodriguez. In August 2013, Alex Rodriguez was suspended from baseball for 211 games for multiple use of steroids. Using steroids never helps you in the end. It only hurts your career during the time you play and hurts you after your career is over. Alex Rodriguez was one of the greatest baseball players of all time until everyone found out he was cheating and using steroids. Using steroids ruined the career of many professionals especially Alex Rodriguez. Steroids possibly ruined his chances to go to the hall of fame after his career is over. There is nothing good that happens when you use

Alex Rodriguez is the third baseman for the New York Yankees. He has been playing for the Yankees since 2004, but has been playing professional baseball since 1994. Alex Rodriguez can be considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of Hispanic descent and has broken records previously set Sammy Sosa, who is also one of baseball's greatest players of Hispanic descent.

The all time hit champion Pete Rose was banned from baseball and the Hall of Fame for life because of illegal sports betting and tax evasion. Pete Rose was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 14, 1941. His parents names were LaVerne Rose and Harry Rose (Lloyd 2005). Pete’s Dad who had once played semi pro football, had always wanted him to be a football star. When Pete Rose was young, he always wanted to be a star, a baseball star, and throughout his life he was recognized widely as one (Biography.com 2014). He had always had a passion for football and baseball and even when he was offered to go to college with a football scholarship, he denied the request and continued his baseball career. He was offered

"Derek Jeter, a professional ballplayer for the Yankees…" are the exact words Derek Jeter, himself, used in his eighth-grade yearbook (Jeter xvi). For as long as he could remember, Jeter has longed to be a New York Yankee. Fifteen years after predicting he would be a professional ballplayer for the Yankees, Derek Jeter is now more than a Yankee. Jeter isn't only a Yankee; he is a family guy and a World Champion. His career started when he was five years old, and everything has evolved from there. Sports fans know what life for Derek Jeter is now, but what was life like before he became a world champion, superstar, and captain of the New York Yankees.

Peter Rose has been banned from baseball for over 25 years. Now that the current Commissioner of Major League Baseball, Bud Selig, is about to retire many fans are hoping

Alex Rodriguez played pro baseball for 22 years then retired. Alex Rodriguez played on 3 different pro teams in his career of baseball. He is still known as one of the greatest pro baseball players of all time. Alex did have some struggles in his life like being accused of taking steroids. Since his coach accused him of taking steroids he could not play the 2014 baseball season.

Mike Trout has always had self-discipline since he was a kid, that's why he has always had such an impeccable work ethic. He has worked since little league to be the best he could become at the game. He would hit in the cages and take ground balls 5 days a week for two hours in the gym during the winter. He has already made some of the most iconic plays in baseball history. He always says “I pride myself on defense”, which is why he has already won a Golden Glove Award. He was drafted late in the first round which shows if you work hard at something you can achieve it. When he was drafted he came in and made an immediate impact on his team.

Steroids used in the sporting industry has been a popular ethical issues among numerous of athletes. Alex Rodriguez is one of these athletes caught using performance enhancing drugs. Alex Rodriguez is a professional baseball player in the MLB who played for the New York Yankees. In 2009 it was revealed that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for taking a testosterone and Primobolan.

“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that.'' This is what baseball player Derek Jeter lived by his whole life. He is a perfect example of what everyone tells you: that hard work pays off eventually and to not letting the fame and fortune go to your head. Derek Jeter is one of the greatest and most remembered baseball players in this era of Major League Baseball and one who will stand out with his qualities. Derek Jeter has never had the feeling of wanting to be a part of any other major league team than the New York Yankees, and the qualities he possessed surely got him where he is today.

Best known for his amazing time playing with the LA Dodgers Fernando has also brought so much joy to the Mexican and Mexican American community. Being a Ethcohuaquila Mexico native Valenzuela came to America to play for the Dodgers as a teenager not knowing an ounce of English. During his games he had a personal Spanish broadcaster translator that would help him. Later on he mastered the language but this brings so much joy to the Latino fan base because it shows that someone form Mexico who came from nothing to the United States made it big. Later on Valenzuela became a US Citizen and was proud to announce that to everyone because it is very hard even today that a Mexican get citizen ship into the US so fast. Although, Valenzuela was very proud to be a Mexican, before ad after games he was known to talk to the Latino Television broadcasters before the American ones. His manager Mike Scioscia said “I think the pride he has for the opportunity he had to play major league baseball and for everything he’s established here in the U.S. is important to him,” Scioscia said, “but it will never replace the pride he has for his native country of Mexico.” (NY Times) The fan base for MLB Hispanic baseball players is already a very large one so, Valenzuela is just one of the many great MLB baseball players that have shown their Latino pride and have given the sport lots of

Woosh is the sound the ball made flying through the air as Alex Rodriguez, a professional baseball player who plays for the New York Yankees, hit his 500th home run, to be the youngest baseball player to do this, just to find out he could be sitting out for a 50 game unpaid suspension (Biography.com Editors) He had used anabolicsteroids, a type of steroid that is used in sports to increase muscle size and strength, to help him be the best of the best (Meeks D41). Many people argue that a 50 game suspension is to little and whoever uses steroids should be banned for life. Others think that a 50 game suspension is way too much for one little mistake (Andy Dolch) . Athletes who use steroids should not be banned for life because a suspension

From an early age Rodriguez had an undeniable talent for playing musical instruments such as the guitar and later on his talent for writing poetic lyrics was imminent. After he left school he began to play at local bars, strip clubs just about anywhere that would allow him to play, this included mainly covers by his favorite artists at the time. His talents were soon recognised by record label scouts and during the 60’s and 70’s he produced two albums: ‘Cold Fact’ and ‘Coming to Reality’. Both of which were complete flops in America but never the less were prolific in ways that he would only realise decades later. It is unknown why the American public never took to him, at that time it may have been because he was a dark skinned Latino, or the fact that his lyrics evoked the sadness of a city such as Detroit that was on the brink of a national recession. Rodriguez often thought he was ready for the world but

Oh, A-rod. We all believed in you! Sadly, he was the only baseball player outed in the