Alex Rodriguez

This new stricter policy is what would bring the MLB out of the “steroid-era”. When most people think about PED use in baseball the obvious names come to mind: Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Rafael Palmeiro, and Gary Sheffield. However, some names they are not aware of are Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), or the Biogenesis of America Clinic in Florida. What’s more, it is often unknown that a large majority of the players

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. Speculation of Alex Rodriguez using performance enhancers arose after Jose Canseco accused A-Rod of being a “juicer” in his book “Vindicated”. Alex Rodriguez denied using any drugs and went

sport. A large number of athletes have admitted to have used or been caught using PED’s in the past years. In 2009, Professional baseball player Alex Rodriguez admitted to abusing the MLB’s substance abuse policy while he played for the Texas Rangers. Resulting in the loss of an appeal and he was suspended 162 games in January of 2014 ("Alex Rodriguez Fast Facts"

it doesn't end up happening, how they have seen it from the start. That sometimes bothers the person because they told everyone this was your dream, but it didn't occur on time or it wasn't planned. Substance abuse with athletics such as Alex Rodriguez, Cris Carter, and much more seems to happen with lower and middle-class families, grew over time when coaches were only focused on the teammate winning but weren't looking into major things such as their health. Many players keep quiet about their

Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds. What do all of these legendary baseball players have in common? They are some of the all-time homerun leaders in the history of Major League Baseball. They also have another thing in common, which is how they all got onto the career home runs list, through the use of performance enhancing drugs. The debate on whether or not performance enhancing substances should be allowed in professional sports has been going on for years, decades even

season. Alex Rodriguez still to this day catches a lot of grief for his past actions when he was juicing. I believe this was a really smart choice for Rodriguez to come out saying that he did take performance enhancers in 2003. He was able to keep his name for the most part; he is still respected amongst the baseball world. Rodriguez still may suffer the ultimate punishment for his actions even though he did do the right thing by coming out and admitting that he cheated the game. Rodriguez may not

personal trainer” S03) Another big name on that list is former league most valuable player Alex Rodriguez who is arguably the best player in baseball the past couple seasons. He tested positive for two different anabolic steroids. “The mentality of needing to hit a 3-run homer with nobody on base. It’s that pressure that drove him to experiment with banned substances.” (Roberts and Epstein par. 3) Alex Rodriguez says “I felt like I had all the weight in the world on top of me and I needed to perform

them a more competitive edge on other athletes. They do not fear the consequences of what could happen to their body. Athletes only think of the upside to what they are getting. Some examples of athletes that have used steroids are Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Lance Armstrong, to name a few. Many people speculated Barry Bonds taking PED’s, but when he was tested ,there was nothing found. Then the idea of undetectable steroids came up. “When told that he has never failed a steroid test, as others

linking to the clinic, but only one stood out to Fischer: Alex Rodriguez. This was an eye opener for Major League Baseball and they knew something needed to be done about the use of PEDs in the sport of baseball. After tons of investigation and trying to buy the documents MLB suspended Alex Rodriguez on August 5, 2013 for the 2014 season (211 games). Twelve other players connected to the Biogenesis scandal were given a 50 game suspension. Rodriguez received a longer suspension because of “his use and

category. He has the most hits out of all the shortstops to ever play in the MLB. Also, he hit a home run as his 3000th hit and he was only the second person ever to reach this feat. He joined Wade Boggs in this club later followed by a teammate Alex Rodriguez. (baseball-reference.com) Derek’s batting average was .310. So, for every 10 times he has an at bat, he gets 3 hits. This is very hard to do because of the fact that the pitchers are throwing high 80s low 90s. Finally, his OBP, on base percentage