Muscle Milk! HGH!
Although A-Rod could currently share comparisons to the guys in the now classic Youtube video “My new hair cut,” (I would share a link if it wasn’t so vulgar) he did not discuss his new hair cut. How many women he will be with. Nor did he mention Jagerbombs.
Instead, Alex Rodriguez showed up for his obligatory “I’m sorry” press conference today to inform the world how he became so jacked and tan. Well, maybe just the jacked… his orange glow from the Peter Gammons interview wasn’t so present.
All kidding aside, Rodriguez seemed to be more honest throughout the interview and answered the majority of the questions thrown his way.
in this interview, AROD said that the steroids, something known on the streets as “Boli,” were something he and his cousin purchased over the counter in the Dominican Republic. They then injected each other from 2001-2003. Rodriguez said he has never taken HGH.
“My cousin and I, one more ignorant than the other, decided it was a good idea to start taking it. We consulted no one and it was pretty evident that we didn’t know what we were doing. We did everything we could to keep it between us. I stopped taking it in 2003 and haven’t taken it since. I stopped taking it for several reasons. In 2003 I had a serious neck injury and it scared me half to death. I was scared for my career and my life after baseball. Second after players voted for a mandatory drug policy, I realized how serious this all was and I decided to stop then.”
Boston Globe baseball reporter Nick Cafardo live blogged the entire press conference, which is worth a read.
Westchester Journal News Yankee beat writer Pete Abraham already has up some reactionary thoughts form the press conference today. Those can be found at hits link.
I have been reading Abraham since this story broke and he seems very weary in his ability to trust AROD.
And for our local angle, MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince has Travis Hafner defending himself and declaring he has never taken steroids. Judging by a few of the comments on Prospectus post, that one might intrigue a few folks.
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Golly, what a shock, ‘ol Pronk steadfastly still denies. But yes, I do believe him. After all, I’d have to be absolutely crazy like a loon to believe that Luis Gonzalez will ever hit 57 home runs in one season and have a Babe Ruthian slugging percentage of .688. Gonzalez says he has never taken anything stronger than a banana and egg protein drink. I know for a fact that Gonzalez is telling the truth. So Pronk must be telling the truth, too. I can see it in their pupils. Both Gonzalez and Pronk have such kind eyes.
here’s a read for a good chuckle.
http://www.extremeskins.com/archive/index.php/t-54440.html
it’s brady anderson’s denial. he claims the 50 home run year was his “athletic opus”. someone else describes him as a “genetic freak”. all he ever used was creatine——-uh, sure brady. throw in a few 30 home runs years in his career and maybe i buy his story. but 50 in a year and then 24 as the next highest. ridiculous. he had 30 more hits than his usual total in 1996. all of them for home runs apparently.
and who can forget the illustrious way he ended his career. in cleveland of course.
sure pronk, you didn’t juice and your shoulder mysteriously fell apart.