Steriod era grabs another great

In 2003, Alex Rodriguez's monster season earned him the title of American League MVP.

After earning that honor, the Yankees were pushed to a breaking point and the front office decided that they just had to have this talented athlete, even if it meant trading second baseman Alfonso Soriano.

However, following this trade, Rodriguez did not quite live up to the hype. Many believed that the reasoning behind this mystery was due to the media-crazy New York. Others believed that it was because Rodriguez had little chemistry with his teammates. However, the true reason may have been revealed this weekend.
On Saturday, Sports Illustrated released an article claiming that Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids, testosterone and Primobolan, in 2003. Testosterone is legal, but only with a prescription, while Primoblan, also known as methenolone, is an injected or orally taken drug with few side effects. Primobolan is not an approved drug in the United States now, nor was it in 2003.

Despite the fact that neither of these drugs were legally administered to Rodriguez, BALCO founder Victor Conte gave him the benefit of the doubt, saying that both of these drugs can be taken in shakes and drinks, and that it is quite possible that Rodriguez unknowingly took both.

With so many people siding for and against Rodriguez, only one thing is truly certain: Knowingly or not, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for these two drugs in 2003. No matter what happens next, this will stay true. However, this is just the beginning of the betrayal. Not only did Rodriguez take steriods, he repeatedly denied it to interviews, including once on 60 Minutes in December of 2007. This is what really hurts for Yankees fan. After his repetition, Rodriguez finally convinced all of baseball that he had never taken steriods. He convinced us that he was clean.

Alex Rodriguez was supposed to save baseball. He was expected to break Barry Bonds' 762 all-time home run record, and do so without cheating. This is no longer the fact, but rather the opposite. Alex Rodriguez will still likely break the all-time record, but who will actually consider him the all-time record holder? This breaking news has showed fans that Alex Rodriguez is a cheater, a liar, and, yes, "A-Fraud."