Last week MLB Commissioner Bud Selig pronounced, “Vigilance remains the key toward protecting the integrity of our game. We have the best and most stringent drug testing policy in professional sports, we continue to work with our doctors and trainers to learn what they are seeing day to day and we educate our players about the games un-bending zero tolerance approach. We remain fully committed to following all leads and seeking the appropriate outcomes for all those who use, purchase and are involved in the distribution of banned substances, which have no place in our game.”
Apparently Alex Rodriguez and some other guys have not been listening too well to the Commissioner. His name, along with Melky Cabrera, Nelson Cruz, Gio Gonzalez & Bartolo Colon has been brought into the spotlight in connection with a South Florida Clinic known to deal in PED’s.
Miami New Times reporter Tim Elfrink reports that he was given patient records by a former employee of Biogenesis, an anti-aging clinic near the already troubled University of Miami campus. After extensive follow up interviews with other former employees and clinic customers he found that those records implicate A-Rod and the others who were treated at the clinic as late as 2012. All of these star athletes received various substances from one Anthony Bosch, the head of the clinic, who is currently under investigation by MLB & the DEA!
You may remember the name Anthony Bosch as being linked to the PED scandal involving Manny Ramirez in 2009 which led to his suspension.
Although others are implicated, the focus goes to A-Rod because of the amount money that is involved with him at this time. Rodriguez got a 10 year, $275 million contract with the Yankees in Dec. 2007. He has not played a full season since he was voted AL MVP in 2007 and now it is looking like he will miss at least the first half of the 2013 season if not the whole year.
And now, with this latest PED mess, the Yankee front office cannot be too happy with A-Rod these days. His name was found in those pilfered records with references to 1.5 HGH (human growth hormone), testosterone creams and a bill for $3,500. HGH is banned by all major sports.
Commissioner Selig’s office and the MLB players union just announced a series of changes to their joint drug agreement which call for random in-season bold testing for HGH starting this season. Cost per head services who post MLB future odds to win the World Series are eagerly awaiting the outcome of any and all pending investigations before posting the odds!
