A Sports Illustrated Report claims All-Star third baseman Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, while he was with the Texas Rangers.
Rodriguez declined to comment, saying, "you'll have to talk to the union," about the subject. "I'm not saying anything."
A-Rod is one of 104 names on a list of players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003, Sports Illustrated also claims.
Before, Alex said he never took any type of performance enhancing substance in his career.
If this report is true, it drastically changes the way people will see him. He is already seen as a player who cannot perform in the clutch and with a lot of off-the-field issues with his wife and Madonna. People will call him a cheater.
Plus, with this report, if Rodriguez nears the all-time homerun record (in the US), there will still be an asterisk on the sport. Barry Bonds' scandal left an asterisk once he surpassed Hank Aaron's all-time record, but when Rodriguez comes close, there will still be constant talk.
This also affects his HOF-position. Before, he was a sure-thing, first-ballot Hall of Famer. Now, this steroid report leaves a huge mark on what was a successful career.
For the record, I would vote in Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens; both of them left baseball legacies that few people in today's game can reach. With the report, I would vote in Alex Rodriguez, but it is not up to me.
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