Here’s the Yankees press release regarding Alex Rodriguez:
“We strongly believe there is no place in baseball for performance enhancing drugs of any type, and we support the efforts of the Commissioner to continually improve the testing process.
“We urged Alex to be completely open, honest and forthcoming in addressing his use of performance enhancing drugs. We take him at his word that he was. Although we are disappointed in the mistake he spoke to today, we realize that Alex — like all of us — is a human being not immune to fault.
“We speak often about the members of this organization being part of a family, and that is never more true than in times of adversity. Alex took a big step by admitting his mistake, and while there is no condoning the use of performance enhancing drugs, we respect his decision to take accountability for his actions. We support Alex, and we will do everything we can to help him deal with this challenge and prepare for the upcoming season.”
The MLBPA has produced two press releases since the SI report (1, 2). The second text explains why the 2003 survey testing results were not destroyed (the BALCO investigation).
Also, while not an official press release, Jorge Posada has A-Rod’s back. We’ll now wait patiently for Derek Jeter and the rest of the teammates to follow suit (again).
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Fair enough from the team. They seem supportive, but clearly try to distance themselves from steroids.
Do you believe what Alex said is EVERYTHING there is to know about this? I have this strange feeling there´s more and fear someone will bring it up, specially for all the attacks against Selena.