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Assassino reale wrote: Nel frattempo, le quote per il titolo....
Da scommettitore e tifoso direi che la nostra quota è troppo bassa...

In 2003, when he won the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids, four sources have independently told Sports Illustrated.
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Rodriguez's name appears on a list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball's '03 survey testing, SI's sources say. As part of a joint agreement with the MLB Players Association, the testing was conducted to determine if it was necessary to impose mandatory random drug testing across the major leagues in 2004.

When approached by an SI reporter on Thursday at a gym in Miami, Rodriguez declined to discuss his 2003 test results. "You'll have to talk to the union," said Rodriguez, the Yankees' third baseman since his trade to New York in February 2004. When asked if there was an explanation for his positive test, he said, "I'm not saying anything."
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Though MLB's drug policy has expressly prohibited the use of steroids without a valid prescription since 1991, there were no penalties for a positive test in 2003.
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Rodriguez is one of the 104 players identified as having tested positive, in his case for testosterone and an anabolic steroid known by the brand name Primobolan
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According to the 2007 Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball, in September 2004, Gene Orza, the chief operating officer of the players' union, violated an agreement with MLB by tipping off a player (not named in the report) about an upcoming, supposedly unannounced drug test. Three major league players who spoke to SI said that Rodriguez was also tipped by Orza in early September 2004 that he would be tested later that month.

The Yankees will use Joba Chamberlain as their No. 5 starter from the start of the season. There are no plans to pitch him out of the bullpen. “That is why bringing Andy (Pettitte) back was so important,” Cashman said.

Having Chamberlain as the No. 5 will allow the Yankees to easily skip his turn on occasion, thus controlling his innings.

Cashman said he “absolutely” likes the idea of keeping Xavier Nady and Nick Swisher on the roster. While a trade is possible, there is value in roster flexibility. “Nady can cover us in left and right. Swisher can play first, left, right and center in an emergency. It gives our manager a lot of choices,” Cashman said.

In theory, Joe Girardi can rotate Nady, Swisher, Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui in left, right and DH. One guy sits, everybody stays fresh.

There are high hopes for Melky Cabera to reclaim center field. “Melky played well in winter ball and he has to show the competitiveness to put last season behind him,” Cashman said. “The good ones always find a way.”

stepmarbury3 wrote: Ecco come si rovina un a off season perfetta

http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ ... ar_period/

Assassino reale wrote: Ne stiamo già discutendo nell'altro topic.
A-Rod quest'anno andrà .390/.550/.780

Dragon*79*Hunter wrote:
No dico nelle annate dispari va sempre alla grande visto che siamo nel 2009 chissà. Secondo me ne vedremo delle belle

Jonna79 wrote: Secondo me, A-Rod avra' talmente tanta rabbia/voglia di spaccare il mondo da portarlo a fare o una stagione molto negativa oppure una stellare..

Jonna79 wrote: Secondo me, A-Rod avra' talmente tanta rabbia/voglia di spaccare il mondo da portarlo a fare o una stagione molto negativa oppure una stellare.. io propendo per la seconda..