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Aside winning the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award in 2003 with the Texas Rangers, Sports Illustrated reveals that New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez also has a home run in being positive for anabolic steroids.
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. So, he is a lucky guy to escape penalties but not criticism.
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.SI reveals that Major League Baseball’s 2003 survey testing found testosterone and an anabolic steroid (brand name Primobolan) in Rodriguez's case.
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. So, he is a lucky guy to escape penalties but not criticism.
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