Comments on: A-Rod: I've Never Used Steroids

Tells Katie Couric He's Never Been Tempted To Use Performance-Enhancing Drugs

[dakota446]

Cansenco would sell out his own mother if it got him some attention. What a wasted piece of meat. A-rod deserves the benefit of the doubt. I love these critics. Any slob can criticize. A-rod derserves the credit for all of what he worked for and accomplished. Good for him.

[pzunker]

Of course A-Rod hasn''t used steroids! He STINKS! There was that long period of time where he couldnt come close to touching the ball! Even if he was using the juice, he still stinks.

[gagott68]

I''m sure baseball''s lawyers crawled through it with a fine tooth comb to sort out any legal implications regarding potential defamation (covers slander and libel). Beside, truth is a defense to defamation and if the named players had an iota of a chance of prevailing on a defamation lawsuit, they''d file one in a heartbeat.

While you can''t criminally convict based on mere hearsay (evidentiary rules would preclude such evidence from being admitted in either a criminal or a civil court), the court of public opinion is open to all forms of information. And the verdict is in...

[dontblameme3]

superchez:

First, if it''s anything, it''s libel (written), not slander (spoken). Second, this doesn''t qualify as libel. And it doesn''t take a lawyer to know that. Just spend 30 seconds on Wikipedia and you''ll realize you sound silly.

[edward1975-2009]

superchez: Each player was invited to come see the evidence and respond to it. None took the opportunity. Two players came voluntarily,Giambi and Thomas, so they have to blame themselves. You did notice how fast their hired mouthpieces reaponded. To bad the players wouldn''t do that.

[Krazcarl]

pass the pills and water..

[excoachken]

As a fifty year Yankee hater, I can honestly say that I became A-Rod''s biggest fan the night that Bondoid broke Henry''s record. I can''t wait for him to pass that blow up doll and own the Home Run record!

[macusweil]

Alex is a Yankee now and he will break in Pinstripes and without drugs the fat head''s all time HR record. He is one of the all time great players and NY has made a man out of him!!

[billpl-2009]

Thank God for A-Rod!!!!

...oh and butterfingered Romo WILL lose the big one for the Dallas Cowgirls...LOL

[denn034]

A well deserved black eye but, one tires of the harping on this.

[martin9p2]

What''s all this surprise about steroids in MLB? Am I just psychic, or was it obvious 20 years ago that some MLB players were 700% stronger than others, and that it HAD to be steroids? There was a guy in my high school class of 1978 who was HUGE, way back in 1978, and little ol'' me knew it was steroids even back then. Why all the surprise now? And how about the NFL? Isn''t in obvious that players are MUCH more HUGE than just a few years ago? Remember when Refrigerator Perry was a phenomenon because he was so huge, and now aren''t all the NFL players just HUGE? Am I correct to guess that steroid use in the NFL will be "discovered" a few years from now?

[dzapple]

BASEBALL PLAYERS COVER UP FOR EACH OTHER, A SECRECT CODE, IF THEY DO SAY ANYTHING THEY WILL BE BLACK BALLED

[tomar0317]

"IF"

[lloydbest1]

"Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez says IF (my emphasis) there is truth in the Mitchell Report that accuses dozens of players of using steroids..."

"IF" Alex..."IF"?? C''mon!

You''re what? 31, 32 years old? Surely you''ve been around the block enough times to KNOW that performance enhancing drug use is rampant in Major League Baseball and that, if anything, Mitchell is understating the problem. It can not possibly have escaped your notice the incredible body changes and performance numbers that have taken place in players who are far too old to be able to generate with out a LOT of chemical help.
It''s not just steroids; it''s HGH, amphetemines, EPO and who-knows what else that is so severely impacting the credibility of the major leagues.
I don''t believe you "use" personally; or if you do, it is something relatively harmless. Definitely not steroids or HGH. I also think you are one of the greats (rafterman''s contrary opinions notwithstanding) and don''t need to.
But you and other great players who have a modicum of class need to step up and condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the culture of drug use to get an edge presently practised. It not only impacts the integrity of the game but your ability to negotiate those awesome salaries you guys command.

[fstop100]

these guys get rich off of us. we buy the prodeucts they endorse

[letsgetreal1]

Just another bigshot jock, full of himself, although filthy rich. But that''s what Amerika''s all about, right?