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December 13, 2007
A-Rod Offers $0.02 On Mitchell Report
From CBS News -
Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez says if there is truth in the Mitchell Report that accuses dozens of players of using steroids it will be a "huge black eye" on the game of baseball.
The Yankee third baseman spoke to Katie Couric right after the release of the report Thursday afternoon for an interview to be broadcast on 60 Minutes, this Sunday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
"So many huge players have been named in this investigation and MVPs, Cy Young award winners, hall of famers, what's your reaction to this investigation?" Couric asks.
"Well, Katie you're putting me in a tough spot. I mean these are guys that I play with, they're my teammates, friends, people that I respect, people that I play with every day. If anything comes of this, [I] would be extremely disappointed . I mean it would be a huge black eye on the game of baseball," Rodriguez says. "A lot of fans, they just want to know a lot. They want to know the truth and I think in this George Mitchell investigation . . . Maybe they will get what they want."
I wonder if Katie was wearing her 2004 World Series Championship ring when she was interviewing Alex?
Posted by Steve Lombardi at December 13, 2007 10:12 PM
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And in other news, Jose Canseco's exposure fetish got played out on Larry King Live.
Between Selena Roberts of the NY Times calling A-Rod a slumlord and Jose Canseco again accusing A-Rod of being a juicer, this month hasn't been any better for Alex than the one before it.
Nobody leaves anybody alone anymore. We're a nation of tattlers and finger-pointers. How boring we've all become.
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at December 14, 2007 09:53 AM
Selena Roberts is a hack. If it's true that you can judge a person by their enemies, then her "column" on A-Rod becomes a testimonial.
As for Canseco, he claimed on Larry King last night that he was told that the report stated that he gave PEDs to Clemens and that he would take a polygraph to back up his assertion that it wasn't true.
The problem is that such information was not in the report, as Mitchell, who called the show to correct that misinformation, pointed out.
In fairness to Canseco, he subsequently apologized.
Posted by: Rich at December 14, 2007 10:08 AM
Canseco is such a dummy. I understand if he can't read. But, what, he can't LISTEN? Clearly they said that McNamee gave Canseco drugs Clemens had that he didn't want Clemens to use (I guess Canseco was a steroid garbage bin of sorts).
Posted by: baileywalk at December 14, 2007 11:28 AM
"Well, Katie you're putting me in a tough spot. I mean these are guys that I play with, they're my teammates, friends, people that I respect, people that I play with every day. If anything comes of this, [I] would be extremely disappointed ."
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Nice of Arod to say he'd he disappointed in Andy.
Good old perfect Arod.
Posted by: redbug at December 14, 2007 11:28 AM