Sosa tested positive in 2003. Why am I not suprised???

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Sammy Sosa is one of the 104 major league players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance in 2003, the New York Times reported, citing lawyers who have knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year.

That year was the first in which Major League Baseball conducted survey tests to see if mandatory, random drug-testing was needed. There were no penalties for a positive result in 2003.

A lawyer for Sosa, Jay Reisinger, declined comment to the Times. An MLB official likewise declined comment to the newspaper.

"There was always that question mark about 'Did he or didn't he?' and if this report is right, now we know he did," Cubs legend and Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins told ESPN. "I always thought he was clean and got bigger just with his hard work."

Jenkins added: "I coached Sammy when he was a kid in the '90s and he became a 30-30 [homers and stolen bases] guy. As guys progressed, I guess he was on the bandwagon and used -- they did and so did he. Now it's coming out, who did what, when and where."

The lawyers who have knowledge of the 2003 list results do not know the substance that caused Sosa to test positive, according to the Times. Results from the 2003 surveys were supposed to remain anonymous. But on Feb. 7, Sports Illustrated reported that Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was one of the 104 who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

Two days later, Rodriguez admitted to having taken steroids while with the Texas Rangers from 2001 to 2003.

Test samples and records were supposed to be destroyed, but union head Donald Fehr said the players' association didn't have enough time to make arrangements after the results became final Nov. 13, 2003.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering the fate of the list and test specimens, which were seized by federal agents in April 2004.

ESPNdeportes.com reported in early June that Sosa, 40, was planning on announcing his formal retirement from baseball soon, and would not address allegations of steroid use.

"I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?" said Sosa, who presently serves the Dominican government as special ambassador for investment opportunities.

Jenkins thinks otherwise.

"I don't think they [proven users of performance enhancing drugs] belong in the Hall of Fame," Jenkins said. "The drugs probably enhanced their performances about 20-30 percent. Sammy was in his 30s when he was apparently using and it gave him an edge in homers and RBIs."

Sosa had a total of 609 home runs in his career, including seasons of 66 homers in 1998; 63 in 1999; and 64 in 2001.

He last played in 2007, when he was with the Rangers, a season he called his most fulfilling, with 21 home runs and 92 RBIs in only 114 games.

"I always played with love and responsibility and I assure you that I will not answer nor listen to rumors. If anything ugly comes up in the future, we will confront it immediately, but with all our strength because I will not allow anybody to tarnish what I did in the field," Sosa told ESPNdeportes.com.

Known as the "Caribbean Bambino" after he and Mark McGwire were locked in a home-run race in 1998 -- both ended up breaking Roger Maris' single-season record of 61 -- Sosa expressed sadness for the many Dominican players who are facing difficult moments in their careers, singling out Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez, who is serving a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy.
 
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lmao , all of you are in denial , you know now guys are either knowin how to cycle and not get caught or know how to mask em lol you think steroid usage is gonna slow down this is america money money money
 
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lmao , all of you are in denial , you know now guys are either knowin how to cycle and not get caught or know how to mask em lol you think steroid usage is gonna slow down this is america money money money
I don' think anyone is denial. We just want the truth. It's not like wrestling which we all know is real and on the up and up.
 
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What I find funny is that when Baseball players get suspended,It's like how could they do this to the game? But when Football players get caught no one cares. It's a total double standard.
 
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^yeah i don't really see a big ass issue of any NFL players getting caught doing the roids. but when MLB players get caught, it's making head line news everywhere. the NFL's news goes to dog fighters and old ass players thinking if they should make a come back or not, or players that have troubles with the law.
 

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come on senortia rita manroids roidmirez has already been caught, but they still can't catch barry they been after him forever if his name was on the list they would have made that shit public ages ago
LMFAO... HIS NAME WILL COME OUT, JUST WAIT N SEE... BUT EVEN IF IT DIDNT, ITS NOT LIKE GIANTS FANS CAN SAY BARROID DIDNT JUICE... AS SOON AS THE TESTING STARTED, BARROID SHOOK THE SPOT...

AND SINCE YOU WANNA TALK SHIT ABOUT MANNY, AT LEAST HE ADMITTED HE FUCKED UP, AND IS READY TO COME BACK AND PLAY SOME BASEBALL... UNLIKE BARROID BONDS, WHO LEFT HIS HOMERUN RECORD WITH A CLOUD OF DOUBT, AND ABANDONED HIS TEAM AND HIS CITY WITHOUT EVEN LOOKIN BACK AS SOON AS THE SHIT HIT THE FAN...
 
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First of all, if you couldn't tell he(Barry) was on something then erryone is retarded. The point I'm trying to make is i don't think he's on that list. They would've made it public like his grand jury information. And they say in Baseball and relationships,it's only cheating if you get caught.
 

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barry was using the "clear" he might of even not come up postive , but slicc stop being a little girl only reason why you care barry bond used steroids is because he's a gaint plain and simple
YOURE DAMN RIGHT!!! THE SAME REASON ALL THESE HATERS ONLY TALK SHIT CUS MANNY IS A DODGER...

BUT ITS ALL GOOD... YOU KNOW I HAVE A POINT IN WHAT I SAID IN MY PREVIOUS POST...
 
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I think if Barry was on that list it would've been out there already. Especially with the Feds all in his ass. But you never know. I wonder which pitchers are on it.
the feds have already made that test from 03 public......albeit through anomymous sources because on the ongoing investigation........

go back and google it....you will find the positive test for bonds...........its just that Giants fans on here pretendthat it doesnt exist....................Sosa and A-Rod test were fromthat same list.....................