TwitterSpeak Up A-Rod
8 Mar 2010
There is a story building about A-Rod and Dr. Anthony Galea. Galea is being investigated by federal authorities after getting stopped at the border bringing HGH into the country. So far, he has been tied to Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes, Huston Street and Tiger Woods. Now, Galea is saying he treated A-Rod last year after hip surgery, but only gave him anti-inflammatory drugs.
Now, on the surface that shouldn’t be a problem, but as with all things A-Rod there are some other details that need to be considered. Start with this statement from the Yankees:
"The New York Yankees have not been contacted with regard to an investigation of Dr. Tony Galea. The Yankees never authorized Dr. Tony Galea to treat Alex Rodriguez, nor do we have any knowledge of any such treatment.
Assuming Galea is telling the truth, then A-Rod went behind that team’s back to get treatment. Not exactly a great thing to learn.
But the bigger issue is obviously Galea’s involvement with HGH. Assuming what Galea said is true, A-Rod’s only "crime" is not getting authorization from the team for treatment. If that is indeed the case, A-Rod should apologize to the Yankees and get a statement out about this ASAP. Otherwise, the speculation and distractions will start to build. Neither Alex nor the Yankees need that right now.
Mar 08, 2010 @ 21:37:49
where there is smoke…
while I never had believed A-Rod told everything honestly a year ago, I was beyond thinking we’d ever find out the truth…now, not so sure.
Mar 08, 2010 @ 22:03:06
A Rod will say as little as possible — this is a criminal investigation.
Neither he nor Pettite were believable in their recounting of a very limited amount of drug use.
Players who used these substances tended to go whole hog.
I’m not rooting for anyone’s conviction — just good enough testing going forward to deter any further use.
Mar 08, 2010 @ 22:53:40
Question for you BL, do you feel the same way about Ortiz?
Mar 08, 2010 @ 22:59:15
Good point Corey. I hope that MLB considers adopting the new HGH test that the UK Anti-doping task force came up with, but it sounds like Selig isn’t for it. (shocking, I know)
Mar 09, 2010 @ 06:29:53
…that I don’t believe we’ll ever know the entire truth, sure.
Mar 09, 2010 @ 16:30:17
Everything about A-Rod will come out ultra slowly, until one day when he’s 70 he feels guilty and tell us everything in some terrible auto-biography in a ploy to save his legacy.