According to a report by Sports Illustrated, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003, when he was with the Texas Rangers and won the AL home run title and MVP award.
Sources say that Rodriguez was on a list of 104 players who tested positive that year, when Major League Baseball conducted tests to see if mandatory random drug testing was needed. However, in 2003, there were no penalties for a positive result.
Rodriguez, reached at a Miami gym for comment by Sports Illustrated, said, “You’ll have to talk to the union.”
Asked if there were an explanation for the positive test result, Rodriguez told Sports Illustrated, : “I’m not saying anything.”
Scott Boras, Rodriguez’s agent, did not immediately return calls from ESPN.com seeking comment.
Both the Yankees and the Rangers told ESPN they would not comment.
Michael Weiner, general counsel for the players’ union, declined to comment, and said he did not know if the union would have any comment Saturday.
Major League Baseball plans to release a statement regarding SI’s report later Saturday.
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