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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...keep on coming for Major League Baseball. On Saturday, Sports Illustrated broke the story that perennial all-star Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs during the 2003 season. Faced with these allegations, A-Rod quickly took the path of former Yankees Jason Giambi and Andy Pettitte by admitting to his use of steroids. In explaining the doping, Rodriguez cited the pressures of his peers and the new $250 million contract he had inked that year with the Texas Rangers—which at that point was the largest deal in the history...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Error to the Third Baseman | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

...spend their money the right way. It's been proven by clubs that have won [the World Series]--the Angels have won, the Marlins have won. Those clubs seem to spend their money on pitching. In my time with the Yankees, I always felt that, yeah, we got Jason Giambi, we got Alex Rodriguez--but what we really needed to do was shore up our pitching in order to be a better postseason club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Joe Torre | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

...spend their money the right way. It's been proven by clubs that have won [the World Series]-the Angels have won, the Marlins have won. Those clubs seem to spend their money on pitching. In my time with the Yankees, I always felt that, yeah, we got Jason Giambi, we got Alex Rodriguez-but what we really needed to do was shore up our pitching in order to be a better postseason club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joe Torre in a New Uniform | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

...breathless speculation, George Mitchell named names. Eighty six, in fact, in his long-awaited report on steroid abuse in baseball released Thursday. Among them: 55 hitters, 31 pitchers and 33 active players on a list that ranged from legends (Barry Bonds) to all-stars (David Justice, Eric Gagne, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield and Miguel Tejada) to staples of the transaction column (Josias Manzanillo, Nook Logan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mitchell Named Names. Now What? | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...subpoena power. Plus, he was facing a bitter players union, which felt it had already bent over backward to allay concerns about steroid use, twice agreeing to open up the 2002 collective bargaining agreement to strengthen penalties for drug users. Predictably, the players union balked. Frank Thomas and Jason Giambi were the only active players who talked to Mitchell's team; the others didn't even go so far as to issue denials to Mitchell. So the former Senator turned to gathering information from off-field employees - trainers, general managers, clubhouse attendants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mitchell Named Names. Now What? | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

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