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| WBC Pool D Preview from The Sports Network |
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02/25/2009 |
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| join the Dominican Republic squad. Rodriguez, of course, is the latest superstar player to become embroiled in a steroid controversy. The New York Yankees slugger has admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs from 2001-03 while playing for the Texas Rangers. Joining A-Rod in the well-stocked Dominican lineup will be Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, David Ortiz and Robinson Cano. Edinson Volquez headlines a rotation that will also include future Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, who will be using the WBC as an a |
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| Rangers invite Benson to spring training |
MLB Baseball |
02/21/2009 |
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| Surprise, AZ (MySportsbook) - The Texas Rangers signed pitcher Kris Benson to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training on Saturday. Benson, 34, has not appeared in a major-league game since 2006 while with Baltimore. He spent 2008 in Philadelphia's minor-league system while recovering from rotator cuff surgery. He was released by the Phillies on August 30. In his career, spanning parts of seven seasons with the Pirates, Mets and Orioles, Benson is 68-73 with a 4.34 earned-run average |
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| Report: A-Rod linked to trainer banned by MLB |
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02/20/2009 |
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| eague Baseball clubhouses after an investigation spurred by a 2001 incident involving a bag of steroids. The New York Daily News cited a source as saying Angel Presinal, a Dominican trainer, has been associated with Rodriguez since his time with the Texas Rangers -- a three-year period from 2001-03 when the three-time AL MVP has acknowledged using steroids. A source also told the paper that Presinal traveled with Rodriguez's steroid- providing cousin, eventually identified as Yuri Sucart, in 2007. The two st |
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| Name of A-Rod's cousin who supplied steroids revealed |
MLB Baseball |
02/19/2009 |
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| g about his prior use of performance-enhancing drugs. Saying he was "curious" and calling it a "stupid mistake," Rodriguez gave details about how he and a nameless cousin experimented with steroids from 2001 through 2003 while he was a member of the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, results that were supposed to remain anonymous under an agreement between Major League Baseball and its players union, but Sports Illustrated broke the story on February 7 and two days later the three |
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| A-Rod details past steroid use |
MLB Baseball |
02/17/2009 |
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| g about his prior use of performance-enhancing drugs. Saying he was "curious" and calling it a "stupid mistake," Rodriguez gave details about how he and a nameless cousin experimented with steroids from 2001 through 2003 while he was a member of the Texas Rangers. "I knew we weren't taking Tic-Tacs," Rodriguez stated during the news conference. "I knew it could potentially be something wrong. I didn't get into the investigation [of what it was]. When you're 24 or 25 [years old] and curious and ignorant, you |
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| Selig responds to Rodriguez steroids admission |
MLB Baseball |
02/12/2009 |
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| time AL MVP tested positive for steroids during the 2003 season. Rodriguez did not confirm or deny the allegations when asked for a comment by Sports Illustrated, but told ESPN on Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs while a member of the Texas Rangers from 2001-03. "On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am saddened by the revelations concerning Alex Rodriguez's use of performance-enhancing substances," Commissioner Selig said. "While Alex deserves credit for publicly confronting the issue, there |
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| Royals sign P Wright to minor league deal |
MLB Baseball |
02/10/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals announced Tuesday that they have signed pitcher Jamey Wright to a minor league contract for 2009, with an invitation to major league spring training. Wright, 34, spent last season with the Texas Rangers, going 8-7 with a 5.12 earned run average in 75 relief appearances. It was his first season in which he came out of the bullpen full-time, as Wright has started 246 of his 355 career MLB games. Wright pitched once before for the Royals, in 2003. He st |
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| Rangers sign Jones, Donnelly |
MLB Baseball |
02/10/2009 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - The Texas Rangers on Tuesday signed outfielder Andruw Jones and pitcher Brendan Donnelly to minor-league contracts with invitations to spring training. Jones was limited to 75 games in 2008, playing with a chronic right knee injury which saw him go on the disabled list three separate times. For the year, the 31-year-old slugger posted just three home runs and 14 RBI with a .158 average. In 13 pro seasons, the Curacao native has hit 371 homers with 1,131 RBI and 338 doubles w |
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| A-Rod admits to steroid use |
MLB Baseball |
02/10/2009 |
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| time AL MVP tested positive for steroids during the 2003 season. Rodriguez did not confirm or deny the allegations when asked for a comment by Sports Illustrated, but told ESPN on Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs while a member of the Texas Rangers from 2001-03. "When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I felt I had all the weight of the world on top of me and I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day," Rodriguez told ESPN's Peter Gammons in an e |
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| A-Rod delivers another black eye to baseball |
MLB Baseball |
02/09/2009 |
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| pring training kicks into high gear later this week. Unless you were living under a rock this past weekend, you undoubtedly heard that New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids back in 2003 while playing for the Texas Rangers. According to a report on SI.com, Rodriguez had been tested as part of a joint agreement between Major League Baseball and the Players' Association to determine whether it was necessary to institute mandatory random drug testing for the 2004 season. |
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