Baseball fans in college are shocked that their favorite sports hero Alex Rodriguez had admitted to using performance enhancing drugs while he was still with the Texas Rangers in 2001-2003. Apparently, the effects of the news had taken quite a while to ebb. A-Rod was just one of the 104 who were tested positive for steroids. There were 103 more to be revealed. Jose Canseco had already identified some in his book Juiced. Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens were some of those who had been named in the book.

From The Batt:

“A-Rod was one of those players that we all had no doubt that he wasn’t taking steroids,” said Texas A&M junior pitcher Travis Starling. “He was kind of the poster child of the perfect baseball player. He worked hard. He showed up every day and he played hard every day and he produced good numbers off of purely his talent and his work ethic, and now we are being told that he did take steroids. So for me individually, as a baseball player, and as someone who enjoys the game of baseball, it is still a shock to me.”

“I think when it’s admitted, you get it out of the way,” said A&M junior infielder Brodie Greene. “People are obviously not going to forget it. You admitted it, and you came out and told your side and that helps you. That’s why I think Bonds and [Roger] Clemens are going to end up hurting themselves in the long run because they are just denying it. I guess they are innocent until proven guilty. I feel that they are on the guilty side but haven’t really admitted it yet.”

Very few had expected A-Rod to cheat by using the banned substances, but he is admired for stepping forward and admitting it. No one knows really what the out come of this steroid era to those who are linked and involved with the use of PEDs, but one thing is for sure, A-Rod is facing a dim future in his baseball career.

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