| 24 February 2009
The trouble may just be beginning for Alex Rodriguez.
According to the AP, Major League Baseball’s investigations team intends to meet with him sometime between tomorrow and Friday to discuss his recent confessions of illegal performance-enhancing drug use, a person familiar with the situation told Newsday.
It looks like whatever mea culpas, interviews or press conferences that Alex Rodriguez has given — there’s not a lot that has been done to sway the opinions of those who don't believe he's been truthful.
It had previously been reported that MLB’s investigative arm wanted to talk to A-Rod after he admitted, in an exclusive interview with ESPN’s Peter Gammons and at a news conference nine days later, that he had used a substance between 2001 and 2003. Officials want to meet with Rodriguez before he leaves the Yankees’ spring training camp to work out with the Dominican Republic’s World Baseball Classic squad in Jupiter, Fla.
Last week, Rodriguez said he expected the meeting will be held in the Tampa area.
According to the report, A-Rod will likely bring two lawyers with him — personal attorney Jay Reisinger, who has represented Andy Pettitte and Sammy Sosa, and a lawyer from the players’ union. The only questions he will be compelled to answer are whether he procured performance-enhancing drugs on MLB grounds, such as the clubhouse or the team plane.
Sports Illustrated first reported on Feb. 7 that Rodriguez tested positive for testosterone and Primobolan, an anabolic steroid, in 2003. He was one of 104 players who tested positive that year, when Major League Baseball conducted survey tests to see if mandatory, random drug testing was needed.
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