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DN: Roberts’ book ’strongly suggests’ A-Rod used on Yanks
River Avenue Blues — ... Tsk. We’ll delve into the more serious content after the “read more” tag, but for all of you who either don’t care or don’t want to know, just head on over to Joe’s game recap. Why let this piece of expected but still dismaying news ruin a start in which Joba utterly dominated the Tigers for seven innings. Okay. Now that the dirty part is out of the way, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. Tracy Connor breaks it down: Although the slugger insists he dabbled in steroids ...

New book says A-Rod took roids as a teen & with the Yankees
Zell's Pinstripe Blog — ... time. (on May 12th) This woman is really starting to get on my nerves, and I’m sure a lot of Yankees fans are pissed off at her as well. The book also talks about his poker habits, his divorce, relationship with Madonna, and other interesting stuff. You can tell that it’s going to get ugly. I want Alex back on this team as soon as possible, so I guess we are going to have to deal with all of this other crap as well. We new this day was coming… Some interesting bits and pieces: SI writer Selena Roberts, who broke the ...

Now we know why A-rod got all those 'meaningless' homeruns
XM MLB Chat — ... From account of Selena Roberts' unflattering book about Arod: "In one shocking disclosure, the book accuses A-Rod of "pitch tipping" when he was with the Rangers - ...

Roberts : A-Rod Took Something Besides Tic-Tacs Earlier & Later Than Previously Reported
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... The New York Daily News’ Tracy Connor has had a peak at Selena Roberts’ long-awaited ‘A-Rod : The Many Lives Of Alex Rodriguez’, a tome that claims the embattled Yankee third baseman began taking steroids as early as high school and continued doing so as recently as 2005. ...

Alex Rodriguez Likely Has Been Using Steroids Since High School
Larry Brown Sports — ... You knew it was only a matter of time before Alex Rodriguez got his name back in the news — and not because of his recovery from hip surgery. Selena Roberts’ book on A-Rod is set to be released in the near future, so to drum up some interest she’s leaked a few juicy details to the New York Daily News. One of the details is that A-Rod’s Yankee teammates nicknamed him “bitch tits” because that’s what he developed in ‘05 (likely because of steroids use). The most important detail, the ...

Assessing the A-Rod allegations
Circling The Bases — The New York Daily News has Selena Roberts' soon-to-be released Alex Rodriguez book, and is spilling the salacious details this morning . Among them: A-Rod was using steroids in high school, possibly obtained through the owner of a dog kennel; Contrary to his public statements, he continued to use them up through and including his time with the Yankees; A-Rod engaged in "pitch tipping" when he was with the Rangers, i.e. letting a friendly opponent at the plate know which pitch was coming in lopsided games, and expected the favor returned; and A-Rod is a bad tipper at ...

More A-Roids than he admitted?
The Hot Corner — ... Per SI's Selena Roberts' new book, via the New York Daily News,, Rodriguez continued to use steroids when he was in New York and also used them as early as his teenage years. ...

The A-Rod bombs begin to fall
The Hardball Times — The New York Daily News has Selena Roberts' soon-to-be released Alex Rodriguez book, and is spilling the salacious details this morning. Among them: ...

NY Daily News: A-Rod took steroids while with Yankees, and as teen, claims new book
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — NY Daily News: A-Rod took steroids while with Yankees, and as teen, claims new book I wonder how “B---h T--s” will sound in Fenway. Alex Rodriguez may have bulked up with steroids as early as high school - and was suspected of juicing while playing for the Yankees, a bombshell new book reports. Although the slugger insists he dabbled in steroids only while with the Texas Rangers, the book “A-Rod” strongly suggests he didn’t give up performance enhancers when he came to New York. Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts, who broke the story that A-Rod flunked a steroid ...

A-Rod Used Steroids with Yankees, in High School
Sports of Boston — ... According to the N.Y. Daily News, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez used performance-enhancing drugs a lot more that for just a three-year period with the Texas Rangers. In the new book about the slugger due to be released in May, Selena Roberts writes that A-Rod used steroids while with the Yankees, and may have used substances dating all the way back to when he was in high school. ...

Excerpts from Selena Roberts Book on A-Rod Released
The Yankee Universe — For all of the shocking, mind blowing details, click here. Related posts: Selena Roberts: Release All Names Or None Torre Book Excerpt New Book for Yankee Haters Everywhere

Book suggests A-Rod juiced earlier, later than believed
Sports stories from Newsday — ... Evidently the new Selena Roberts book on previously established liar / cheater / womanizer Alex Rodriguez, long rumored to be full of fantastically juicy dirt, merely asserts that he was even more of a liar / cheater/ womanizer than previously established. ...

Yankee Teammates Called A-Rod 'Bitch Tits'
Bob's Blitz — ... in early February that Arod still looked to have bitch tits while playing for the Yankees. Now the Daily News reports that Selena Roberts' book reveals Yankee teammates called Alex Rodriguez Bitch Tits in 2005 and that he was still doing steroids while with the Yanks. Perhaps the worst revealtion in her book (at least as far as teammates go): In one shocking disclosure, the book accuses A-Rod of "pitch tipping" when he was with the Rangers - letting a friendly opponent at the plate know which pitch was coming in lopsided games. The only part that makes us somewhat suspicious ...

Roberts Book: A-Rod’s PED Use More Than Admitted & He Gave Away Pitches To Opponents
WasWatching.com — If you heard a noise this morning that sounded like “Awwww, crap!,” it was the collective sound of Yankees fans across the east end of America waking up and reacting to hearing this news… As per the Daily News today: Alex Rodriguez may have bulked up with steroids as early as high school - and was suspected of juicing while playing for the Yankees, a bombshell new book reports. Although the slugger insists he dabbled in steroids only while with the Texas Rangers, the book “A-Rod” strongly suggests he ...

New Book Says A-Rod Juiced As A Yankee
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — From Tracy Connor: Alex Rodriguez may have bulked up with steroids as early as high school - and was suspected of juicing while playing for the Yankees, a bombshell new book reports. Although the slugger insists he dabbled in steroids only while with the Texas Rangers, the book "A-Rod" strongly suggests he didn't give up performance enhancers when he came to New York. Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts, who broke the story that A-Rod flunked a steroid screening in 2003, reveals fellow Bombers nicknamed the third baseman "B---h T--s" ...

Report: A-Rod used steroids since high school
Extra Bases — Relaying details from an upcoming book on Alex Rodriguez by Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts, the New York Daily News reports today that Rodriguez may have started taking steroids as early as high school and is suspected of continuing his use of performance-enhancing drugs with the New York Yankees. A front-page headline (right) reads, "A-Rod book bombshell" with text below adding, "Slugger may have taken HGH while playing for the Yankees" and, "Hints he took steroids as early as high school days." The report indicates that a high school teammate of Rodriguez's told Roberts ...

A-Rod and Tipping Pitches
yankeesdaily.com — ... The newest and latest Alex Rodriguez steroid story doesn’t surprise me in the least bit. I’m more surprised he would tip hitters of the opposing team during a blow out on what pitch was coming next. That’s if it’s even true. ...

Scooping the A-Rod Book
baseballmusings.com — The New York Daily News gets a copy of Selena Roberts’s book on Alex Rodriguez: Alex Rodriguez may have bulked up with steroids as early as high school - and was suspected of juicing while playing for the Yankees, a bombshell new book reports. Although the slugger insists he dabbled in steroids only while with the Texas Rangers, the book “A-Rod” strongly suggests he didn’t give up performance enhancers when he came to New York. Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts, who broke the story that A-Rod flunked a steroid ...

NEW A-ROD BOOK - TABLOID TRASH
New York Yankees Update — An unauthorized book about Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez is coming out a month sooner than planned. Harper-Collins announced that "A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez" has been changed after a release delay that suspiciously coincides with A-Rod's DL stint. The NY Daily News offers up a few details leaked out for promotional purposes. As ESPN's Mike and Mike pointed out this morning, the NYDN's article contains terms such as "may have", "suspected of", "strongly suggests", " ...

A-Rod* Scandal of the Week- Pitch Tipping with Man-Boobs
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog — The A-Rod* scandals are so voluminous that they now fill a book. The reporter that broke the steroids story is coming out with a book that is sure to be a best seller among Red Sox Nation. In the book, Selena Roberts says A-Rod* starting taking roids in high school and grew man-boobs. It also accused him of helping others cheat: In one shocking disclosure, the book accuses A-Rod of "pitch tipping" when he was with the Rangers - letting a friendly opponent at the plate know which pitch was coming in lopsided games. Hat tip to ...

Arod takes steroids, grows boobs
The Bottom Line — ... ... somebody obviously swapped Arod's HGH with estrogen and he's been slowing transforming into a women ever since. From The Daily News : Alex Rodriguez may have bulked up with steroids as early as high school - and was suspected of juicing while playing for the Yankees, a bombshell new book reports. Although the slugger insists he dabbled in steroids only while with the Texas Rangers, the book "A-Rod" strongly suggests he didn't give up performance enhancers when he came to New York. Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts, who broke the story that A-Rod flunked a steroid ...

G22: Red Sox at Rays, 7 PM
The Joy of Sox — ... progress: I would say it's about a week of just kind of slowing down a little bit. I guess we had probably thought all along that this was a possibility. ... He's been grinding pretty hard, going pretty hard. ... There's nothing that came up that's crazy. We just thought this was the best thing to do.Manny Delcarmen has been dealing with a tight left hip flexor for the last week. ... Mike Lowell has a 13-game hitting streak. ... Alex Rodriguez, aka Bitch Tits. ...

More Fun With Alex
YankeesRedSox.com — ... Hey, remember Alex Rodriguez?  Quite fellow, never stirred the pot, a pleasure to hear about.  Well, the good news is he is playing in a rehab game today which means he should be back in the lineup very soon.  The bad news is Selena Roberts' book comes out May 12 and the Daily News has a copy and has started to write about it. ...

Alex Rodriguez On Steroids Since High School? [Alex Rodriguez]
Deadspin — ... There's enough scandal and intrigue in just one little newspaper page to fill ... well, a book. Among the tales contained in the forthcoming tome: more accusations of HGH use, this time with the Yankees (and Kevin Brown), A-Rod's nasty poker habit, his "out-of-town floozies", conspiracies with players on opposing teams to pad stats, and allegations from former teammates—and Jose Canseco!—that Alex was on steroids as early as his high school career. ...

Daily News Reports Details on Selena Roberts' A-Rod Book
YanksBlog.com — Tracy Connor of the Daily News reports on some details from Selena Roberts' upcoming book on A-Rod. Roberts was the reporter who broke the story of ...

The Morning According to Us: The A-Rod Saga Continues
ESPNtheMag.com - MagDaily — ... Let us now take on the unenviable task of defending A-Rod. A story is out this morning claiming he might have juiced with the Yankees, and may have juiced as far back as high school. The allegations will be disclosed in full in Selena Roberts tell-all book on Rodriguez, scheduled for release next month. Roberts, of course, is the journalist (currently with Sports Illustrated) ...

A-Rod Book no Bombshell Yet
FanHouse — by Ed Price Filed under: Yankees, MLB PEDsThe New York Daily News has obtained (it didn't say how) either a copy or excerpts from Selena Roberts' upcoming book on Alex Rodriguez. Roberts, formerly of The New York Times and now at Sports Illustrated, in February broke the news of A-Rod's failed steroids test, leading to his admitting usage. But the latest revelations don't measure up to that story, because what the Daily News has revealed from the book is less damning. It is all ...

News & Notes: A-Rod's back (and he's brought his controversies)
Big League Stew — ... school. Oh, and he piddled around with Kevin Brown and PEDs when both were on the Yankees. Oh, and all the other Yankees took a liking to calling him a not-so-nice name that was once affixed to Bob in Fight Club.  Nope, nothing in there that might cause the New York media to go into super-drive between now and the time A-Rod returns to the team. (He'll play in an intrasquad minor league game in Tampa today and could be back as soon as May 8. Can't wait. No, really, I can't.) [NYDN] ...

Was A-Rod Was Using Steroids In High School?
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... Well, in the least shocking development of all time, it turns out that Rodriguez may have been lying about only using steroids while in Texas.  Roberts’ book is out on May 12th, and in it there’s word that Rodriguez’s steroid use started way before he joined the Rangers, and even before he started playing with the Seattle Mariners.  It seems A-Rod was looking for an advantage over his dodgeball opponents in high school as well. From the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS : Rodriguez put on 25 pounds of muscle between his sophomore and junior years, and word was that his connection was a dog ...

Alex Rodriguez a long-time steroid user?
Over the Monster — ... Additional details from the forthcoming book on Alex Rodriguez by Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts have been leaked by the New York Daily News. Roberts alleges that Rogriguez used steroids and/or HGH dating back to high school and during his Yankee career. Here's a tasty morsel: ...

Alex Rodriguez gets a new, horrible nickname in new book
Red Sox Monster — ... , launching what will no doubt be a Mike Tyson/Britney Spears-level circus in the Bronx for weeks on end. That's the baseball. Now, ready for the latest schadenfreude-tastic shot to the gadnicky for A-Rod? Try this on for size: according to today's New York Daily News , the heavily anticipated book by Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts reports that A-Rod may have used steroids as early as high school, and was (wait for it) nicknamed "B---h T--s" by his Yankees teammates in 2005 due to his abnormally shaped pectorals. The details, which I first ...

Not sure whether to laugh or cry
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog — By now, due to my late start, you've heard everything about the new ARod allegations. It's ugly, no matter if it's true or not. Some of the lowlights: ...

Did A-Rod Use Steroids As Early As High School?
Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... Topic for discussion on a rainy Thursday morning. This ESPN.com article discusses some things mentioned in Selena Roberts' upcoming book on A-Rod, revealed in the New York Daily News yesterday. ...

Report: A-Rod was on the juice while with Yankees
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog — ... According to Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts’ new book, Alex Rodriguez was on steroids after the 2003 season and may have begun taking them as early as high school. ...

A-Rod book details released
Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees Blog — ... Tracy Connor for the Daily News penned an article riddled with details from the Alex Rodriguez book set to be released on May 12. ...

Will it Never Stop?
YFSF — ... More likable by the minute.  And I write this as an A-Rod defender (not necessarily an apologist) and an avowed fan of his.  Maybe I should rethink those vows. ...

Bro Or Manssiere?
A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory — A-Rod story I read last night, but forgot to post till now, making me look like some schlub who just posts what he sees on Extra Bases. Damn! ...

Report: Book Says A-Rod May Have Used Steroids in High School
RealClearSports - Blog — ... Now, the bad news: remember that book by Selena Roberts, the one that first reported A-Rod had been juicing? Well, the New York Daily News got its hands on an advance copy, and it turns out there is more. ...

Are we allowed to speculate on the two anonymous Yankees who ratted on A-Rod? Of course we are!
Comcast SportsNet New England » Wicked Good Sports — ... "No one ever asked Alex directly that I know of, but there was a lot of suspicion in house," the employee is quoted as saying.– NY Daily News ...

This Just In: A-Rod Still A Dick
Fack Youk — ... I know this may come as a shock to many of you, but according to multiple anonymous sources, Alex Rodriguez may not be a morally upright individual. ...

BOOK: A-ROD ‘ROIDED AS TEEN, TIPPED PITCHES
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... . I’d give you the title of it, but if it was written by a woman, it’s probably not any good anyway. From the NY Daily News (via ...

Alex Rodriguez Did Steroids From Birth, Apparently
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — ... That’s the basic implication of this story in the New York Daily News today, most of which is based on excerpts from Selena Roberts’ new book about A-Rod. The details are as such: ...

Roberts accuses A-Rod of steroid use, again
lenNY's Yankees — ... book that reveals that A-Rod used performance-enhancing drugs in high school and for the Yankees. Roberts’ main source of evidence that A-Rod juiced in high school: A high school teammate of A-Rod's told Roberts that the future No. 1 draft pick was on steroids as a prep player and his coach knew it -- an allegation the coach, Rich Hoffman, denied. I am not sure what to believe in this case, but I think the evidence of him juicing as a Yankee is very important. Sports Illustrated ...

Book Claims A-Rod Has Juiced Since High School
TheScore.com Blog — ... New details from the upcoming A-Rod book by Selena Roberts of Sports Illustrated-- the reporter who broke the story about A-Rod having failed a drug test in 2003-- have been published by the New York Daily News. The book claims that, contrary to what he said when he "came clean", A-Rod did not stop using steroids when he left the Texas Rangers. It also claims that he's been on steroids since high school-- or, at least, takes seriously Jose Canseco's claims that he was. ...

Yet More Slappy Schadenfreude
The Mighty Quinn Media Machine — ... The New York Daily News reported today that Alex Rodriguez took more steroids than just the stuff he admitted to in Texas, as the new book coming out next month from Selena Roberts (I've got to read it) states that Slappy was using the juice in high school, and in 2004 with the Yankees. ...

Van Every picks opportune time for first major league home run
Sox and Pinstripes | Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees – The Greatest Rivalry in Baseball — ... The latest news about A-Roid is not really news, nor is it a surprise. According to the New York Daily News, Selena Roberts' book about Alex Rodriguez indicates that the slugger may have taken HGH while with the Yankees and that he might have started using steroids in high school. The reason this is not surprising is that Jose Canseco has said that A-Roid's use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs dates back to the 1990s. Canseco has been mostly accurate in his comments about who has used steroids and HGH. Media reports also indicate that Rodriguez could return to the Yankees ...

Links For Thursday
Around the Majors — ... made. "Some of the stats are interesting . . . but we don't need numbers to see that some guys aren't playing to their potential defensively." Get ready for the return of Scott Podsednik,  White Sox fans. Center field has been a black hole for Chicago. Jerry Owens, according to the story, has played his last game with the club. Joe Posnanski writes that Zack Greinke is too good to fall victim to the SI cover jinx. Selena Roberts is back at it, offering up some new allegations against A-Rod. Roberts' book is set to hit the ...

I Don’t Call Him A-Broad For Nothing
Josh Q. Public — ... ,  in a brand new report from the person who broke the original A-Rod steroid story a few months ago, it appears some of A-Rod’s Yankees teammates called him “Bitch Tits” in 2005  because he allegedly developed man boobies from steroids.  What’s even more surprising is this NY Daily News Report: ...

Does Selena Roberts Have Anything on A-Rod Besides Hearsay?
The Big Lead — Allegations from Selena Roberts’ awaited A-Rod book were leaked to the media. Here are the more prurient details. * Rodriguez allegedly has been using steroids since high school. Former high-school teammates believe he was using and that his coach knew about it. This can be taken as fact, because high schools have never been shown to be dens of purely baseless speculation. * He put on 25 lbs between his sophomore and junior years of high school. This is obviously ...

Linky Linky
Home Run Derby — So if you’re reading this, it means my archaic webhost hasn’t shut down the site … yet. So go read some other fine blogs out there … Bugs and Cranks has a list of pitchers who can hit Fantasy Pros 911 shows us that the SI Jinx is still alive The NY Daily News says A-Roid used steroids more than that one time Big League Stew has pictures of what Wrigley Field will look like after the Cubs win the World ...

Alex Rodriguez Accused Of Tipping Pitches To Opposing Hitters
FanIQ Blog — ... been the target of an insane amount of criticism ever since allegations of steroid use. I hope for his sake that he's ready for even more, because the latest tidbit involves something far more severe than steroids. It's to the point that no one really cares that he did steroids anymore. It's much safer to just assume that everyone has taken them, since that seems to be the way it has been going lately. However, A-Rod may have been involved in something much worse, if the reports in Selena Roberts' book are true. ...

The five biggest clowns in sports. Clown number five.
BOSTON IRISH — ... ''Alex Rodriguez may have bulked up with steroids as early as high school - and was suspected of juicing while playing for the Yankees, a bombshell new book reports.'' ...

How many more bombshells can there BE about A-Rod?
SULLY BASEBALL — ... Nope. It turns out he may have done 'roids as a high school player and as a Yankee, he plays a lot of poker, tips poorly at Hooters and tipped pitches to the opposition. ...

Wedding at Fenway
Boston Dirt Dogs — ... B---H T--S, AND BAD TIPS Selina Roberts Throws the Book at Alex Rodriguez A-Roid Reportedly Took Steroids with Yankees, and as a Teen, Tipped Pitches to Opponents, and Was a Bad Tipper at Hooters ...

Buster Olney is doing his part
The Sports Culture — ... ESPN the Magazine’s Buster Olney is doing his part to discuss the new allegations that Alex Rodriguez took steroids back in high school. Yes, he is literally doing his part. Check out that thing on his head!! ...

Selena Roberts Believes Puberty is Irrefutable Proof A-Rod Used Steroids in High School
MESO-Rx Steroid Blog — ... in Miami. Roberts’ certainty is largely based on A-Rod’s self-reported weight gain and weight training progress during high school. The New York Daily News published excerpts from Roberts’ new book “ ...

We miss you A-Rod
3:10 To Joba — ... Well, more specifically, we miss your production and not you personally. A-Rod the person comes with a lot of extra baggage, as this story from yesterday more than adequately demonstrates. ...

April Progress Report: Infielders
Fack Youk — ... Their combined line is .177/.253/.292. with 0 HRs and 6 RsBI. For those not statistically inclined... THAT'S FUCKING AWFUL. Never thought I'd say this, but I want "Bitch Tits" back. Immediately. ...

I’ve lost my taste for A-Rod bashing
Bugs & Cranks — ... , I’m willing to talk.) In any case, I had not heard about the latest set of revelations about his alleged steroid use in high school and with the New York Baseball Yankees, which led to me having “a-rod bitch tits” sitting in my Firefox search bar for the next hour. Like a lot of Boston fans, I love to hate A-Rod. But now I think I’m done. ...

Scouts Inc. loves the Birds, Mike Chatwood is the man, A-Rod has Bitch Tits, and Andre Miller Just Started a HUGE Controversy: The Afternoon Rounds
The Sports Complex — ... The fact that A-Rod used steroids isn’t exactly news at this point. The fact that they gave him “Bitch Tits”? Well, that certainly is. ...

Links of the Day 5/1/09
The Victoria Times — Happy May, everyone. Oh good, more A-Rod allegations, for those that hadn't already heard. The Colts drafted Austin Collie because Anthony Gonzalez was needed as a caddie. Beware the next time you misbehave at church. I knew I didn't like Notre Dame. ...

Just the Tip: The Weirdest Component of the New A-Rod Allegations
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... in which Selena Roberts runs down the latest pre-leaked allegation from Selena Roberts’ EXPLOSIVE upcoming A-Rod tome. In this case, it’s not the previously aired “Bitch Tits” clubhouse nickname or the suspicious weight gain during puberty (EXPLOSIVE) but the charge that A-Rod was intentionally tipping opponents off on upcoming pitches during blowouts, in the hopes that those opponents would return the favor to him. “Slump insurance,” Roberts terms it. ...

A-Rod damage controlled
The Checkdown — ... I haven't read the book and I can't/won't attack the credibility of what Roberts writes.  I'm just questioning the significance of what reportedly appears in the book, based on the excerpts published by the New York Daily News last week.  The newspaper got a hold of the book's transcript through a very curious leak (the book's release was today, only bumped up a week - an apparent response to the information getting out). ...

A-Rod's Turbulent But Taciturn 2009
Fack Youk — ... But at a certain point when he was hiding out and rehabbing in Colorado, things started to change. The details of Selena Roberts's book began to leak and some had the potential to be very damning, but the tide began to turn. Craig from Shysterball was ...