ESPN Sportscenter: Alex Rodriguez Interviewed by Peter Gammons Part 1/4
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Peter Gammons interviews Alex Rodriguez (A-Fraud) on his steroid usage while playing for the Texas Rangers. This was a very interesting piece that kept my eyes glued to the televison.
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Interviewer: A-Rod what color is the sky today?
A-Rod: See that's the thing about the Earth and space, space is so dark and the lighting of the sun and the stars beaming into and reflecting off the atmosphere gives it a specific kind of color. And for that I am deeply regretful, I was young, naive, and stupid, and just sorry to everyone in the name of science.
Basically how he answered all his questions.
Mike Illmatic 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 im dead
Good one
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“ I was young ” gets suspended 3 years after this interview for the same thing.
Dont forget “i was stupid” haha
Well at least he came clean. Many players still haven't or get pissed off when interviewers even go into their PED or suspected PED usage. I still say that if you inducted Bud Selig in the Hall of Fame, whose tenure was full of PED usage and he was aware of it, why are you keeping guys like ARod out? There is a way to acknowledge their achievements while also putting an asterisk next to their name about their use of PED's.
I'm a diehard Red Sox fan, and I have 100% more respect for Alex than Roger Clemens. A real man stands to face the music while others run for cover. Arod would have put up the same #'s as he always had before/after seasons 2001-2003. For those whom think players who used PEDS do not belong in the Hall of Fame, then I guess all those players already in whom took amphetamine throughout the 60's, 70's, and cocaine throughout the 80's, they should not be allowed in as well. No substance acts as a magic potion, allowing for an even more supernatural ability to hit a round ball with a round bat in a timeframe less than the blink of an eye.
Roger Clemens was Lance Armstrong and Marrion Jones combined. He had the arrogance of Armstrong with the audacity and nerve that both of them had.
Clemmons a total wreck
I respect your point about amphetamine in earlier eras, but you have to actually cite the great players who took them. You can't generalize when you are comparing to a player like A-Rod who got caught red-handed. I don't think anyone is saying the PEDs allowed him to become a more competent hitter. However, the PEDs he took, primobolan, adds muscle mass (power numbers went from 40 homers to 50) and allowed him to recover after workouts meaning he could work out more consistently and harder-I'm guessing the same result as your alluding to with amphetamine. But he didn't take it because it wouldn't help him. He was a great player before steroids. But wasn't hitting 50 home runs, the same way Bonds never hit 50 home runs before steroids, let alone 70.
Yeah but cocaine doesn't build muscle last time i checked, lol.
This guy would b nothin without steroids
He's got balls. He admitted what he did on national TV. You can't knock him for that. ARod is one of the best of all time. He was a Hall of Famer before he went to Texas.
+Whis Khalifa mlb could fired him if he still using it.... mlb doesn't care about him or someone else. he said the truth.
Doesn't matter. Pete Rose was a HOF'er before his gambling on baseball blew up...Cheater is a cheater is a cheater...
He was already caught by drug testing, he gets zero credit from me
These guys only "admit" what they did because they GET CAUGHT!... these pussies are cowards
Facts. I think he was better than Jeter
This guy had a game plan of repeat the same answer for all questions. 100 iq
A-Rod was already one of the best players in baseball before the steroids.
he was taking steroids when he was 16 and training with jose canseco LMAO
@Jason Mayer no proof of roid use, you can't go by that
Was using since high school
ya hes sorry after 500 million dollar contracts later....
Great timing
Jealous much? I think it’s safe to say, the good portion of people would have done the same.
Steroids or not he's still one of the best hitters of our generation. Dude clearly made a lot of mistakes but no one is perfect.
Draven BBS That means so was Bonds and Sosa
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@James Epstein Again, steroids didn't give Sosa skill, you are just prejudiced against him for whatever reason. Sosa was 30-30 in 1993. He hit 40 home runs kn 1995 in just 120 games, THAT was supposed to be his breakout year.
@James Epstein I was replying to your comment?
That old saying ' nobody is perfect '.That don't fly anymore
Dude took ownership of his screwup and did it on national tv. A lot more than all the other players were named ever did.
Alex Rodriguez: “I’ll just answer questions with grey answers and tell half truths and lie some more!”
Ik! What a bitch
He sounds like he is responding with rehersed anwers and the classic "I was young & naive" BS, I give him cero credit
I get why a lot of people don't like him but we all make mistakes at least he admitted to it. And yes he disappointed me too but I still like and appreciate him as a player and he was one of my favorites.
A rod knew where he got it from he just didn't want to snitch
Best offensive short stop in history with or without enhance drugs....the best offensive short stop ever
Lol rockintnt he started out as a short stop lmaooo shows you know a lot about what you're talking about
+RockinTNT Hey tough guy, he's a short stop. You don't know jack, just another dumb nigga
+RockinTNT where did he play on the Mariners? On the Rangers? In his minor leagues in D.R.? He moved to 3B cause that's ALL Jeter, so get it together cause you sound like an annoying fan who doesn't wanna admit when they are wrong, He's a natural SS.
+RockinTNT now you changing the subject cause I backed you into a corner you idiot. Typical immaturity. Just shut up.
Not the best offensive shortstop of all time. A-roid will never be a hall of famer. His records are tainted a d deserve an astirict. He is a good hitter and was a decent shortstop, yes, but no where near the best
We all make mistakes and wrong choices
He got caught doing it after this interview it's not a mistake dumbass
@@DaVinci_Diesel Your team cheats
@@kamfisher1714 who's my team?
Only a legend like A-Rod can go through something like this and turn it around just months later and have the best post season of his career winning the world series. Put that in your pipe and smoke it you haters!
And then get caught using roids again. Still a hell of a player.
I honestly have much more respect for A-rod after all this! Yes he got caught( which i imagine had to be one of the most embarrassing, life changing events to go through)? But he absolutely turned it into a positive aspect of life and sports? He freely opened up head on and basically helped so many people especially kids? Sorry but thats what happened and he showed us how to overcome life's challenges and move in a positive direction so " props" Alex! 👍
Fake apology. He basically answered all of Gammons questions like he was being questioned by a prosecutor. He’s sorry that he got caught.
The point is that he was involved with other PED shit the entire time despite this apology..makes him come off as a complete phony.
Beautiful baby grand piano in background w lid wide open.
🎹😃👍
he was always a beast he just got bored.. respect for admitting to it
He didn’t just take them for those two to three seasons. He took them for the majority of his career.
Even in highschool
100% there’s an old tale of homer he hit in highschool that went onto another park’s field. Also that tale includes everyone knew back then he was on the juice.
still had one of the greatest rookie seasons of all time COMPLETELY CLEAN
You know that for sure? My money is on that he took them throughout his whole career. Dude was a bum.
he will always be my idol no matter what forg1v3
Me too :)
I know I'll probably get flamed for this & I could care less, but I kind of feel bad for the guy. I agree he shouldn't have taken steroids or performance enhancing drugs, but people are treating him like he murdered a bunch of people. I'm glad he hit that HR yesterday to rub it in that assholes face for purposely hitting A-Rod. That put a smile on my face.
Chris'sVids79 fuck you and the smile on your face
Me too
Damn.... This was 12 years ago?
Yup early February 2009 and I remember like it was yesterday I was 8 years old watching this and I told myself "I knew it!"
arod's like "goddamn im rich!!!!!!!!," hahaa
He should have been hooked up to lie detector test
Steroids made baseball fun to watch. Just sayin'z
true
Rather watch players not cheating
@@firebird_spleen4190 Players still cheat
Alex will always be my fav player no matter what 💯
No
Cheaters should have their stats erased and he banned from the sport.
and now they have him literally everywhere in the media lol... I’m a Mets fan but I don’t hate him, I understand why people liked this guy.
What people have to realize is steroids are meaningless if you don't have the raw talent to start with. I could eat a bowl of steroids for breakfast and I am never going to be Alex Rodriguez. Or Roger Clemens or Barry Bonds. I'm not condoning it. But some people have a delusion as to what steroids do.
He is a Hall of Famer regardless. Check the record outside of the PED time-frame... One of the greatest ever.
Yes a steroids user hall of famer, by his own admission, sad, what he says now is too little too late
he didnt answer any of the fucking questions
He admitted to using PED’s. Do you want a detailed explaining as to exactly how he did it and where in his ass the shot was going? Guess everyone has their little fetishes.
I am completely convinced this dude used throughout his entire career
There's really no reason for him to feel dumb. He's right. A-Rod did have a great post season that year. All of the crap surrounding Alex right now doesn't change that.
Then I'm not sure, but I do believe Alex is sorry today.
i hate a-rod and he is the epitome of the problem that baseball had with steroids, and to a certain extent continues to have, but i have to respoect him for taking responsibility like this, the fact that he paused at 2:45 and decided not to dump the whole thing on the "culture" (although he does mention it before that) but to take responsibility himself really makes me respect him a lot more.
I wonder if he ever is a witness for a crime if the prosecution will allow him to testify
This is one of the most despicable people to ever put on a Major League uniform.
I've seen a press conference where A-rod states that his cousin introduced him into these drugs :S
I don't know why you are using all caps....Baseball is such an amazing sport and people love the nature of this game no matter what all over the world
I will always be a a rod fan no matter what
Seriously I agree fuck haters!
It's a shame that this will we be what he's remembered for and not what he did as a player.
Yes I agree he has done many things as a player that many players can't and so what if he had an advantage there's been steroids around for a lot longer then they say. They just don't want people to be distraught with the game. Arod is a beast and if you don't agree you clearly don't know baseball well. Big Papi 15
My favorite player of all time , and will always be
Emily Nguyen same
Yeah he did then 10 years later he gets caught
Remember the home run wars between Sammy and mark 🔥🔥🔥
It would kinda be nice if this guy would actually ANSWER one of Gammons' questions. He never really gives him a straight response after question one, "Whats the truth?". Which is probably really all we need. However, I would love to know which substances he took and where, or rather, who did it come from.
If you want to be really honest do the right thing, then you can live with yourself
why did he say today that he never did any PED'S
I actually LOL'd at that.
A-roid
GUYS LIKE AROD AND MCGWIRE ARE HEROES IN KEEPING THAT PATHETIC SPORT ALIVE .
Steroids helped him hit his homeruns. I hate players that cheat on baseball, thinking they did all of that clean.
Keeps trying to justify it and also saying how he was not asking enough questions and nieve like he didn’t know he was cheating 😂. Dude has an ego no doubt. Poor ass apology
Just 2001-2003 Lol riiiiiiiight
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE WORLD....THIS...THIS RIGHT HERE....IS WHAT A "LIAR" LOOKS LIKE!!
Yes, yes it does
Take a look in the mirror as well. I can guarantee you’ve lied before, we all have. Don’t throw stones.
Peter Gammons needs to spend more time with Ted Williams' frozen head.
He has such beautiful lips for an Oompa Loompa.
This dude put on makeup.
But had A-Rod never taken steroids, he would have never been "Alex Rodriguez" either.
The initial reaction is, “Well then you’re a cheater and shouldn’t be spoken of in the same breath as the worst player in the league who didn’t cheat, because they’re a better player of MLB than you are, because you’re not playing MLB, you’re playing something else.”
Funny how they grill the players but not the league who clearly knew and pocketed all that cash
I like A-Rod but you can just tell that he's one of those guys who just tells you what (he thinks) you want to hear lol.
P.s He's a professional bullshitter and would have made one helluva used car salesman
Loosey goosey era
because he had highlights in his hair and acted like a supermodel
The lip twisting reminded me of when Kobe Bryant had to apologize to his wife on national TV.
And he was still taking steroids up to 2009.
I thought A-Rod was just a natural, like Gehrig or Griffey Jr.
He is so skinny that I had a lot of arguments defending him about steroids.
Griffey wasn’t natural 🤫
I don’t think he is sorry for taking the steroids. I think he is sorry he got caught.
And to think, before 2004, the Red Sox almost landed him. Thank God they didn't! XD
Arod carried the yankees some years, and was the reason the Yankees won the WS in 2009. If you're talking about tainted WS, the redsox had steroid users on their team, matter of fact, Manny was the WS MVP.
ericaisright ericaisNOTright. The majority of the 2004 Red Sox were clean, and there is no proof Manny was juicing back then.
SuperGamer7 here's the proof goodbye. sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4366335
mike damelio Oh no, see I was already aware of that. This was a cleared up a long time ago. The supplement Ortiz took was Vitamin B. At the time, it wasn't a banned substance. He never juiced, or took Steroids, or HGH, EVER! Manny is a different story, yes. But, keep in mind the year was 2003, not 2004. So, like I said, the MAJORITY (including Ortiz) was clean back then. What you showed me wasn't "proof," it was something I already knew, and has already been addressed.
So shut up, and goodbye, dumbass hater.
OOOOkk, well in that case there's no proof that any players were using steroids before they started tested, except for the investigations. But like I said the red sox had users on their team, not "most'. I never said any about all.
Hovever, deadspin.com/5982461/curt-schilling-says-red-sox-officials-urged-him-to-consider-peds
bleacherreport.com/articles/175226-the-majority-of-boston-red-sox-used-steroids
But I'm going to easy since you're obviously young.
Great guy Alex dont care what no one thinks.
He's a lipstick wearing liar.
Th Mo you wrong.
The only thing I have to say is that the announcer asked him twice where did you get it? And Alex would not answer where he got it from.
Then the second he says where and who he got it from you and everyone would call him a rat. It’s a no win situation for him. He did more than all the other players and publicly admitted to using.
Which baseball player has never used performance products from GNC, amway, centrum or any kind of stuff to better perform? Why should we think that he used steroids? A rod you're the best and some people just do not want to accept the fact that you will become the best ever baseball player in all history of the MLB. There is not need to be sorry, you haven't done anything wrong. Why we don't see this pressure on some other sports?
beginning at 0.47 looks like Mel Gibson on the right! lol
Alex eres el mas grande borron y cuenta nuevaaaaaaa!
At Lest he admitted it. Let the owners say they knew of it and allowed it so they could keep the $ coming in!!!
He so honest, he is so brave
Sorry……,.,that he got caught.
A-Roid
Afraud!😂
loosey goosey, loosey goosey
Y'all act like you wouldn't use and you wouldn't lie. I'm 98% sure I would have used it if I played in those days and I'm 100000000000% sure if someone asked me I would have lied
Belongs in prison for stealing that money from rangers.
only reason he did this was because he was told by his Public relations team that the best way to get it over with is apologize. He and many other professional athletes use roids and there is no way to know how long he used them and how much it helped him ,bottom line is he is a cheater and full of shit ,The play where he smacked the ball out of Arroyos glove in 2004 ALCS against red Sox is what I will remember him for , win at all costs ,lie ,cheat ,steal .
I dont understand why Canseco is being black balled cuz he was honest about everything & all these other olayers still lie & going around questions that are asked...like who introduced you to PEDs
Canseco shud be given a job as a hitting coach cuz he was honest about everything. From when to where to why & HOW..
Am I the only one who thinks him saying "it was such a loosey goosey era" is hilarious? Hahaha such a wierd way to describe the roof era
i wish I was Dominican
A-Rod should never do steroids.
I remember this on ESPN in 2009 I was 8 years old and I told myself "I knew it!"
That was the best era in baseball . I love baseball, but is a boring sport , some great moments but in 3.5 hours you have less than 20 minutes Of real action. Sports are entertaiment. Only in contact sports I think different.
Like canseco said in juiced...Alex is Soo polished and fake and coached in ALL his interviews. He simply says what they want to hear. Fake fake fake
Lol everybody does that dude
ppl love him now but at the time he had lost his fans...
A-rod is my hero still
lol
Why admit to taking steroids and still lie about what you did or who you got it from, he knows exactly what he took and who he got it from
Am i the only one who wishes all baseball players did roids
He admitted to being young. He admitted to being naive and trusting others. He admitted to not asking enough questions about what he was taking. He admitted that he was lying to himself, so how could he be blamed for unknowingly lying to Katie Couric? Man, the poor guy - I feel so sorry for him. How much more does he need to admit? Um, maybe to lying to the world...
Damn guy. Does it really bother you that much? You seem like a scorned ex lover who never got over the breakup.
Bonds was better than Arod. Having a near .600 OBP over age 40!
There's so many things he's not saying
Agree.. he couldn't tie his cleates till he started using.
It doesnt matter before 01 he was an all star and on a half of fame path
Don't kid yourself, he has actually been using steroids ever since he was a Junior in high school. He put on over 25 pounds of muscle from his Sophomore to Junior seasons. He went from being a bad baseball player, barely averaging .200 to literally the best player in the country. Jose Canseco said he met ARod in high school and says he was likely on steroids, Rodriguez could lift just as much as Canseco back then. There were rumblings of his steroid use in his Seattle days. This guy probably wouldn't even be in the majors if it weren't for the juice.
Alex du bist der beste 1000 %👍👍👍👍👍❤🍀
@MedicalVideoJunkie Well, we're all going to die eventually, but what did Gammons ever do to you?
He took money , millions of dollars, under false pretenses. He is as big a liar as Pete Rose. Arod is a selfish human being ! He , like Bonds, McGwire, Palmeiro, Sosa, Clemens, and countless others collected salaries paid for by the fans. Apologies are just words.
you forgot the past tense there buddy. the only thing shitrod does now is juice up, get injured, and collect money. if the yankees are lucky, hel actually play, where hel hit a decent .260 - .270, and then become a useless statue in the post season.
I'll be straight up, Fuck A-rod 😆
#cheater