Alex Rodriguez will be on 60 Minutes on Sunday and, understandably, the Mitchell Report is a big part of the interview:
(CBS) While former player and admitted steroid user Jose Canseco was saying the Mitchell Report was “laughable” because it did not accuse Alex Rodriguez of using steroids, Rodriguez was telling Katie Couric he has never used them and has been tested numerous times for them.
Rodriguez speaks to Couric in a 60 Minutes interview to be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Asked by Couric whether he has ever used steroids, human growth hormone or any other performance-enhancing substance, “No,” says Rodriguez. He gave the same answer to Couric’s follow-up on whether he had ever been tempted to use them.
Replying to former Sen. George Mitchell’s statement yesterday that his report should be a call to action for baseball fans, Rodriguez says, “I think baseball’s done a fine job of implementing some very strict rules. I mean, I got tested eight or nine times. I know some of my teammates got tested, you know, seven, eight…times,” he tells Couric. “And, you know, if you think about where the game is today versus where it was six years ago, I think major league baseball has made some nice strides.”
Frankly, I hope that Rodriguez is telling the truth because baseball is going to need some players that fans can look up to if it’s going to get out of this mess.
