Alex Rodriguez admits having doped

Alex Rodriguez admitted that he used steroids but not from controls confidential agreement of 2003 between the players association and owners of clubs, said the player New York Yankees to the string ESPN.

Rodriguez responded to a report by Sports Illustrated magazine that said he was among the 104 players who tested positive in this series of checks. "Sorry," Rodriguez said to ESPN.

Rodriguez, the highest paid player in American League baseball with a 10 years contract with the Yankees, said that he cheated during his three seasons with the Texas Rangers since 2001, but stressed that never again do so.

"When I arrived in Texas in 2001 was strong. I felt I had all the weight on me to play (...) in a high level every day," he said.

"(...) It was a different culture (...) I was young, it was stupid, it was naive. I took a banned substance. So I am very sorry, "he said.

Began domingo.Un feeling of surprise and disappointment he toured the United States in connection with the report that indicated that the greatest star of the baseball league in the country, Alex Rodriguez, tested positive for steroids in a doping control conducted in 2003.

Major League Baseball (MLB) did not comment on the article published on Saturday that the Sports Illustrated magazine and said that the batter of the New York Yankees was one of the 104 players who tested positive in tests confidential. In contrast, national newspapers placed the news on their front pages.

Rodriguez, who has a contract of $ 275 million with the Yankees, a player was considered "clean" it had passed the era of steroids, which claimed the likes of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire.

Although

Doping policy of the MLB banned the use of steroids without a valid prescription since 1991, there were no penalties for a positive test until 2003.

That year

Were carried out according to the confidential players association to determine whether there would be mandatory in 2004, which were instituted after they exceed five per cent of positive results.

Rodriguez, 33 years and Dominican descent, has 553 'home run' and is on track to beat the record of 762 for Bonds. However, many times he was home from the newspapers because of its troubled U.S. life, including an alleged relationship with pop singer Madonna and her cohabitation with his teammates.

The player

Declined to comment on the alleged doping case when contacted by Sports Illustrated, and his agent, Scott Boras, told reporters that the Yankees third baseman was out of the country. Finally could not stand and admitted his guilt, but not the positive 2003 but has been doped in 2001.