Book news: Juiced – again
By Dave
April 30th, 2009 | Leave a comment
Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts has made a career out of reporting on Alex Rodriguez and his reported use of steroids.
A-Rod reveals new details, including allegations that A-Rod, also dubbed A-Roid (he has several less-flattering nicknames among fellow New York Yankees), starting dabbling with performance-enhancing drugs in high school and continued in New York after he left the Texas Rangers, contradicting his admissions of drug use to date.
In a public statement about his steroid use, Rodriguez said he felt the pressure as baseball’s highest-paid player (not to mention the pressure-packed New York media cauldron) to do anything to be the best player possible.
A flurry of accusations, denials, admissions and so on preceded and followed baseball’s Mitchell Report on steroids, and no doubt more will come.
Names that pop up in the book include Madonna, trainer Angel Presinal, former Major Leaguers Kevin Brown and Jose Canseco (himself author of controversial books) and former coaches – even high school teammates. And, to quote the New York Daily News, ”dalliances with out-of-town floozies.”
Adding insult to injury, Roberts reports he was unpopular at Hooters, where baseball’s richest player tipped the minimum 15 percent.
A-Rod is set for May 12 publication by HarperCollins.
Other DelMio posts on baseball:
Three baseball must-reads.
Yankee Doodle not always dandy.
