Rodriguez’s name appears on a list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball’s ‘03 survey testing, SI’s sources say. As part of a joint agreement with the MLB Players Association, the testing was conducted to determine if it was necessary to impose mandatory random drug testing across the major leagues in 2004.
Sports Illustrated (via Deadspin)
Am I the only one who thinks this “testing to see if there’s a need for testing” and then not actually DOING anything about positive results will be the ultimate killer for Major League Baseball?
One day, somebody will write a really good book (or even a business school case study) about the steroid debacle and the role that the MLBPA’s insane level of control/power played in it, and then tie it all back to the collusion scandals of the 1980’s that had so much to do with the MLBPA becoming the tyrannical, self-destructive monster it is today.
TrojanWire 
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