MLB’s tainted legacy
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez admits during an interview with Peter Gammons on ESPN that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003, saying he did so because of the pressures of being baseball’s highest-paid player. On Tuesday, he would apologize for his “immature” and “amateur” behavior during a news conference upon his arrival at spring training. (Screen Grab / Associated Press)
Former San Francisco Giants slugger
Seven-time
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According to “Game of Shadows,” a book written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters, Bonds allegedly used a vast array of performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids and human growth hormone, for at least five seasons beginning in 1998. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)
Former Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals slugger
Although his power numbers were slightly inflated from his Texas Rangers days, Alex Rodriguez’s build seems very similar in these photos from 2003 and 2008 with the Yankees. (Photos by Linda Kaye and Kathy Willens / Associated Press)
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In a statement to reporters, former Dodgers and current Milwaukee Brewers reliever Eric Gagne apologizes but stops short of admitting to using banned substances. He was tied to shipments of human growth hormone from Kirk Radomski in the Mitchell Report. (Morry Gash / Associated Press)