Miami Newtimes – A Miami clinic supplies drugs to sports biggest names:
Born and raised in Miami and starring on the diamond since he was 18 years old, A-Rod admitted in 2009 that he had used steroids, claiming in an ESPN interview that his doping was limited to a three-year window — 2001 through 2003 — while he played under a record contract for the Texas Rangers. Ever since then, A-Rod claimed, he’d been playing clean. He’d never failed an MLB drug test since penalties were put into place.
Yet there was his name, over and over again, logged as either “Alex Rodriguez,” “Alex Rod,” or his nickname at the clinic, “Cacique,” a pre-Columbian Caribbean chief. Rodriguez’s name appears 16 times throughout the records New Times reviewed.
Take, for instance, one patient list from Bosch’s 2009 personal notebook. It charts more than 50 clients and notes whether they received their drugs by delivery or in the office, how much they paid, and what they were taking.
There, at number seven on the list, is Alex Rodriguez. He paid $3,500, Bosch notes. Below that, he writes, “1.5/1.5 HGH (sports perf.) creams test., glut., MIC, supplement, sports perf. Diet.” HGH, of course, is banned in baseball, as are testosterone creams.
That’s not the only damning evidence against A-Rod, though. Another document from the files, a loose sheet with a header from the 19th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine, lays out a full regimen under the name Cacique: “Test. cream… troches prior to workout… and GHRP… IGF-1… pink cream.”
The mentions of Rodriguez begin in 2009 and continue all the way through last season. Take a page in another notebook, which is labeled “2012″ and looks to have been written last spring. Under the heading “A-Rod/Cacique,” Bosch writes, “He is paid through April 30th. He will owe May 1 $4,000… I need to see him between April 13-19, deliver troches, pink cream, and… May meds. Has three weeks of Sub-Q (as of April).”
This latest story poses a bunch of questions.
1. On the heels of hip surgery and declining health, will Arod just call it quits now after this latest public relations nightmare?
2. Can the Yankees get out of his contract?
3. Were the Yankees not aware of this when Levine & Co. inked him to another 10-year deal (somehow we doubt it)?
4. Is PED use still rampant around baseball and this Miami clinic is just one small example?
5. What do front offices truly know, and do they just ignore it?



22 Comments
The Truth January 29, 2013 11:34
Can’t get out of his contract. The bigger questions is does this cross all sports? I don’t give a fuck anymore. My name is not Lupica, Costas or Verducci. Also this shit smells funny seeing as how they have Alex in Miami on 4/12/12 when he was at Yankee Stadium. Please don’t tell me he flew to Miami, went to the clinic and came back in the same day. Is ESPN going to chase down Gio Gonzalez like they will Alex or is this just for players and franchises who’s asses they don’t kiss? Yes Boston this means you.
Flight to Miami January 29, 2013 22:59
what? 3 hours to get the juice. Why not?
Cacique January 29, 2013 11:40
They’ll never catch me..because I’m fucking innocent.
Axl Rose January 31, 2013 17:25
Hey, that’s MY line, from “Out Ta Get Me.”
The Truth January 29, 2013 11:42
Here’s the best link to all the Yankee options. Actually I have a better one hey STEINBRENNERS STOP DISGRACIGN YOUR FATHER AND SPEND SOME FUCKING MONEY. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/29/the-new-ped-evidence-is-sexy-but-they-cant-void-a-rods-contract-and-probably-cant-even-suspend-him/
THE LORD HUMUNGUS January 29, 2013 11:49
There has been too much violence. Too much pain. But I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away… and I’ll spare your lives. Just walk away and we’ll give you a safe passageway in the wastelands. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror.
Sequel January 29, 2013 11:59
Yuri Sucart 2: Electric Boogaloo
Soap Opera January 29, 2013 12:03
Alex and Melky were cheating with Dr. Bosch and Cano wasn’t involved?
Negrodamus January 29, 2013 12:06
This dumbass took HGH. He can’t even cheat properly. That’s not even a PED…still he deserves the shit he’ll get now for even trying to use PEDs *again* after getting caught once. Complete moron.
BTW, wanna bet Ortiz’s PED use still lets him get into the Hall of Fame?
The Truth January 29, 2013 12:21
Disagree they, the full of shit writers, will hold Ortiz’ DH status against him. As they should. Edgar Martinez couldn’t move, what’s “Big Juicy’s” excuse? Other than he sucks and has the athletic ability of a Rhino.
Rambo January 29, 2013 12:36
Just hire an assassin to take him out. I know a good one, name’s Rambo, John J.
Lefty from Mulberry St. January 29, 2013 12:36
From one friend to another…
The Truth January 29, 2013 12:39
Look at it this way, the last time the Yankees had a PED issue with Alex was in 2009, what happened? We won the World Series. 2013 Yankees World Series Champs book it mutha fuckers. Can you dig it, Can you dig it, CAN YOU DIG IT?
Slot January 29, 2013 13:11
warriors reference: sweet!
Moshe Mandel January 29, 2013 12:42
No Jew walks away from cashola.
Impeach John & Suzyn January 29, 2013 13:01
Every day I wake up hoping that A-Rod won’t be part of this team any more. If today, in any way, brings us closer to that dream, I’m happier than I was yesterday.
The Truth January 29, 2013 13:13
According to Sherman, and his perm, Alex is about to release a statement saying he never visited Bosch. Don’t care if it’s true or false but good to see him attempt to get out in front of this. Again the dates in the book make no sense. Fuck it the media can write their own narrative on this. Gio Gonzalez & Nelson Cruz are bigger names in my opinion.
The Truth January 29, 2013 14:31
Gee you mean future hall of fame linebacker and all time photo op king Ray Lewis used the same banned substance that Alex is alleged to have used and no one gives a fuck. Hey baseball and it’s full of shit media pay attention to how a real league deals with issues involving PED’s.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/29/the-new-ped-evidence-is-sexy-but-they-cant-void-a-rods-contract-and-probably-cant-even-suspend-him/
The Truth January 29, 2013 14:32
Sorry, wrong link http://deadspin.com/5979930/ray-lewis-reportedly-used-a-banned-substance-for-years-but-no-one-cares-because-its-football#13594878957373
Ray Lewis January 29, 2013 14:50
A dab of deer sperm under the tongue 10X a day is the way to go.
Leather Bound Books January 30, 2013 06:01
1. I would, but I doubt he will. Although, he’s already not going to break the HR record anymore, so maybe.
2. Doubtful. And even if Levine’s dumb ass will just sign something equally stupid, or Steinbrenner will reinvest the saved money exclusively into extending NYY Steak. The douchebag.
3. Sure they were. I think the only thing they weren’t aware of in recent history was Pineda’s arm, the one thing they really should have known about.
4. Walks like a duck, looks like a duck, quacks like a duck…
5. I’m sure they know all kinds of fun things you don’t even want to know about if you love baseball. Although the only person on that most recent list I’m really disappointed to hear about is Gio Gonzalez. The rest – meh.
Clay Davis January 30, 2013 20:38
Steroids? They gonna come at me about steroids? Sheeeeeeeeeit… can’t be happening.