I cannot bet my life on it, because I was not involved, that Alex Rodriguez ever used steroids. But in my opinion, I suspect he has, yes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I sort of ride the fence on that whole steroid era issue. I don't have a definite opinion like some of my fellow Hall of Famers. Some of the guys were very, very adamant about a person being associated with steroids: 'They'll never be in the Hall of Fame. If they are, I'll never come back.'
But I'm still not 100% convinced that Roger Clemens took steroids. I'm not.
I have never used steroids. Period.
Sadly, this problem of steroid use is not isolated to baseball.
The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'
Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball.
These individuals on steroids, does it enhance their career, does it give them a little more strength, a little more stamina, a little more psychological edge? Absolutely. How do you determine what - what their stats would be without steroids? It's impossible to tell.
I'm sure people will wonder if I could have hit all those home runs had I never taken steroids.
I played with 11 Hall of Famers and played against 52 Hall of Famers, and I don't know any of them linked to steroids.
Tony La Russa was quoted as saying that I was using steroids back then, and I was talking about it in the clubhouse, openly.