that s the main thing that these ballplayers want. it s reported that you actually helped major league baseball with this investigation. i don t know if you can say anything about it, what you did? yeah, well, me and major league baseball are never on the same page, but one of the investigators that i grew up with is now part of the team, and as, you know, courtesy of growing up in the bronx, he turned to me and i led him in the right directions. taught him what to look for, what not, how to approach things and it looks like it s working. when you watch a ball game now, can you, do you have a sense how many how widespread is this? it s got a lot, a lot better. since the 90s and early 2000s. the whole problem, growth hormone is a major factor that back in 2001 i started to change all of those guys back then using anabolics, the hgh itself. why were you encouraging them to go for hgh? healthier. not detectable.
problem with, everyone has it, it s a great it s something that helps your body recover and that s the main thing these ballplayers want. it s been reported you helped major league baseball with this investigation. yeah. what did you do? well, i me and major league baseball are never on the same page, but one of the investigators that i grew up with is now part of the team, and he as a courtesy of growing up in the bronx i turned he turned to me, and i ve led him in the right direction, and told him what to look for, what not to. and how to approach things. it looks like it s working. when you watch a ball game now, can you do you have a sense of how many people. how widespread is this? well, it s gotten a lot, lot better. since the 90s and early 00s. the problem is, growth hormones are still a major factor. back in 2001, i started changing
once the suspension comes down, they re automatically going to appeal. and while they are appealing, he s going to be allowed to play. and you know, that s rubbing a lot of fans the wrong way. even as i was heading down here in the airport, i sopoke to one fan who said, look, this guy has been paid so much money and has done such a disgrace to the game, it s time for him to hang up his hat. then i ran across one rodriguez fan who said look, give the guy a second chance. he s being held to a different standard than other ballplayers. what we have right now in terms of the game, it s a waiting game to see what mlb decides to do specifically in terms of that suspension. jason, let me jump in. i think rachel nichols is about to break the news. rachel, what are you learning in the last 60 seconds that we haven t been talking? you may have seen me leaning over my desk. i was reading a press release from major league baseball. they have announced the suspensions of the 12 players, the pla
still have a shot to play the game at a high level and i m going to give it my best. ballplayers accepted some sentencing. what went into your decision? well, there was a lot. i m not going to get into any of that today. i think obviously disappointing with the news today, no question about it. but what we ve always fought for is for the process and i think we have that, and at some point we ll sit in front of an arbiter and give it my case. when you said you were
friends and fans who have stood by my side through all of this. so i guess an alleges drug cheat just carries on playing tonight, does he? is that the principle? yes, he does because major league baseball is terrified right now of running afoul players union, probably the most powerful union in the united states of america in any field. but the union made it clear to major league baseball that they would not allow them to suspend alex rodriguez during his appeal. that would have been rather unprecedented by major league baseball and the union drew the line. okay. about an hour from now, the president is set to honor former ballplayers who were members of the historic negro league this evening in just over an hour. this could have been a very special day for the sport. instead, what we re discussing is a selfish cheater and alleged liar who basically has besmirched the integrity of the game. well, alex rodriguez doesn t