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Sosa Tested Positive in '03

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 16, 2009 7:04 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Bad news for Sammy Sosa's Hall of Fame hopes: The Cubs slugger is among the players who tested positive for doping in 2003, the New York Times reports. The retired Sosa, sixth on the all-time homer list, has long been suspected of taking steroids but has never admitted it. The new development, courtesy of unnamed lawyers familiar with the 2003 results, is the first time he's been linked to a positive test.

These are the same test results that forced A-Rod to admit earlier this year that he had juiced, too. The tests, the first such conducted by the league, were supposed to remain anonymous, but names continue to trickle out. The revelation could raise legal trouble for Sosa, notes the Times, because he testified to Congress in 2005 that he never took "illegal performance-enhancing drugs."

Sammy Sosa, in 2003.
Sammy Sosa, in 2003.   (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
Sammy Sosa in a file photo.
Sammy Sosa in a file photo.   (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
Sammy Sosa, with Barry Bonds in the background, in a 2003 file photo.
Sammy Sosa, with Barry Bonds in the background, in a 2003 file photo.   (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
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Derni
Jun 17, 2009 12:26 PM CDT
Oh surpirse! They use drugs? Do you remem ber-recall how many guys were hitting the ball out of the park in those years? Now the game is more of pitchers game again-yes they were using performance enhancing drugs-and use of drugs took the record away from a great player----sad-lets have a hall of infamy
cfbailey
Jun 17, 2009 10:50 AM CDT
You expect me to believe that Omar was a stoolie because Sosa says so? Frank Lopez....Scarface
kokuaguy
Jun 17, 2009 9:33 AM CDT
I hope he was being sarcastic, Gm. And double ditto your comment !!!

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