The texts, the source said, usually came late at night, telling Anthony Bosch to come to the house. Bosch would then head to the waterfront mansion on Biscayne Bay, through the gate on North Bay Road, to inject performance-enhancing drugs into Alex Rodriguez.
Procedures were different, though, sources told “Outside the Lines,” for the other athletes who were customers of Bosch’s Biogenesis of America clinic in Coral Gables, which Major League Baseball considers the center of a widespread doping operation in South Florida. Those athletes, sources said, relied on intermediaries to transport the performance-enhancing drug regimens Bosch provided.
But for A-Rod, the service was always personal: “Only Tony handled A-Rod,” one source told “Outside the Lines.”
The visits were every few weeks. One night last spring, a source said, Bosch told associates he had been kicked out of Rodriguez’ home after he had trouble locating a vein and infuriated the player. The sources did not say why Bosch would have been tapping a vein, as HGH and testosterone do not require intravenous injections. But whatever he was doing, “Tony said A-Rod was pissed at him,” a source said. “He said he was bleeding everywhere.”
Several sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Bosch spoke openly about his relationship with the Yankee All-Star, and two sources said that documents they reviewed detailed the drug regimens and schedules Rodriguez received.
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1. charityslave is thinking about baseball Posted: February 01, 2013 at 02:04 PM (#4360063)Well, it's official. ARod is hooked on heroin.
At this point, I'm more interested by these three lines then the story....
I kinda feel bad about it.
I like how this issue is just glossed over. Sure, it makes no sense given what we've already told you about what was going on, but let's just move on to more anonymously sourced juiciness.
No, you're thinking of the Reagans.
The 69 Bosch is much superior.
When did Bud Selig become an owner?
He seems to have a naturally puzzled expression, like someone has just asked him to do some calculus.
That was the first set I remember seeing. I was just a wee toddler, but that was when my older brother started collecting.
I thought they were the most beautiful things I had ever seen.
Lots of the 50s/60s cards were mass over-produced, too -- but they sort of got thinned out before selling cards became the rage.
I guess what I'm really hoping is that more and more people quit holding on to their damn now-worthless cardboard and one day - mine will enjoy a bit of scarcity!
I've been waiting for the "A-ROD IS A PED-PHILE" one.
edit: also Zonk, I wonder the same thing about my comics.
Well, ####. Now I kind of want one.
The problem is that there is still so many of those baseball cards floating around in unopen packs and boxes that it is going to take a really really long time for that to happen.
It still amuses me to this day that that at certain points in time certain cards from the 1980's surged in value. I still remember when Ryne Sandberg's rookie card soared to 73 dollars or so after he signed his big contract even though those cards are about as common as cockroaches.
And the market grows.
So - screwed by the Boomers again!
I hope you're happy, 'Greatest Generation' -- your kids are continually making a mess of life for your grandchildren.
I just need to go to every website in the world and soon and I'll be rich!
Nope.
Rookie cards of popular players from the 1980s and early 90s are still strong sellers. I hustle cards on the side for extra cash, and I consistently sell certain rookie cards at close to full book value. And very very few cards go for whatever Beckett says they go for.
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?102913-Negro-Leagues-Historic-Photographic-Archive
Not sure why it did not come out as a link, but then I know very little about computers.
Were these injections of the hot beef variety?
"Friend of Bosch" sounds like a vaguely unsavory euphemism for...something.
The dictionary entry would look something like this:
Friend of Bosch (frend uv bosh) n. A disreputable person or thing. Sally always said Jim was a friend of Bosch! (origin unknown; perhaps from Old English fren of bosh or perhaps Middle High German frain du bossh)
this reminds me of a trip to a card store on a vacation in baltimore when i was 10. my mom bought me a couple of fleer packs the guy behind the counter suggested may contain the infamous billy ripken error card. i opened them in the store and, lo and behold, there it was! i remember running up and down the aisles yelling, "mom, i got the #### face! i got the #### face!
The best part of the Manti Te'o story is that it showed how shitty sports reporting is.
This is very true. Sometimes I drunk-ebay and buy 3 Wade Boggs rookie cards for something like $9. The #### face card will run you about $20, though.
If they were I can see why A-Rod would be extremely upset about the guy drawing blood.
I wonder if this turns into a full-on witch hunt with the harsh spotlights focused squarely on A-Rod, while the other athletes mentioned slowly exit, stage left.
Hipgnosis for me.
He'd need injections far more often than once every two weeks like the article claimed if this were the case.
I wonder what drugs require you to find a vein? He's not getting transfusions, is he?
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