06-17-2009, 08:22 PM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Sammy Sosa, who reportedly tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, worked out with the same controversy-stained trainer in the Dominican Republic as Alex Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez, according to a source familiar with the workouts.
Sosa worked out during three offseasons with Angel (Nao) Presinal, a trainer who has been banned from ballparks and clubhouses by Major League Baseball and is still under investigation for his role in Rodriguez's admitted steroid use.
"He worked with him in 2001, 2002 and 2003 in the Dominican Republic," the source said.
Because Sosa is believed to have worked with Presinal in the D.R., where steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs are legal and easy to obtain, and thanks to an artfully crafted statement at the 2005 congressional steroid hearing, it is unclear whether he would be subject to a congressional perjury investigation.
Sosa, according to a report posted on The New York Times Web site yesterday, tested positive in 2003 during survey testing conducted by Major League Baseball and the Players Association to determine whether the sport needed to implement a permanent drug program. Two years later, Sosa, accompanied by a translator and a lawyer, appeared on a panel before the House Committee on Government Reform with Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, Curt Schilling and Rafael Palmeiro and said he had "never taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs."
"I have never injected myself or had anyone inject me with anything," Sosa said during the 11-hour, March 17, 2005, hearing. "I've not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic."
Palmeiro, who famously pointed his finger at the committee and denied ever using steroids, was suspended later that year for 10 games after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol two months later. But Congress did not ask the Justice Department to investigate Palmeiro for perjury because there was no evidence that he lied at the time of the hearing. Sosa's parsed statement may lead congressional leaders to believe it would be difficult to pursue a perjury probe against Sosa.
A lawyer for Sosa, Jay Reisinger, who also represented the former slugger during the 2005 hearing, declined comment yesterday.
Sosa, who famously battled McGwire in the 1998 chase for the single-season home run record, is the second player to be publicly identified as having failed the 2003 test. Earlier this year, Rodriguez was also identified as having tested positive.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Sosa worked out during three offseasons with Angel (Nao) Presinal, a trainer who has been banned from ballparks and clubhouses by Major League Baseball and is still under investigation for his role in Rodriguez's admitted steroid use.
"He worked with him in 2001, 2002 and 2003 in the Dominican Republic," the source said.
Because Sosa is believed to have worked with Presinal in the D.R., where steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs are legal and easy to obtain, and thanks to an artfully crafted statement at the 2005 congressional steroid hearing, it is unclear whether he would be subject to a congressional perjury investigation.
Sosa, according to a report posted on The New York Times Web site yesterday, tested positive in 2003 during survey testing conducted by Major League Baseball and the Players Association to determine whether the sport needed to implement a permanent drug program. Two years later, Sosa, accompanied by a translator and a lawyer, appeared on a panel before the House Committee on Government Reform with Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, Curt Schilling and Rafael Palmeiro and said he had "never taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs."
"I have never injected myself or had anyone inject me with anything," Sosa said during the 11-hour, March 17, 2005, hearing. "I've not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic."
Palmeiro, who famously pointed his finger at the committee and denied ever using steroids, was suspended later that year for 10 games after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol two months later. But Congress did not ask the Justice Department to investigate Palmeiro for perjury because there was no evidence that he lied at the time of the hearing. Sosa's parsed statement may lead congressional leaders to believe it would be difficult to pursue a perjury probe against Sosa.
A lawyer for Sosa, Jay Reisinger, who also represented the former slugger during the 2005 hearing, declined comment yesterday.
Sosa, who famously battled McGwire in the 1998 chase for the single-season home run record, is the second player to be publicly identified as having failed the 2003 test. Earlier this year, Rodriguez was also identified as having tested positive.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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This is not some silly theory that's unsupported and deserves being mocked by photos of Xena. ![[Image: ITgoyeg.png]](http://i.imgur.com/ITgoyeg.png)