Article: Rodriguez says cousin was supplier

TAMPA, Fla. - Alex Rodriguez answered one big question Tuesday, admitting his cousin repeatedly injected him with a substance from the Dominican Republic. The New York Yankees star blamed his 2003 positive test on being young and naive. I knew we werent taking Tic Tacs, said Rodriguez, who was joined at the head table by Yankees general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi. Before a horde of reporters at Steinbrenner Field, Rodriguez began by reading a statement in which he again apologized for taking banned drugs from 2001-2003 while he was with the Texas Rangers. Then Rodriguez turned to his teammates and searched for the right words. It took 37 seconds a break in which he ...

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