Anthony Bosch Interviewed on 60 Minutes

Last night Anthony Bosch, the man who sold and administered performance enhancing drugs to many Major League Baseball players, spoke out on CBS. The statements that Bosch made were eye opening and more than surprising as it appears the A-Rod situation is much more than everyone suspects. If all of what Bosch said was valid and true, Alex Rodriguez is likely to never play in another game in Major League Baseball. To watch the interview click the following link: The Interview Regarding Alex. The second part of the interview is just beneath the first on the right hand side of the page. It is important that you watch the second part if you watched the first. I strongly advise if you have not seen both parts the interview you do watch them, so you can form your own opinion and are not mislead by my words.

In the first part of the interview (The first link) Bosch mentions all of the types of drugs he issued Alex Rodriguez. The part most surprising to me, and that really put the nail in the coffin for me was the fact that Alex Rodriguez had these gummies given to him by Bosch. These gummies would be taken just before a game and have enough dosage of a performance enhancing drug to get A-Rod through a game and if there were a surprise drug test after a game he would test negative.  This means that Alex had these performance enhancing drugs in the locker room and in the dugout, around other players, opening taking them, without anyone knowing. Bosch taught Alex how to pass urine tests, Bosch studied how long these drugs would stay in his system and even administered a blood test in a bathroom stall in a Miami club.

Regarding the second part of the interview (Second link), Alex Rodriguez may be facing much greater penalties. Bosch mentioned that when the news about Biogenesis broke out that Alex Rodriguez's people came to him and were willing to pay him money to move to Columbia for a period of time and stay under the radar. Bosch refused to go along with this scheme. Perhaps the greatest concern that came up during the interview would be a text message sent to Bosch's girlfriend, which basically said Bosch will not live to see the end of the year. The sender of this message is a known associate of Alex Rodriguez, confirmed by a member of MLB HQ. Even if Bosch is lying completely, making a statement such as that on national television and having it confirmed is a very very bold statement.

All of this is groundbreaking if and only if Bosch is telling the truth. The evidence does support Bosch's argument and it all does make sense, but anything is possible. Bosch may be a shady character because he as expressed by interviewer Scott Pelley "Is a troubled man." Bosch has had trouble with alcohol and smokes much. Additionally Bosch initially refused to cooperate with Major League Baseball and insisted he was only a nutritionist and had no connection with any of the players mentioned in the scandal.