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According to ESPN, Alex Rodriguez hasadmitted to taking steroidsin a sit down interview with Peter Gammons. In the interview, Rodriguez admits to using performing enhancing drugs during his three year stay with the Texas Rangers, 2001-2003. 

I postulated this exact scenairo in my earlier post, citing an obvious statistical spike in his power numbers during his time in Texas.  During that three year span, Rodriguez averaged 52 homeruns, a dramatic increase from the 37 he averaged in his previous five seasons (1996-2000). Conversely, A-Rod averaged just 39 homeruns per season during his first three years in New York (2004-2006), before a breakout 2007 campaign in which he hit 54 homeruns en route to the winning AL MVP.