Alex Rodriguez, Gio Gonzalez, Nelson Cruz and Melky Cabrera are among the baseball stars treated at a South Florida clinic where, according to a report in Tuesday's Miami New Times, they received performance-enhancing drugs. <\/p>\n
Related: MLB statement | Rangers statement | A-Rod and Gonzalez deny allegations <\/p>\n
Records taken from Biogenesis, an anti-aging clinic near the University of Miami, reportedly show those players and many other athletes -- all of whom have connections to South Florida -- received various substances from Anthony Bosch, the head of the clinic, who is already under investigation by MLB and DEA. <\/p>\n
Bosch, 49, was previously linked to the banned PEDs implicated in Manny Ramirez's 2009 suspension. Bosch disappeared suddenly last month and the clinic was closed, according to Tim Elfrink, the Miami New Times reporter who spent three months on the story. <\/p>\n
Elfrink notes in the New Times report he was given patient records by a former clinic employee, and followed up with extensive interviews with other former employees and clinic customers. <\/p>\n
Here's a snippet of Elfrink's findings regarding the Yankees' superstar third baseman: <\/p>\n
There, at number seven on the list, is Alex Rodriguez. He paid $3,500, Bosch notes. Below that, he writes, \"1.5\/1.5 HGH (sports perf.) creams test., glut., MIC, supplement, sports perf. Diet.\" HGH, of course, is banned in baseball, as are testosterone creams. <\/p>\n
That's not the only damning evidence against A-Rod, though. Another document from the files, a loose sheet with a header from the 19th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine, lays out a full regimen under the name Cacique: \"Test. cream... troches prior to workout... and GHRP... IGF-1... pink cream.\" <\/p>\n
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The mentions of Rodriguez begin in 2009 and continue all the way through last season. Take a page in another notebook, which is labeled \"2012\" and looks to have been written last spring. Under the heading \"A-Rod\/Cacique,\" Bosch writes, \"He is paid through April 30th. He will owe May 1 $4,000... I need to see him between April 13-19, deliver troches, pink cream, and... May meds. Has three weeks of Sub-Q (as of April).\" <\/p>\n
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