The date discrepancy in records linking A-Rod to PED clinic

 
 

New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez is shown in this April 14, 2010, file photo at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez is shown in this April 14, 2010, file photo at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
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Suspensions of major leaguers for PED use by year

2005: 12

2006: 3

2007: 8

2008: 3

2009: 4

2010: 2

2011: 2

2012: 8

2013: 0

Source: Major League Baseball


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The entry in the Bosch notebook labeled “2009” indicates “Alex Rod” and his cousin were linked to the clinic on “Mon/Feb 7.” In reality, Feb. 7, 2009, was a Saturday. That same date in 2011 fell on a Monday.

The following week on Valentine’s Day, “Alex Rod” and his cousin again appear on Bosch’s books. The notation in Bosch’s notebook indicated “Mon/Feb 14,” again misidentifying a Saturday as a Monday. Two weeks later, on “Mon/Feb 28,” they show up again in the notebook, and again the wrong day of the week was recorded. Again, the dates would have fallen on a Monday in 2011.

Bosch’s 2010 ledger has the duo linked to the clinic on “Mon/Jan 3,” but that date actually fell on a Sunday. In 2011, Jan. 3 was a Monday. Similarly, the “Mon/Nov 21” notation listed for “Alex Rod” in 2010 fell on a Sunday. The following year Nov. 21 would fall on a Monday.

In 2009, the notebook writer also gets at least two dates wrong for Cabrera, whom he calls “Mostro” and “Melkys.” One entry connects Cabrera to the clinic on “Wed/Feb 16.” The following week, on “Wed/Feb 23,” Cabrera again appears. Both dates fell on a Monday. In 2011 they fell on a Wednesday.

Among the other athletes linked to the clinic by New Times was Yuriorkis Gamboa, a Cuban Olympic boxing champion now fighting professionally in exile. A January report on the website Boxingscene.com noted a similar anomaly in the dates of his reported transactions with Biogenesis.

In response, a fix was made in the web version of the story, Strouse said

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