Sammy Sosa tested positive in 2003 and why are we just hearing about it? For one, baseball did not have penalties for the first-time use of performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.
One assumption why this is just coming out? The New York Times said Sosa is one of 104 players who tested positive in baseball's anonymous 2003 survey, which has been the subject of a protracted court fight. Remember that same survey included the name of New York Yankees slugger and third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez eventually came clean and admitted that he did test positive. The drug was not identified by the Times although sources indicate it was a PED, (performance enhancing drug).
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig seems to be very upset about this and can not confirm nor deny the report especially since he stated that he is uncertain about the source.
Sosa is number six with 609 longballs on baseball's career home run list...545 of those with the Chicago Cubs. He has not played in the majors since 2007 with Texas and would be eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.
Several of the game's biggest stars, including home-run king Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco, have been implicated in steroids use. Will any of these players, who we at one time considered great players, be voted into the Hall of Fame?
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