The Yankees are agitated at Alex Rodriguez, but they publicly supported him last night.
The club released a statement, not attributed to any official, saying, in part:
“We strongly believe there is no place in baseball for performance enhancing drugs of any type, and we support the efforts of the Commissioner to continually improve the testing process.
“We urged Alex to be completely open, honest and forthcoming. … We take him at his word that he was. Although we are disappointed in the mistake he spoke to today, we realize that Alex – like all of us – is a human being not immune to fault.
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“We speak often about the members of this organization being part of a family, and that is never more true than in times of adversity. …
“We support Alex, and we will do everything we can to help him deal with this challenge. …”