Before he was A-Rod - Inside Baseball | MiamiHerald.com

A very nice profile of Alex Rodriguez' childhood in Miami. Aside from the number of people named 'Rodriguez' quoted in the article, this other tidbit was interesting to read:

"Just when Rodriguez began taking performance enhancing drugs is a source of debate. Some have speculated it may have began as early as high school when he had a sudden growth spurt between his sophomore and junior year. Rodriguez has admitted he took steroids from 2001 to 2003 when he played for the Texas Rangers but has insisted he hadn’t used PED’s before or since."

I had a friend that played some minor league baseball tell me this exact same story in 2003 about A-Rod's sudden high school growth spurt between his sophomore and junior year. The allegations have always been there with him. Who knows what will happen to him now.