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2 down, 102 to go. The New York Times is reporting that Sammy Sosa was on the list of 104 players listed for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs during the 2003 season. The report was originally confidential, but after Major League Baseball failed to shred the documentation, the information was seized by government officials. According to the Times, they were made aware of the information by lawyers familiar with the testing that season. Sosa is the second player from that year who’s name has been made public after Alex Rodriguez was named earlier this year.

Sosa’s name has been linked to steroids for some time, so this announcement certainly does not come as much of a shock to anyone. I think he made it quite clear to everyone after he was caught using a corked bat that he did not necessarily care about the purity of his performances.

What seems more likely now that the A-Rod is not the only one who’s name has been made public, is that the rest of these 104 names will slowly be announced to the sporting community through press leaks in Major League Baseball, law offices and government officials. Any player who failed the 2003 test will definitely now be on edge.