Before a throng of 200 reporters with flashing cameras and microphones, Alex Rodriguez confessed to his steroid use this past Tuesday.

At 1:30 pm eastern, the Yankee slugger spent an hour reading from eight pages of crumpled paper and gave off uncomfortable, body language. He read that the steroid he took was called primabolan or bole. He said that he bought the over the counter substance in his home country of the Dominican Republic.

In addition, he claimed to have also used testosterone. In both cases, A-Rod said that his cousin injected him twice a month for six months. These injections occurred during his time with the Texas Rangers between 2001-2003.

Yankee management controlled the press conference. They allowed only one question for each reporter. A-Rod appeared to be annoyed by some of the inquiries. In one instance, he scowled at a reporter, shrugged his shoulders and said.

“I don’t know. That’s a good question.” It wasn’t a smart reply for someone trying to save their image. A couple dozen of his teammates showed up to support him. Strangely, his ex-wife, Cynthia didn’t make the trip to Tampa, Florida. She did attend to his side during last week’s exclusive interview with ESPN analyst, Peter Gammons.

Yankee captain, Derek Jeter gave his take on the steroid era controversy involving he and several likely, first-ballot hall of famers.

“It’s important for people to know that everyone wasn’t doing it (taking steroids). There were a lot of players who went out and played hard. They played the game clean. I never took performance-enhancing drugs. Alex made a mistake. He acknowledged it. Now, it’s time to move on.”

Jeter, Tony Gwynn, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Ken Griffey Jr, and Frank Thomas showed that drugs aren’t necessary to be an elite player in Major League Baseball. A-Rod traveled a risky road. He did it on his own. Regardless of the excuse, he put his own career and possibly legacy to torch.

Instead of looking like the negative attention annoyed him, he should’ve looked in the mirror before putting the needle of “juice” into his ass.