Alex Rodriguez is again implicated with steroid use, and his presence on the Yankees is becoming more of a burden than anything at this point. Here are five reasons to hate the embattled former superstar.

1. He lied again

So A-Rod not only took steroids back in the day and announced it with the Yankees, but

he also later said he was all done with it, done with the performance enhancing drugs

that helped him hit all of those home runs and drive in all of those runs. Not the case.

BALCO East, or Biogenesis or whatever you want to call it has links to A-Rod getting

PED’s and taking steroids this whole time. What a liar and a cheater and a fraud.

2. Even worse teammate

Everyone, even Derek Jeter, defended the guy. They defended him and understood that

people can make mistakes. If I am a Yankee and I know I am playing clean and have

played clean, I wouldn’t even look A-Rod in the eye.

3. Can’t stay healthy

Due the steroid use and age, A-Rod needed hip surgery that may keep him out the entire

2013 season. So not only did he lie and cheat again, he cannot even stay healthy through

it all to help the team win. This is called a waste of money.

4. Money owed

This is why baseball contracts, which are guaranteed no matter what, are the worst in

sports. How can anyone justify Alex Rodriguez not only getting paid what he does, but

getting paid $130 million more on his current deal while cheating, not producing AND

HELLO, NOT EVEN PLAYING??!?!?!!?!?!?? His contract is the worst in sports. You

have to blame the Yanks the most, however, because they could have been out of the

first contract in 2007 when Rodriguez opted out during the World Series (this was before

A-Rod admitted to steroid use for a three-year period of time and before he carried the

Yanks in the 2009 World Series, but the contract was still insane and the Yanks would

have been better off long-term as a team without Rodriguez).

5. Bad example

For kids and baseball and records and everything else, Alex Rodriguez is a terrible

example. Here is a guy who we are supposed to remember as a five-tool, all-world

baseball player who was an all-time great and attracted the American and Latino masses.

Now we see needles and drugs, cheat and scam, drama and disaster whenever his face

comes on TV or any medium or his name comes up in any discussion. It is amazing to

think it has come to this for a baseball player who didn’t even need the steroids to begin

with. The guy is an embarrassment to the Yankee uniform, an embarrassment to the

game of baseball and is a total disgrace.