NY lawmaker: Don’t celebtate A-Rod’s ‘tainted’ homeruns

Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) on Thursday said baseball fans should not celebrate New York Yankees player Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez’s home run record.

“I think it would be wrong to be celebrating … since for all we know, hundreds of those home runs probably occurred when he was taking steroids,” King told a TMZ reporter in Washington, D.C.

King made the remarks as Rodriguez nears a record as one of Major League Baseball’s all-time greatest home run artists.

{mosads}Rodriguez is set to overtake Willie Mays as the No. 4 best player at-bat with 660 home runs. He currently possesses 658 homers this season.

King said the Yankees should not celebrate any milestones Rodriguez sets given his well-established history breaking the rules. Rodriguez sat out the entire 2014 season after receiving a suspension for taking performance-enhancing drugs.

“I think they’re right because it’s obvious that so many of his home runs were tainted,” King said of the Yankees’ muted response as Rodriguez approaches the benchmark.

“I think he’s motivated anyway,” King added of Rodriguez needing his team’s encouragement. “He’s a motivated guy.”

Rodriguez plays third basemen and shortstop for the Yankees. He missed 162 games last season for his role in baseball’s doping scandal.

He admitted he had taken steroids in 2009. He first entered pro baseball for the Seattle Mariners in 1994 before playing for the Texas Rangers 2001-2003.