Alex Rodriguez gets honest about bouncing back from steroid setbacks on the Pat McAfee show: "There's no one to blame but the guy I'm looking at"

Former MLB star Alex Rodriguez appeared on Pat McAfee's show on Wednesday and spoke about "one of the biggest falls of all time" in his career. A-Rod was referring to his suspension from the MLB in 2013 after he confessed to taking performance-enhancing drugs (PED). He spoke at length about how the setback affected him and what he did to bounce back.

"I played for the great New York Yankees. I was the highest paid player in the game," Rodriguez said. I played with one of the great icons Derek Jeter. I felt depression, I was the first ballot Hall of Famer.

People didn't write back to me. I looked in the mirror and said, there's one to blame but the guy I'm looking at."

Watch the conversation in the video below:

McAfee recently posted a TikTok video applauding former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. In the video posted by McAfee, he is seen excitedly holding a baseball bat and talking to A-Rod and calling him "one of the most talented hitters."

"I think what people forget is you are shoot one of the most talented f**ing hitters in the history of the game. Right, A-Rod?"

To this A-Rod says:"Yeah," and McAfee responds enthusiastically, saying,"Hell, yeah dude."

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Alex Rodriguez's storied career was marred by his involvement in the 2013 PED scandal

A-Rod received a 162-game suspension after confessing to taking performance-enhancing drugs in 2013. Rodriguez has often spoken about his mistakes in interviews. He once attended a luncheon with the University of Miami students in 2017, where he discussed his errors and referred to himself as a jerk:

“I think just being a big jerk, you know. … I was really just a big jerk. I made mistakes, and then doubled down and became a bigger jerk and then went on sports radio and made an ass of myself,” A-Rod said.

Watch there below.

In the 2013 season's biogenesis incident, in which more than 13 players were accused of acquiring performance-enhancing chemicals from the US Biogenesis clinic, Alex Rodriguez had a significant part to play.

Rodriguez's 2014 season was cut short by his suspension, which is the longest in baseball history.

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Rodriguez, a former MLB All-Star shortstop, announced his retirement from the game in 2016 after 22 seasons with the Seattle Mariners (1994–2000), Texas Rangers (2001–2003), and New York Yankees (2004–2016).