Former Yankees staffer: 'No way’ Alex was on juice

By title, Mike Borzello was the Yankees' bullpen catcher. But those around the team understood that for the past four years, he was mostly known as Alex Rodriguez's confidant, counselor and confessor.

"Nobody in the last four years, including his wife because she wasn't on the road, spent more time with Alex than I did,'' Borzello said by phone yesterday. Thus, Borzello had a front-row seat to Rodriguez's life - in the gym, in the clubhouse, at home, in social settings, to and from games in his car. "Then he called me in the morning and we did it all over again." Continue