A report in this week's Sports Illustrated claims that Gene Orza, COO of the MLBPA, alerted Alex Rodriguez about an upcoming drug test in September of 2004. According to the Mitchell Report, Orza violated an agreement and tipped off a player (not named in the report) to an upcoming, supposedly random, drug test in September 2004. On Saturday, the players association said "there was no improper tipping of players in 2004 about the timing of the drug tests." One major league player, however, told SI that he was told by Orza in '04 that he would be tested on Sept. 24, "so make sure there's nothing in your system."