A friend of Alex Rodriguez defended the third baseman on Saturday, pointing out that A-Rod hasn't tested positive for anything since Major League Baseball instituted random testing in 2004. Rodriguez won the MVP as a Yankee in 2005 and 2007, just as he did in the now disputed year of 2003. "I think it shows that during a very clear testing period, he performed clean and sustained the same high level," the A-Rod friend said.