Alex Rodriguez sought advice from Victor Conte in May 2012 looking for an edge on the baseball field, according to a report.

Conte, the BALCO founder who was at the center of baseball's first major steroid crisis, met last week with two investigators from Major League Baseball's Department of Investigations.

He described how Rodriguez showed up uninvited last May with Bill Romanowski to discuss legal products that could give Rodriguez an edge. Rodriguez had been trying to set up a sitdown through Romanowski for two months before they finally met.

Rodriguez tried to be as secretive as possible about the visit.

"He was real secretive," Veronica Conte said. "He wanted to make sure no one was here."

Conte agreed to consult with Rodriguez under the condition that he provide Conte with a blood test, a requirement for any athlete Conte works with "so that I know nothing funny is going on."

Conte told The New York Daily News that the primary focus of his meeting with Rodriguez was about legal products that could give the Yankee slugger a competitive edge.