# Roberto Alomar Has AIDS? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 13, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654 "2009-02-13T04:21:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/1 "2009-02-13T04:21:56Z")
Well, that’s the [story.](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/baseball-insider/2009/02/alomar_responds_to_aids_claims.html) Let’s hope it ain’t true Robbie. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/2 "2009-02-13T04:34:45Z")
Spitted upon umpire is checking his meds… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/3 "2009-02-13T04:37:11Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Spitted upon umpire is checking his meds… Yeah, boy that was shitty. Otherwise what a great ball player. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/4 "2009-02-13T13:16:43Z")
No media source I’ve yet seen has been able to find evidence the claim is true. Maybe he does, but I’d be leery of an unsubstantiated allegation from a jilted lover. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/5 "2009-02-13T13:26:25Z")
I remember hearing rumors about his sexuality for years. Of course that does not mean that this story is true or that you have to be gay to get AIDS. Reading this article and the one I saw originally he never says that he is not HIV+. He only says that he is healthy. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/6 "2009-02-13T15:00:19Z")
Ok maybe i’m not as educated on the matter as i thought i was but that lady seems to be claiming he has full blown AIDS and they had unprotected sex for years without her catching it, that seems very unlikely doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/7 "2009-02-13T16:27:11Z")
She _told_ him to wear the Gold Glove . . . ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/8 "2009-02-14T04:49:39Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > No media source I’ve yet seen has been able to find evidence the claim is true. Maybe he does, but I’d be leery of an unsubstantiated allegation from a jilted lover. Hence the question mark and the “say it ain’t so” caveat. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/9 "2009-02-14T04:51:45Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Spitted upon umpire is checking his meds… No, actually he isn’t. He does still think that Robby is a moron, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/10 "2009-02-14T15:05:08Z")
One article that I read says Alomar claimed to have been raped by 2 men when he was 17, but that he has never tested positive for HIV and the woman claiming he infected her has never tested positive either. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/11 "2009-02-14T16:18:17Z")
No, I think SHE claims that Robby told her he was raped by two guys. I don’t think Robby’s ever mentioned it… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/12 "2009-02-16T23:22:53Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > No, actually he isn’t. He does still think that Robby is a moron, though. It was a joke. I _do_ actually realize that you cannot get AIDS from being spat upon. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/13 "2009-02-16T23:57:37Z")
Hey- wouldn’t be the first time I’d heard/read it as a statement of belief… No worries! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberto-alomar-has-aids/485654/14 "2009-02-17T04:40:13Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Hey- wouldn’t be the first time I’d heard/read it as a statement of belief… No worries! 🙂 Spitting on the umpire is bad no matter. But it is a HOF moment!! If he has AIDS _now_, then…he was a d-bag for knowingly infecting someone else.