The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez met with MLB officials Thursday to...

The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez met with MLB officials Thursday to discuss his contact with a Canadian doctor who has been connected to performance-enhancing drugs. (Mar. 24, 2010) Credit: AP

TAMPA, Fla. - Alex Rodriguez confirmed a report he met with MLB investigators Thursday, but that was about all he said Friday.

"I did," Rodriguez said. "It went well. I cooperated. They were very happy and that's it. It went well. I can't really get into it too much."

Rodriguez declined to discuss the content of the meeting or when his meeting with federal authorities - which was supposed to precede his talk with MLB investigators - might take place.

"I'm not really allowed to get into any of that," Rodriguez said of what's next.

The New York Times cited a source who said Rodriguez told investigators he did not receive any performance-enhancing drugs from Dr. Anthony Galea, the Canadian doctor being investigated by federal authorities.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman declined to comment on the report of Rodriguez's meeting with MLB.

Galea told The Associated Press last month that he treated Rodriguez during his recovery from hip surgery last year, but only with anti-inflammatories.

Rodriguez said last week he hoped to get both meetings done before Sunday night's season opener in Boston, but unless his meeting with the feds takes place Saturday or Sunday, that won't happen. The Yankees are scheduled to fly to Boston early Saturday evening after that afternoon's Futures Game at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

"I can't really get into anything," Rodriguez said when asked if he still was hopeful he'd have the meeting before Opening Night.

Rodriguez's public silence has been criticized in some circles, but one prominent Manhattan-based defense attorney, Joseph DiBenedetto, recently told Newsday that A-Rod is doing what just about everyone else does before meeting with federal investigators - keeping quiet.

"As a defense attorney, any time I have a client - whether they're well-known or not that well-known - who federal agents or prosecutors want to talk to, I tell them to a.) keep a low profile and b.) not make any public comments,'' DiBenedetto said.

To this point, it's the precise playbook Rodriguez has followed.

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