Tuesday, August 02, 2005
About That Palmeiro Thing
So a couple weeks ago I was telling you how Rafael Palmeiro is underrated and is one of the best players ever. Yesterday he tested positive for steroids and even though he denies taking them knowingly, that doesn't change the fact that he took them, and that he's probably been taking them for years. Incidentally, every player who has admitted to taking steroids has said they did so unknowingly, which is ridiculous, quite frankly.
Palmeiro has a beautiful swing. He would have most likely gotten 3,000 hits with or without steroids, but I doubt he would have hit all those home runs were he not juiced. He was essentially cut from the Cubs by Don Zimmer because he thought he was just a singles hitter, and they needed a power hitting first baseman. This was more than 15 years ago now. It seems to me like he's probably been doping since around that time.
Also he looks like a jackass now for his testimony in front of Congress. It was a mad Bill Clinton moment saying "I have never used steroids. Period." I only have 5 words for you, Raffy. Liar, liar....pants on fire.
Palmeiro has a beautiful swing. He would have most likely gotten 3,000 hits with or without steroids, but I doubt he would have hit all those home runs were he not juiced. He was essentially cut from the Cubs by Don Zimmer because he thought he was just a singles hitter, and they needed a power hitting first baseman. This was more than 15 years ago now. It seems to me like he's probably been doping since around that time.
Also he looks like a jackass now for his testimony in front of Congress. It was a mad Bill Clinton moment saying "I have never used steroids. Period." I only have 5 words for you, Raffy. Liar, liar....pants on fire.
# posted by ChuckJerry : 8/02/2005 04:35:00 PM
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the drug he was using, stanozol or something, is a serious anabolic steroid not something you accidentally get in GNC apparently
If you look at his stats before 1992, he was as you say, Chuck, a singles hitter. So what happened? Hmmm... that's when he played with Jose Canseco, who claims he personally injected Palmeiro. After playing with Canseco, Palmeiro's homers and RBI's skyrocketed. So yeah, Palmeiro's a douchebag. Absolutely no Hall of Fame for him. He's a drug addict and a disgrace.
From the NY Times article today
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/sports/baseball/04palmeiro.html?pagewanted=all
"Palmeiro said he must have accidentally ingested the drug. But medical experts say that stanozololis almost always used in injectable form and would not show up from a contaminated vitamin or other pill. It is legal as an injectable animal steroid."
Motherf'er got caught.
*Accidently* - my ass.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/sports/baseball/04palmeiro.html?pagewanted=all
"Palmeiro said he must have accidentally ingested the drug. But medical experts say that stanozololis almost always used in injectable form and would not show up from a contaminated vitamin or other pill. It is legal as an injectable animal steroid."
Motherf'er got caught.
*Accidently* - my ass.
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