August 02, 2005
Is The Excuse Getting Old?
Baltimore Orioles slugger Rafael Palmeiro is the first big baseball star suspended under new rules to prevent steroid use, but his explanation for what happened is a little threadbare -- it already has been used by Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and others. "Why, I had no idea that what I was using was an illegal substance," each player has said. Even Palmeiro's teammate Sammy Sosa, who has stayed on the periphery of the scandal, claimed ignorance during his Cubs years when cork flew out of his bat. (And refused to take tests for steriods.) The story is all the more maddening because of Palmeiro's sanctimonious speechifying before Congress earlier this year. Does anyone really believe millionaire superstar athletes, guys who monitor every calorie they take in, guys with armies of trainers, blindly swallow whatever pills or rub on whatever creams or inject whatever solutions some vampiric impresario hands them? Bloggers don't: "So we must assume that little steroid fairies, or perhaps leprechauns, since he made his statement to Congress on St. Patrick's Day, injected Rafael while he was unconscious," writes Grouchy. "After he retires, Palmeiro may have a future in the Republican Party." The Daily Brushback has this simpley query: "Can you explain to our readers how one goes about accidentally using steroids? And second, is there anything you'd like to say to José Canseco?"
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by Philip Ewing at August 2, 2005 11:10 AM
Category: Sport Spectator
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