Thursday, December 28, 2006
The 96 and the speculation that follows....
In case you haven't heard, the federal government has been granted the names of the 96 players who tested positive for steroids by a Federal Appeals court. The samples were seized in a raid of lab's associated with MLB and correspond to the 2004 season. The ruling is part of the ongoing BALCO investigation. (yahoo!sports story)This could be catastrophic for baseball. Selig & co have to be hoping that a majority of players tested have since retired or are fringe players at best. If a star gets taken down, this will have huge ramifications. If these names get out, the effect on baseball could be close to the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
In spite of the potential damage, speculation is always fun. My friend and I separately created our lists of 96 names (for a separate side bet). Here is our overlap: Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro, Mark Loretta, Melvin Mora, Mark Bellhorn, Esteban Loaiza, Jorge Sosa, Jose Offerman, Alex Sanchez, Guillermo Mota, Orlando Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa, Keith Ginter, Adrian Beltre, Duaner Sanchez, Charles Johnson and Shea Hillenbrand.
Who are you guys sure took 'roids during the 2004 season?
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I spoke to Ken Griffey Junior with my father while we were in the Bahamas. A great guy, we spent about 20 minutes talking to him about a variety of things. Speaking of steroids, he said he was tested 5 times last year and 8 the year before. My father also said he remembered when Sosa was so skinny on Texas and seemed beyond human, appearing to be more hulk-like when he was bashing those homers in the Cubs. Griffey agreed saying "I remember when he was this thin (and held up his index finger)." So, basically Ken said he believed Sosa used steroids.
Esteban? No way. I don't think he did at least. The great year he had was mostly because he developed a new pitch, the cut fastball.
Wow nice encounter with Griffey. Didn't he just break his wrist?
Have a happy new year!!
Yea he was wearing a cast on his left arm. I am going to write a full-length blog entry tomorrow about the encounter!
Rafael for sure. He won't get into the HOF because of it.
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