Thursday, December 13, 2007

You lika da juice?

It's now official.

We know who used steroids in Major League baseball.

And yes, there were some Twins on the list.

I'm not going to defend the list, but here's something to keep in mind. Those involved with writing the Mitchell report didn't talk to many players. A lot of the info used came from a former NY
Mets clubhouse attendant who had a very profitable side business selling drugs to major leaguers.

One thing I found interesting inside the reports 400+ pages were the canceled checks used by players to buy the juice, including former Twin/Yankee/Tiger
Rondell White.

One player who did talk was former Twins reliever
Dan Naulty. He apparently felt guilty about using. As you can see the drugs really did him some good.

Baseball purists say this is the equivalent to the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. This could be more far reaching. We are talking about future hall of famers here. This is a whole baseball era, not just one team, one year.

More will come out. We'll see how it plays out.

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