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Originally posted by mick
Exactly, JR. We don't know.
Nor do we know anything about Babe Ruth's useage
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Well, Ruth finished playing in 1935, and anabolic steroids weren't invented until the 1930's (I couldn't find an exact year). Pretty safe to say that with all the women, beer and hot dogs, the Babe didn't have much time for injecting his own butt.
I think Palmiero leaves us with two choices about how to view him: either he's a cheater or he's an idiot. Neither is flattering, but that's all that we're left with.
MLB and the individual ballclubs bent over backwards to inform the players about what could trigger a positive result. This is not a stealth operation, they're not trying to trick people into testing positive. After the new agreement went into place, it was probably stressed almost as much as the rules about gambling on baseball (which are posted in every clubhouse).
Palmiero
had to know the things that would trigger a positive test -- he's on the Zero Tolerance Committee, for cryin' out loud. So did he take them on purpose (cheater) or by accident (idiot)?
I agree with Dan: he's at least guilty of gross stupidity for taking
anything that might have triggered the positive result. Doesn't make it any less sad for me, tho.