February 18, 2004
Time Ticking Down On Baseball, Steroids
Late last night, we finally got confirmation of what plenty of folks already suspected -- that there are a number of Major League Baseball players who use steroids:
The personal weight trainer for San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds admitted to authorities last September that he gave anabolic steroids to several professional baseball players, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday.
The trainer, Greg F. Anderson, 37, provided names of the players to investigators, according to the affidavit, but federal officials said they have chosen not to release them at this time because the players have not been charged with a crime.
It's a little different when the news comes from a court proceeding involving federal authorities, instead of from washed-up ex-ballplayers, doesn't it?
Though no one has been named yet, it's only a matter of time. And only a matter of time before baseball will find itself hip deep in a scandal that will make Sammy Sosa's corked bat look like a story on the transaction page buried in agate type.
UPDATE: That didn't take long. Looks like somebody is going to start getting some phone calls. Credit David Pinto with the link.
David also has some links to the Blogosphere turning on sportswriters bashing new Dodgers GM, Paul DePodesta.
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Forgive me if I don't get worked up over this. Having followed the Justice Department for several years now, I can honestly state federal prosecutors as a group lack integrity and honesty, as personified by their current leader, John Ashcroft. The moment the AG announced the initial indictments in this matter, I decided the entire steroid scandal wasn't worth the time and effort.
Posted by:
at February 18, 2004 09:31 AM
For a second there I thought you were going to call out Caminiti.
Posted by:
at February 18, 2004 11:37 AM
I want to know when the guise of 'incorporation' will fail to imply credibility. Twenty years ago, it was some shade-ball with a gym bag. Now its a a shade-ball with a business card.
Posted by:
at February 18, 2004 12:31 PM
I'm familiar with the Justice Department as well (knowing a few fed prosecutors) and they are undeserving of Skip's smear. Frankly, that's a pretty stupid thing to say no matter one's opinion of the steriod case.
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at February 19, 2004 09:08 AM
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