Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 09, 2005
Palmeiro Speaks, Sort Of

Rafael Palmeiro issued a statement today on his positive steroid test.

"Now that the House Government Reform Committee is finishing its work, I will address the facts as I have always said I wanted to do. Everything I have been working for all my life - to play the game that I love with dignity and earn the respect and admiration of my colleagues and fans - has been changed by my suspension. For this, I alone take full responsibility.

"I have never intentionally taken steroids. But I must also acknowledge that Stanozolol, a banned substance, was found in my system in May. Although I do not know how this substance came into my body, it is possible that a shot of vitamin B12 I took sometime in April might have been the cause. Under questioning by the Major League Player's Association - the player's union - I had to reveal the details of how I got the possibly tainted B12 and then had to testify about the facts of this case under oath. I have never implicated any player in the intentional use or distribution of steroids, or any other illegal substance, in any interview or testimony.

It would have been better for Palmeiro to face the press, rather than just issue a statement. The line "to play the game that I love with dignity and earn the respect and admiration of my colleagues and fans" flies in the face of years of rumors that Palmeiro wasn't such an honorable man while playing the game. My inclination is not to believe this statement by Palmeiro.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:17 PM | Cheating | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Um, yeah, sure Raffy. At least Mike Lawton faced up to it.

Posted by: rbj at November 9, 2005 07:53 PM

Gotta love the non-apology apology.

Posted by: David Dean at November 9, 2005 09:35 PM

If he was "innocent" because it came into his body unintentionally, why didn't he just say so 101 days ago?

Posted by: Yankee Despiser at November 9, 2005 10:51 PM

raffy is all good in my book. He made the mistake of getting that shot in mexico which has not come out yet. Down there u never know what u are going to get. He should have got the shot in the U.S. Then there would have been no problem and thing would be all good.

Posted by: RICH at November 10, 2005 01:30 AM

Is this not the same player who allegedly was having sex with Ryne Sandberg's ex-wife? Sounds like a gentleman to me... Do you want to know what? If this POS makes the Hall of Fame before Pete Rose, they should tear the Hall of fame down, & replace it with a George W. Bush took a dump here once Memorial Sign!

Posted by: Ezra M. Reis at November 11, 2005 09:23 AM

yeah i read the whole thing.

my 3 year olds lie bettern that.

and they can't lie worth a bucket of warm spit

Posted by: lisa gray at November 12, 2005 12:39 AM
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