November 27, 2007
Starr Witness
MLB FanHouse links to an interview with Larry Starr, long time trainer for the Reds and Marlins. He's out of baseball now and coopertating with the Mitchell investigation, although he refuses to name names. He was aware as early as 1984 that players were using steroids. His estimate of the percentage of players using is high, but not as high as Canseco's or Caminiti's.
While Starr won't name players' names, he did estimate to FLORIDA TODAY there were "some teams that had a high percentage" of players using steroids while he was still in the game.
"By high percentage, meaning 30 to 40 percent of the team might have been using," Starr said. "(But) some teams had maybe only one or two."
And he gives us a clue to the identity of one player:
Starr remembers one player who ended the season in 1989 weighing 171 pounds. In the spring, the same player reported to camp weighing 205, and his body fat had actually dropped from eight percent to 5.8. That was one of the moments that frightened him the most -- a player who was obviously loaded with performance enhancers to a dangerous point.
Looking at the Reds 1989-1990 rosters, there seems to be a likely candidate.
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B-ref lists him at 185. There really aren't many sources to see what players gained from year to year. Bill James handbook tries to report accurate weights.
Its a good reason to visit my friend who owns a baseball card shop and see what Sabo looked like back then.
Since he isn't naming names maybe you should try getting some evidence before you start slurring people?
Slurring people? He DOES have evidence (the word of the trainer) and is following evidence to suggest a logical conclusion - and qualifying his statement with "there seems to be a likely candidate..." Duh. Nothing wrong with that.
Well Sabo was caught corking his bat near the end of his career, so there is a track record of cheating.
He DOES have evidence (the word of the trainer)
Are you retarded? He said the trainer won't name names - that's not evidence.
Are you, Bandit? Healthy fully grown athlete increases his weight and muscle mass by that percentage in that time period and you have a doubt in your mind? Same things with Lennie Dykstra at the end of his stay in NYC. 165 to 186 and ripped, all in 3 months. Sorry no, and is the court of public opinion, they be convicted.
