When I watched the Congressional hearings earlier this year, I know that Mcgwire got a lot of slack for taking the 5th, which obviously strongly suggests he was taking them. What was worse for me was Sosa/Palmiero etc. flat out lying. What has Sammy done since the hearings or this Balco issue for that matter became a top story. Both of these guys and others flat out lied. At least Mcgwire did not do that to Congress! He deserves what ever he gets in this case. I also read in the paper today that Palmiero hit a total of like 70 hr's prior to Canseco going to Texas and all the rest after. Canseco in his book says he often injected Gonzalez,Rodriguez,and Palmiero for months until they got more comfortable with the needle. Makes sense considering all of Gonzo, and Irod's injuries/breakdowns and now Palmiero's positive test and suspected tough steroid that is not in supplements.
What cracked me up is the excuses that were being made by not only Palmeiro but ESPN baseball analysts. "I never knowingly took steroids" was what Palmeiro said after testing positive. "Maybe a teammate slipped him something" was what Harold Reynolds said. Rick Sutciffe had the funniest line, "maybe he drank a tainted milkshake". I wonder what they will say now?
