Admitted steroid user and Twitter superstar Jose Canseco has finally found a professional baseball team to play for this year. The Worcester Tornadoes signed the former all-star baseball player Jose Canseco to a single-season contract. The Worcester ball club is part of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball (Can-Am League). It is not affiliated with either Minor League Baseball (MiLB) or Major League Baseball (MLB). [Read more…]
Steroids in Baseball
Apr
15
Roger Clemens Steroid Trial Considered a Waste of Taxpayer Money
The retrial of Roger Clemens officially starts on Monday. Many people feel that the government’s pursuit of the Major League Baseball pitcher is nothing more than a steroid witch-hunt and a colossal waste of taxpayer money. After the first mistrial, United States District Judge Reggie Walton suggested that government counsel may want to reconsider retrying Clemens. Many of the jurors in the first trial apparently shared the sentiment that the trial was a waste of money. The court documents that recorded Walton’s comments have been made public for the first time this month. [Read more…]
Apr
08
Mike Wallace’s Death Renews Interest in Roger Clemens Steroid Interview
Mike Wallace, the legendary investigative journalist and long-time co-host of CBS’ 60 Minutes, has died at age 93. Wallace had so many remarkable interviews with world figures over a career that spanned decades. However, most news stories are referring readers to the online video interview of Major League Baseball star Roger Clemens regarding accusations that Clemens used anabolic steroids and human growth hormone (hGH). It was Mike Wallace’s final television appearance. [Read more…]
Mar
30
Mark McGwire’s Steroid Deceit Hurt Credibility of His Strongest Defender
Dave McKay is a long-time Major League Baseball coach. He has coached for over 29 years in addition to playing professionally from 1975-1982. He was at ground zero of the baseball steroid era when he coached the Oakland A’s during the time that the Bash Brothers Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco were making the long ball look easy. McKay is credited with the establishment of one of the first formal strength and weight training programs for a Major League franchise. [Read more…]
Mar
19
Government Doesn’t Want Jury to Know the Cost of Roger Clemens Steroid Witch-hunt
The federal government doesn’t want the jury in Roger Clemens trial to hear about the ridiculous amount of money spent on the steroid witch-hunt against the seven-time Cy Young Award winner. While an exact dollar amount has not been disclosed, the Clemens investigation is thought to have cost taxpayers millions of dollars. [Read more…]
Mar
16
George Brett Would Boycott Hall of Fame If Steroid Users Inducted
George Brett, the Hall-of-Fame baseball player for the Kansas City Royals, has indicated that he would be the first to boycott the Hall of Fame induction ceremony if an anabolic steroid user made it to Cooperstown. Brett claimed he never considered using anabolic steroids since he never lifted weights during his 21-year career. He made no mention of amphetamines. [Read more…]
Mar
15
Brian McNamee Calls Coaches the Biggest Steroid Pushers
Brian McNamee recently told a group of high school guidance counselors that coaches were the biggest “pushers” of anabolic steroids. The convicted steroid dealer argued that coaches had a greater influence on a young athlete’s decision to use steroids than street corner dealers. He suggested that the “win-at-all-costs” attitude pressured student-athletes to use steroids. [Read more…]
Mar
14
Jose Canseco Has Steroids, Shaquille O’Neal Has “Frosted Flakes”
Jose Canseco and Shaquille O’Neal have informally been discussing the possibility of fighting in a mixed martial arts (MMA) bout. O’Neal originally suggested the idea last year but Canseco only recently started taking him seriously. Many people have speculated that Canseco is in need of money since his comeback attempt with the Triple-A Quintana Roo Tigres of the Mexican Baseball League has temporarily been postponed. [Read more…]
Mar
12
Two Steroid Users Make List of Most Hated Seattle Sports Figures
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper recently compiled a list of the most hated Seattle sports figures. Given the national obsession with anabolic steroids in sports, it probably comes as know surprise that two steroid users made the list. Of course, steroid use itself wasn’t the primary reason that the athletes made the list. But it obviously didn’t help.
Brian “The Boz” Bosworth and Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez were the steroid users with Seattle connections who made the Post-Intelligencer’s list. [Read more…]
Mar
09
“Juiced” Ghostwriter Ridicules Jose Canseco for Steroid Use
Jose Canseco has fallen on difficult times. The former Major League Baseball player has become one of the most despised individuals in baseball’s “steroid era”. Canseco emerged as an unsympathetic character after he mentioned specific players as steroid users in his 2005 autobiographical book, “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big”. But if there was one person in the world left who might still be on Canseco’s side, it would have been Steven Kettman. Kettman is the man who was Canseco’s ghostwriter and co-author for “Juiced”. [Read more…]
