Former Major League Baseball player Fred Lynn admitted he would have considered using anabolic steroids during his career if they would have helped him avoid or recover from injury. Lynn made his comments in an interview with Larry Brown. Lynn acknowledged that baseball players have always been looking for an advantage even if it involved breaking the rules. The players of his era were no exception. [Read more…]
Steroids in Baseball
Jul
11
Former All-Star Baseball Player Fred Lynn Would Have Considered Using Steroids to Avoid Injury
Jul
09
Potential Jurors More Upset at Government Steroid Witch-Hunt Than Roger Clemens’ Steroid Use
United States District Judge Reggie Walton is apparently having a difficult time finding a suitable jury for the Roger Clemens steroid perjury trial. It seems that potential jurors more likely to be upset at the government for their witch-hunt involving celebrity athletes than they are to be upset by the possibility that Roger Clemens lied about his use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone. [Read more…]
Jul
08
Curt Schilling Admits His Teams Used Steroids But Refuses to Give Up World Series Rings
Former Major League Baseball player Curt Schilling returned to the cozy saddle of his moral high horse to speak out against anabolic steroids once again in an interview with the radio sports talk show 97.5 “The Fanatic” in Philadelphia. He told the hosts that every team which had won the World Series over the past twenty years cheated by using anabolic steroids and/or performance-enhancing drugs. Apparently, this includes the World Series Championship team that he played for in 2001, 2004 and 2007. [Read more…]
Jun
30
Charlie Sheen Thinks “F*cking Steroid Maniacs” Should Play in Major League Baseball
Charlie Sheen thinks the use of anabolic steroids should be allowed in Major League Baseball – at least on a limited basis. Sheen tells Sports Illustrated that every MLB baseball team should be allowed one “total f*cking steroid maniac”. He argues that the banning of performance-enhancing drugs should follow the same model as the banning of the spitball in baseball in 1919-1920. [Read more…]
Jun
29
Charlie Sheen Admits Using Steroids for Role of Baseball Player in “Major League”
Charlie Sheen admitted using anabolic steroids in preparation for the role of the fictitious baseball player Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn in the 1989 movie “Major League”. Sheen makes the confession in Sports Illustrated’s “Where Are They Now” issue according to a report by the New York Daily News. [Read more…]
Jun
23
Jose Canseco Thinks Baseball is 100 Percent Steroid-Free
Jose Canseco, the self-proclaimed “godfather of steroids” in baseball, believes Major League Baseball is completely free of anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing drugs. Canseco thinks the MLB’s anti-steroid policy has eliminated steroids from the sport rather than force athletes to use more sophisticated doping methods to evade detection. [Read more…]
Jun
06
Steroids and Growth Hormone Accusations the Least of Lenny Dykstra’s Worries
Former Major League Baseball player Lenny “Nails” Dykstra was hammered by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office with several felony charges including five counts of attempted grand theft auto, three counts of grand theft auto, eight counts of filing false financial statments, four counts of identity theft and three counts of possession of a controlled substance. Police found cocaine, ecstasy and Somatropin also known as human growth hormone (hGH) at his home when he was arrested for grand theft auto in April 2010. The charges filed by the Los Angeles District Attorney are independent of the charges filed by federal prosecutors last month for embezzling from his bankruptcy estate. [Read more…]
Jun
02
Alex Rodriguez Reportedly Traveling with His “Steroid Mule”
The New York Daily News claims that New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez is once again traveling with his cousin Yuri Sucart. Sucart was spotted at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco where the Yankees were staying during their road series against the Oakland A’s. An unidentified source told the Daily News that Sucart has accompanied A-Rod on several trips.
Rodriguez identified Sucart as his “steroid mule” in the days following his admission of steroid use. A “steroid mule” is the term used to describe an individual who smuggles anabolic steroids and/or performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) for another individual. Individuals employing steroid mules pay mules in order to avoid the risk of getting caught smuggling steroids into the United States. [Read more…]
