Baseball

"I never took steroids.  Period."

"Ok, you got me, what I meant was I never intentionally took steriods. Period."

"Gee, it was an accident.  I guess I accidently took them.  What?  How did I accidently take them?  Uh, er, um, I don't know.  But nobody else should do them."

I find in very intersting that in light of Mr. Conseco's expose, which at first everyone threw mud at, all these superstars seem to be shrinking up and not producing as well.  

It's unfortunate because in 10 games he'll be back on the field and I don't think this is going to keep him out of the hall of fame.  There are just too many uncertainties as to what he did do, how often and for how long.  Unless more evidence floats to the top there isn't enough to keep Raffy out of Cooperstown.

Practically every athlete who's ever been caught has said exactly the same thing. Verbatim. Must be some kind of conspiracy, what with all of these athletes being slipped steroid mickeys without their knowledge.

Not to hijack the thread, but what do you think about this:

Raffy P and who knows how many other modern players used performance enhancing drugs (to some extent, we can't say for sure if Raffy has been using them throughout his impressive career) as of right now are eligible for the HOF. 

What do you think about Pete Rose not being in?  So he gambled, big deal.  The guy was a great player and did it all naturally.  I think he paid his price and now should be worthy of getting in.

Yeah, kind of funny how he'd be back by may.  Then back by the all star break.  Then back by post season, and now he's not coming back at all this year.

I'm also curious why he's making all his statements through MLB.com and not the team.  Hmmmm.

Maybe Jose accidently tripped and stuck him and Raffy with a needle.  He should really have been more careful.

Barry must have slipped it into their "power smoothie" when they weren't looking, good thing he didn't accidentally put "roofies" (or whatever its called) in there by mistake. Boy would that have been embarassing!!

I disagree with this.  He's done his jail time.  He was eligible for the HOF starting back in 1991 if memory serves.  He's been persona non grata for almost 20 years, it's time to put it all to rest.  He's repented and many of his amazing accomplishments will probably never be broken, at least not with today's pansy excuse for professional athletes.  Bunch of overpaid cry babies.