Rafael Palmeiro

Maybe...who knows?...the main problem is that we don't know who is telling the truth.

Rafael was bait for the media. He got blasted for ratting the name of Tejada. There wasn't a nicer guy who worked harder and perfected his swing for the two ball parks he played the majority of his career in than Palmiero. He was a true gamer who came to the park ready to play every day. As a parent of two boys, he was a great family man and always chatted up the kids that arrived early.

He was at the end of a great career and baseball just wanted say, "Hey, look at our tough policy and who we caught. Bet you didn't think we really had the guts did you?"

If all the players who were named will just tell what they did and be honest when they do, I would have much more respect for them as people.

I wouldn't be surprised if baseball set Palmeriro up so that they could catch a big name at the time. that being said, the Mitchell himself stated that although they caught some players, there are many more out there that didn't get caught. And even though they were on the same team, who says that Raphey and Tejada didn't have seperate sources, or that Raphey even got the 'roids from Tejada himself?

I dont think this is rocket science...

Raffy hit 1 bomb every 34 at bats the 5 years prior to Canseco getting traded his Rangers team....The next 5 years Raffy hit 1 bomb every 16 at bats.

Is this coincidence? I dont think so. Jose Canseco is a clown, but what has he been wrong about concerning his area of expertise.....steroids.

Raffy lied. Tested positive. Blamed everyone. Cheated....the end.

I agree Canseco is a tool, but sure kinda makes you wonder if some of what he says in his book has some validity? I know this much, watch now as velocities drop, less balls leave the yard,etc....

I think if someone was to go back to the early 80's and start tracking avg. velocities for starters,relievers, closers and the like as well as avg. homerun production and see the rise in both.And then do it for the next decade or so after testing is implemented, you might see some differing results?

One thing for sure is Canseco seems to have been near or around quite a few of the players named!