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http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AnOKZsDLwEN8R4iuYb9i5iwRvLYF?slug=ap-orioles-palmeiro&prov=ap&type=lgns
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Palmeiro's season ended by Orioles
By DAVID GINSBURG, AP Sports Writer
September 23, 2005
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Rafael Palmeiro's baseball season is over, the Baltimore Orioles told him Friday, the result of a positive test for steroids that severely tainted his remarkable career and proved to be too big a distraction for his teammates to ignore.
``He won't be dressing for the rest of the year,'' Orioles executive vice president Jim Beattie said. ``We felt it wouldn't be appropriate for the organization.''
The abrupt end to Palmeiro's season came one day after it was learned that he cited a vitamin he received from teammate Miguel Tejada as possibly causing the positive steroid test. The Orioles said Major League Baseball absolved Tejada of any wrongdoing.
Beattie said the decision was made during a meeting he attended with owner Peter Angelos, vice president Mike Flanagan and manager Sam Perlozzo. Beattie said Palmeiro was disappointed to learn he would not be welcomed back.
``I would say he wasn't totally in agreement,'' Beattie said. ``He had his sights on finishing out the season.''
Beattie said Palmeiro would probably clean out his locker this weekend.
A phone call to Palmeiro's cell phone was not immediately returned. Palmeiro, 40, has not yet decided whether to return for the 2006 season. He hit .266 with 18 home runs and 60 RBIs this year.
Palmeiro received a 10-day suspension on Aug. 1 for using steroids. At that point, a season in which he became the fourth player in major league history to amass 3,000 hits and 500 home runs quickly began to unravel.
Upon his return, Palmeiro was jeered by fans at home and away. He went 2-for-26 with one RBI and wore earplugs during a game in Toronto before the Orioles finally sent him home on Sept. 5 for rehabilitation on his right knee and left ankle.
The first baseman was scheduled to return from Texas on Friday to finish out the season, but the Orioles decided against it.
Earlier, Beattie said baseball had cleared Tejada.
``They tested the stuff Miggy had and found out it was B12 and cleared it and that's the end of the story,'' Beattie said.
Palmeiro said he received vitamin B-12 from Tejada, a person familiar with Palmeiro's unsuccessful grievance hearing to overturn the suspension said on condition of anonymity because the proceedings were secret.
Tejada dismissed Palmeiro's assertion as implausible.
``Right now I'm in shock,'' Tejada, a former American League MVP, said after Baltimore lost to the New York Yankees on Thursday night.
``I've never given anybody steroids before,'' he said. ``I've been checked out three times already, and I'm clean. I've been clean all my life.''
Tejada said he gave Palmeiro the B-12 injection ``a long time ago.''
Vitamin B-12 helps maintain healthy nerve cells and red blood cells, and is commonly found in foods such as fish, meat, poultry and dairy products.
According to a person familiar with the investigation, Palmeiro listed the B-12 as a possible reason for the positive test but did not make any definitive accusation.
Palmeiro has not publicly discussed details of the testimony he gave during a grievance filed by the players' association to overturn his 10-day suspension, which followed a positive test for stanozolol. He testified before the House Government Reform Committee last March that he never used steroids and was interviewed by congressional investigators following the Aug. 1 announcement on his penalty.
Updated on Friday, Sep 23, 2005 4:10 pm EDT
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What a fuckin disgrace this guy is....Runs his big fuckin mouth off to congress, under oath may I add, that he didnt use steroids and bashed others who did, gets caught and punished and still trys to blame it on a teammate who obviously didnt give Palmerio shit..B12 is not a steroid, and Miguel Tejada (teammate) has been tested 3 times for roids and every test is clean....
I hope this ends his career...I was a fan of his, until all this shit...he's like another Pete Rose...*shakes head*
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What Pete Rose did is nothing compared to taking steroids imo. A good majority of these guys should be banned from baseball altogether especially Barry Bonds. It pisses me off that he is going to pass Babe Ruth on the all time homer list. Babe Ruth was a real ball player. That guy hit as many home runs as he did with a booze and smoking problem.
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| Esel_Gesi wrote: | | What Pete Rose did is nothing compared to taking steroids imo. A good majority of these guys should be banned from baseball altogether especially Barry Bonds. It pisses me off that he is going to pass Babe Ruth on the all time homer list. Babe Ruth was a real ball player. That guy hit as many home runs as he did with a booze and smoking problem. |
And in shorter seasons if I remember correctly
Yeah, I hate Barry bonds too...arrogant fuckin asshole. I wouldnt doubt if he's used roids...prolly doesnt use em now tho. They'd love to catch someone like Bonds using roids...I mean, just look at what they did to Palmeiro...
still im not a big fan of the bambino...he wasnt all that good of a ball player, he could just crush the ball when he did hit. Now Horus (i think thats his first name) Wagner was a ball player...or the The Daffy brothers (pitches) or Cy Young - the best |
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Yeah they both shouldn't be allowed in the record books and definitely not the Hall of Fame.I think a cpl years ago it was Bonds who got this whole steriod thing started cause he was taking a performance enhancing substance that couldn't be detected at the time if memory serves me right.
Anywho both these guys and any other player found using steriods should have their records wiped out imo.They didn't play by the rules they certainly shouldn't be credited with holding cherished records or breaking milestone markers.
As far as Pete Rose goes I think he should be inducted to the hall of fame,during his career he didn't cheat by taking steriods to get all those hits he did it through hard work and natural talent.So he bet on sports...he didn't get his team to throw games so he could cash in.I would like to see "charlie hustle" in the hall of fame way more than Palmeiro or Bonds.
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| Lod|_Dod| wrote: | Yeah they both shouldn't be allowed in the record books and definitely not the Hall of Fame.I think a cpl years ago it was Bonds who got this whole steriod thing started cause he was taking a performance enhancing substance that couldn't be detected at the time if memory serves me right.
Anywho both these guys and any other player found using steriods should have their records wiped out imo.They didn't play by the rules they certainly shouldn't be credited with holding cherished records or breaking milestone markers.
As far as Pete Rose goes I think he should be inducted to the hall of fame,during his career he didn't cheat by taking steriods to get all those hits he did it through hard work and natural talent.So he bet on sports...he didn't get his team to throw games so he could cash in.I would like to see "charlie hustle" in the hall of fame way more than Palmeiro or Bonds. |
This man knows what he is talking about. |
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Why would Raffy do this at the end of his career is mindboggling....I admit, I'm not much of a BB fan...Even though the O's are my home team.....O's will never be successful as long as they have that A-hole owner of theirs.....As far as Rose goes...I agree...His actions as a manager should'nt tarnish his accomplishments as a player....
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