Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

[jfrost32]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

No one was clean...everyone did something during that era...some did big things some did small things...i really want to see that list who tested positive in 03 with Arod...im sure some of us are gonna be shocked to see what names are on there

[EnigmaNemesis]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

i really want to see that list who tested positive in 03 with Arod...im sure some of us are gonna be shocked to see what names are on there

Agreed.

[Sportsforever]

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Does anyone recall if Brett Boone was on the Mitchell Report list? I always thought the guy was the poster boy for steroids...a good glove, 10-15 HR, .250 hitter most of his career who goes off in Seattle for a few years of .330/40-45/100. As soon as testing was implemented in 2004 he was done.

[EnigmaNemesis]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

Does anyone recall if Brett Boone was on the Mitchell Report list? I always thought the guy was the poster boy for steroids...a good glove, 10-15 HR, .250 hitter most of his career who goes off in Seattle for a few years of .330/40-45/100. As soon as testing was implemented in 2004 he was done.

I believe the Boone's were on there.

[FedEx227]

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I sure hope so, him and Brady Anderson are the poster boys for the era of average to above-average players going elite thanks to steroids.

[BDKiiing]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

Pujols and Girffey Jr. for sure

[brendanrfoley]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

Piazza
Ventura
Ryan
Henderson

I don't know if he used during his Major League career, but Piazza admits trying steroids when he was a "younger" player. It's in the new book about Roger Clemens by Jeff Pearlman.

[Ohpityme]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

No one was clean...everyone did something during that era...some did big things some did small things...i really want to see that list who tested positive in 03 with Arod...im sure some of us are gonna be shocked to see what names are on there

I agree with you on desperately wanting to see that list...but I disagree on your negativity....'No-one was clean...' that is a really depressing viewpoint you have there buddy.
I choose to believe that there are at least a handful of good men in the world...and the world of baseball.

[tyler289]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

Glavine didn't; Mussina used a legal substance, I'm just blanking on what it was. Glavine used the same substance until the mandatory testing was implemented and didn't want to take the risk.

[jetercanoturn2]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

only Walt Weiss

[RedbirdFan18]

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Mark McGwire. Yeah, say im crazy, but he does have the best case. I mean, this is the guy who hit 52 bombs in his rookie year. In the 98 season, he hit 70. That's an 18 homer jump. An 18 homer jump isn't that much from your rookie season to your best season. But bonds hit 16 his rookie year, and he never got above 35 in his whole time in pittsburgh, but he somehow gets a 73 homer season? That's steroids. Yeah, McGwire got big, but there wasn't as big of a jump in homeruns as there was for Bonds and Sosa.

[snepp]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

You're crazy.

"I'm not here to talk about the past."

[SPTO]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

Mark McGwire. Yeah, say im crazy, but he does have the best case. I mean, this is the guy who hit 52 bombs in his rookie year. In the 98 season, he hit 70. That's an 18 homer jump. An 18 homer jump isn't that much from your rookie season to your best season. But bonds hit 16 his rookie year, and he never got above 35 in his whole time in pittsburgh, but he somehow gets a 73 homer season? That's steroids. Yeah, McGwire got big, but there wasn't as big of a jump in homeruns as there was for Bonds and Sosa.

Um....

Denial is not just a river in Egypt. That's all I gotta say bout that.

[MBMavs20]

Re: Name players that you think were clean during the steroid era

Mark McGwire. Yeah, say im crazy, but he does have the best case. I mean, this is the guy who hit 52 bombs in his rookie year. In the 98 season, he hit 70. That's an 18 homer jump. An 18 homer jump isn't that much from your rookie season to your best season. But bonds hit 16 his rookie year, and he never got above 35 in his whole time in pittsburgh, but he somehow gets a 73 homer season? That's steroids. Yeah, McGwire got big, but there wasn't as big of a jump in homeruns as there was for Bonds and Sosa.

I grew up a Yankee fan, but I was a huge Big Mac fan. He is one of my favorite players of all-time. That being said, I didn't want to admit that he juiced, but I think that he did.

McGwire hit 49 bombs his rookie year, ( broke the record by 11, which was set by Wally Berger in 1930). Mac could have hit 50, but he missed the last game of the year due to the birth of his son.

Without juicing, he still would have hit 500 bombs. It stinks that he basically lost 1993 and 1994 due to a foot injury. He said he almost retired. In 2000 and 2001, his last 2 years, he suffered knee injuries, perhaps due to the juice.

If he didn't juice, you think he would have at least defended himself against the allegations. He never said a word, and now he is lumped in with the "proven" cheaters who actually failed drug tests like Palmeiro, A-Rod, and Manny..

[sportyguyfl31]

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Carlos Beltran falls under that category of "If he's not clean, then no one is clean" category for me.


My hunch is Jim Thome is clean

I think Albert Belle was clean

This one might be a litle dicey, but I think Juan Gonzalez was clean.