"I would have never said a word, but now that Jose's admitted he was using steroids during the time he beat me (for) the MVP, then I have a problem with that because, obviously, I wasn't playing on an even playing field,"
"He reaped a lot of rewards and a lot of benefits for being on an illegal drug and probably took something away from me that I never got to feel. So does it bother me? Absolutely."
"He reaped a lot of rewards and a lot of benefits for being on an illegal drug and probably took something away from me that I never got to feel. So does it bother me? Absolutely."
Greenwell said that "halfway through my career I considered using steroids." Later, he may have had a chance to get help from Canseco when they were teammates.
"One day he hits a mammoth home run at Fenway Park and I said to him, `Jose, I'd do anything to have your power. It's unbelievable,"' Greenwell said. "I actually got up and got a drink of Gatorade and sat back down and gave him a minute to think and he said, `well, why don't you come on down to Miami and I can give you the power.'
"Whether he was serious or not, I don't know, and my comment back to that was, `I'm too old for that stuff."'
"One day he hits a mammoth home run at Fenway Park and I said to him, `Jose, I'd do anything to have your power. It's unbelievable,"' Greenwell said. "I actually got up and got a drink of Gatorade and sat back down and gave him a minute to think and he said, `well, why don't you come on down to Miami and I can give you the power.'
"Whether he was serious or not, I don't know, and my comment back to that was, `I'm too old for that stuff."'
In 1988 Greenwell hit .325, 22 HRs, 119 RBI