I accidently took steroids

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:35pm

it was an unfortunate accident. i'm so ashamed.

From yahoo news: Rafael Palmeiro jabbed his finger in the air for emphasis and raised voice with all the indignation of a man falsely accused.

``I have never used steroids. Period,' he told a congressional panel in March.

On Monday, nearly five months later, the Baltimore Orioles slugger became baseball's highest-profile player to be suspended 10 days for using steroids.

While he didn't deny testing positive for the drugs, he insisted that ingesting them was an accident.

``When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth,' he said during a telephone conference call Monday. ``Today I am telling the truth again that I did not do this intentionally or knowingly.'


It was an accident

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:40pm

Didn't someone else use that same excuse months ago?

[Plum]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 7:14pm

This is huge- Palmeiro is the first active star to be suspended for failing steroid tests. It's one thing when the guys getting caught are minor leaguers or relief pitchers; it's quite another when it's a borderline Hall of Famer. I'm shocked- not that a star was using the stuff, but that he was outed just like any other player.