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Posted By: fkw

Clemens juiced? Might want to look at Mr. Ryan too?? Add Jim Rice, Ricky Henderson, Mike Schmidt, Lee Smith, Eddie Murray, Reggie Jackson, Garry Carter, Carlton Fisk, Steve Garvey, and a few others from the era too! The whole steroid thing should be dropped. It wasnt against the rules until 2003. The only HOF caliper player to break the rule is Palmeiro, period! And andro (McGwires magic stuff) was not illegal too. It was banned in the Olympics, NCAA, and football only.....not baseball.

To give an example......... I know for a fact John Wetteland took steroids in High School, he was a teammate of mine for 5 years. It was everywhere back then. The only reason he stopped then was because he was told (by scouts and coaches) to get out of the gym and stop lift weights, because he was getting too bulky to be a pitcher. Bottom line it was common in the 1980s and any player in the late 70's-80's had their chance to take them or not. And why wouldnt you think about it as a pro player, if big power numbers = more $$.