THE 50 HR CLUB...a very telling list.....

[Archive]

Posted By: Dan McCarthy

As I said before, I think Griffey is clean. He's not a whole lot bigger than he was in 1989 and I feel like he (and many others, too) has more respect for the game than to taint it through steroid use. At least I hope so. Perhaps at least some of these players' parents instilled some "if everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you do it to?" values. It isn't like these players wouldn't have made good money without steroids either; all of them have at least some natural talent. At the minor league level it's different, because they have everything to gain and nothing to lose. If I was making $30k a year and could take a shot that would give me a million dollars a year I'd probably do it. If I was making $10 million per year and I could take a shot that would give me $20 million I wouldn't. You can only have so many millions. Also, I don't like needles.

P.S. Al - do you make TV commercials?