Wednesday, May 29, 2002

Well I guess it's about time someone blew the whistle on steroid use in the majors. That would explain a lot about Ken Caminiti's outburst in 1996 and his subsequent injuries that aggravated many fantasy owners after that. And while we're at it, we'll go guessing about everyone else. In the office, we're already targeting Steve Finley and Brady Anderson -- among all of those 1996 power hitters. Maybe they were all on the juice, eh?

It's about time they test for the stuff, although the players continue to throw up the privacy thing. Yet another reason that there won't be an agreement and why there'll be a strike sooner or later. If it's as bad as Caminiti (50 percent) or Jose Canseco (85 percent) say, then there could be a huge problem. Even worse are those folks who don't know how to control their dosage (like Cammy that year). Unfortunately, we'll probably see instances like Lyle Alzado or Superstar Billy Graham.

And if you think that's bad, just look at a bunch of the pro wrestlers who have died early like Davey Boy Smith just a couple of weeks ago. There are just as many stories like him as there are about old vets like Lou Thesz and Wahoo McDaniel, who passed on at much older ages.

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