Rafael Palmeiro Could be Telling Truth, Says Former Congressman

Filed under: MLB PEDs WASHINGTON -- Rafael Palmeiro uttered the words a few corridors from here that defined his career more than his 3,020 hits, 569 home runs and three Gold Gloves. "I have never used steroids, period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that," the slugger said before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in March 2005. The former head of the Congressional subcommittee that Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Jose Canseco testified in front of told FanHouse that Palmeiro indeed may not have knowingly used steroids despite a positive test days after he recorded his 3,000th hit -- a benchmark that typically ensures entry to the Hall of Fame. Palmeiro will find out Wednesday if he'll be a first-ballot selection as the Baseball Writers' Association of America reveals if anybody reached the 75% threshold for induction. "I feel bad for him," said Tom Davis, a retired Virginia Congressman who now is director of F...