Yardbarker: Rafael Palmeiro

"Manager Of The Year" -- Not For Whom To Vote, But How?

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:36:37 -0500

There are two things we could do today that we won't do -- three if you include doing the dishes -- and they are to debate whether managers are important, i.e., impactful enough to be worth analyzing, and to debate who should win the coveted "The votes for these awards are always made by the wrong people for the wrong reasons" award for 2009. If you find yourself venturing into either of these two conversations, then you have to do the dishes and make it a trifecta. Today w...

Rafael Palmeiro to Become the Rangers' Hitting Coach

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:16:00 -0500

Not.Just wanted to get your attention.How is it that Mark McGwire can come back to Major League Baseball and Pete Rose cannot become eligible for the Hall of Fame? Why is there no pushback from the Commissioner's office on McGwire? Why should he be allowed back?The simple answer is that while he all but lied during his Congressional testimony he wasn't found guilty of anything, wasn't (really) the subject of MLB's investigation and most certainly wasn't suspended by Major ...

One to Palmeiro

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:47:05 -0500

Alex Rodriguez hits home run 568 to extend the Yankees lead to 5-1 over the Angels. That puts A-Rod one home run behind Rafael Palmeiro for 10th on the all-time list. He’ll be very young when he joins the top ten.

Rafael Palmeiro Tries To Cash in on the Manny Good Vibes, Video

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:17:46 -0500

Rafael Palmeiro Tries To Cash in on the Manny Good Vibes, Video. Since Raffy’s positive steroid test we have heard zilch from him. Now, all of the sudden, he shows up with a white goatee and starts talking about a conspiracy. I believe Palmeiro has been sitting at home looking at Manny getting cheered in [...]

Palmeiro Talks About PED's

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:34:00 -0500

((HT: ESPN/Pedro Gomez))

Rafael Palmeiro spent some time reflecting before he was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame on Friday in Lubbock, Texas.

Palmeiro's legacy shifted in the summer of 2005. On July 15, he got his 3,000th career hit and joined an exclusive club of players with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray are the only other players to have done both. On Aug. 1, Palmeiro found out he had failed a steroids test and was suspended 10 days by Major League Baseball.

"I made a mistake," Palmeiro told ESPN's Pedro Gomez on Friday. "I didn't really understand what I was taking and I paid for it. I paid for it very dearly. Life goes on."

Palmeiro continues to deny knowingly taking performance enhancing drugs.

"I've heard a lot of things out there that are wrong," he said. "People saying I took drugs all my life, I've never touched anything. I worked my butt off my whole career, as a kid, in college, the big leagues, I didn't need anything, I didn't have to cheat at the end of my career, for what? What was I going to gain from it? Whatever I took was tainted, had to have been. There's no other reason unless I got set up.

"What I took was a B-12 [vitamin] that was given to me by a teammate. That's it. That was it."

Before the failed test, while testifying before a House committee with other ballplayers in March 2005, Palmeiro had stated: "I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that."

Palmeiro said he has no regrets about his testimony before Congress because he had never taken anything. He hopes the list of 104 players who tested positive in 2003 is released because, "I'm not on the list."

Palmeiro was a three-time first-team All-American at Mississippi State. He was the SEC's first triple crown winner in 1984, when he hit .415 with 29 home runs and 94 RBIs.

Palmeiro a lifetime .288 hitter in the majors played for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles.

Here's the interview with Pedro...

All that does is give us the excuse to show this...
((Thanks: APTV))

Rafael Palmeiro Still Denies Knowingly Taking Steroids

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:58:00 -0500

There have been plenty of moments in baseball involving steroids and other performance enhancers that stand out in our memories, but one that's always stuck in the back of my mind was Rafael Palmeiro sitting in front of Congress back in March 2005. There he was wagging his finger at Congress and saying "I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that...."

Yeah Right Palmeiro

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:59:59 -0500

ESPN - Rafael Palmeiro was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame on Friday. Palmeiro used the platform to again deny having knowingly used steroids. “I made a mistake,” Palmeiro told ESPN’s Pedro Gomez. “I didn’t really understand what I was taking and I paid for it. I paid for it very dearly. Life goes on.” He [...]

Rafael Palmeiro denies knowingly using steroids

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:14:10 -0500

The former Rangers slugger did an interview with Pedro Gomez on Friday. Click here to see the story and video. Part of the story on Palmeiro's interview: "I made a mistake," Palmeiro told ESPN's Pedro Gomez on Friday. "I didn't really understand what I was taking and I paid for it. I paid for it very dearly. Life goes on." Palmeiro continues to deny knowingly taking performance enhancing drugs. "I've heard a lot of things out there that are wrong,&q...

Rafael Palmeiro continues to deny knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:16:23 -0500

Rafael Palmeiro spent some time reflecting before he was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame on Friday in Lubbock, Texas on Friday.

Rafael Palmeiro, Can’t Beat The Real Thing, Coke Commercial

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:16:01 -0500

Rafael Palmeiro, Can?t Beat The Real Thing, Coke Commercial. This commercial just struck me as sad and funny. I just have to keep telling myself not to take the whole steroids thing personal. It?s just business. I love how the commercial ends you have Raffy walking away and the caption is ?Can?t ...

Numbers On Steroids: Rafael Palmeiro

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:03:48 -0500

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. "I Never Took Steroids! Period!" That's what Rafael Palmeiro said a few months prior to testing positive for steroids. Yay for lying to America. Let's take a look at his career stats to see where any evident jumps are to see if we can pinpoint the start of his abuse. Averages Say: All of a Sudden the Slugging Percentage Just Plummets. Hmm... At Bats Per Home Run Says: And...

Other Athletes Who Have Shot Themselves in the Foot

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:04:28 -0500

Now that Plaxico Burress has written the latest chapter of "When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong", he has insured a legendary ranking among the dumbest shootings ever. He avoids a Darwin Award for surviving, but gets major negatives for shooting himself (at least Dick Cheney shot a lawyer). This of course presents a perfect excuse to review which athletes have significantly shot themselves in the foot in recent history: Kellen Winslow - Riding a motorbike Kobe Bryant - still working on ...

Orioles Going Cheesy Gameshow By Celebrating 50 Millionth Fan at Camden

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:34:44 -0500

There hasn't been much to write about in regards to Orioles baseball over the past few seasons.

Maybe Athletes Should Just Stop Taking "Vitamins"

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:56:44 -0500

Miguel Tejada gave Rafael Palmeiro a B-12 shot (allegedly), but it turned out to be steroids (allegedly). Good story huh? Apparently it was so good that track man Justin Gatlin decided he'd go with that as his alibi as well.