Tejada, Palmero and Steriods

[mfische5]

It's been a month since the release of the Mitchell report, and i find it interesting no one is mentioning the fact that Raffael Palmero was not mentioned in the report. This has only been made more interesting by the fact that Tejada was mentioned, and now is under investigation for lying to federal agents.

 

Looking at the facts:

Palmero was never expected to have the power he developed

Palmero left baseball after his failed test for steroids.

Palmero accused Tejada of giving him a shot of B12 that was not B12...turns out Tejada did do steroids.

Palmero was investigated for perjury charges, none which stuck because of lack of evidence.

 

Now i know the Mitchell report is not comprehensive and did not go into details of all past users. But you would think that someone who was investigated for lying to congress would be mentioned...after all, Bonds and Giambi (not that Giambi lied to congress) are both in the report. Does this give any support to Palmero, or are the odds still stacked against him?

 

Personally, i think he did do steroids. He never was suppose to hit for the power he gained, and the odds that Tejada gave him a bad shot are pretty slim. The timing of Palmero's failed test is interesting though. You would think that Palmero would be extra careful about what he put into his body after the congressional hearing.

 

Any thoughts?

[10man]

uh, Sosa.

[fromthestretch]

It's been a month since the release of the Mitchell report, and i find it interesting no one is mentioning the fact that Raffael Palmero was not mentioned in the report. This has only been made more interesting by the fact that Tejada was mentioned, and now is under investigation for lying to federal agents.

 

Looking at the facts:

Palmero was never expected to have the power he developed

Palmero left baseball after his failed test for steroids.

Palmero accused Tejada of giving him a shot of B12 that was not B12...turns out Tejada did do steroids.

Palmero was investigated for perjury charges, none which stuck because of lack of evidence.

 

Now i know the Mitchell report is not comprehensive and did not go into details of all past users. But you would think that someone who was investigated for lying to congress would be mentioned...after all, Bonds and Giambi (not that Giambi lied to congress) are both in the report. Does this give any support to Palmero, or are the odds still stacked against him?

 

Personally, i think he did do steroids. He never was suppose to hit for the power he gained, and the odds that Tejada gave him a bad shot are pretty slim. The timing of Palmero's failed test is interesting though. You would think that Palmero would be extra careful about what he put into his body after the congressional hearing.

 

Any thoughts?

 

To say he was never expected to hit for power is false. He showed good power as a 22-year old in 1987 at both the AAA and major league levels. He may not have been expected to be a 40-homer guy, but hitting 25-35 shouldn't have been a big surprise.

[mfische5]

uh, Sosa.

 

Without turning this into a Sosa thread, Sosa was never convicted nor had as close a connection with Tejada that Palmero had.

[AllStarMe]

So ESPN news has been saying that if Tejada is found to have lied to investigators back in 05, he could lose his work visa and effectively banning him from MLB. How much would it suck for the Astros to give up five players for Miggy only to have him deported before a game played?

 

I really liked Tejada and wanted the Cubs to get him for some time, but it really seems like he did indeed use. He's one of the only players with links to both the west and east coast ties in this thing. It's a shame because he is a terrific hitter naturally, most def not the 50 hr type, but still elite for a SS. The O's still have some house cleaning to do, and while I realize that the Mitchell Report is far from comprehensive, it just seems that they've had in inordinate number of players either named or strongly suspected of using PEDs ::cough::BRADYANDERSON::cough::

[Guest]

Just because a player wasn't mentioned in the Mitchell Report doesn't mean that player didn't do roids. The Mitchell Report isn't the be all and end all of players doing steroids and Palmeiro not being mentioned means absolutely nothing. It's possible that Mitchell didn't even look into Palmeiro because he did fail a drug test.

[OleMissCub]

Palmero was never expected to have the power he developed

 

I don't know about all that. He was a three time All-American at Mississippi State (teamates with Will Clark, Bobby Thigpen, and Jeff Brantley btw) and hit for power a bit there.