[Reliever Josh Fogg , the Pirates' representative with the MLB Players Association, applauded the union's offer yesterday to increase the penalty to first-time steroids policy offenders from 10 days to 20 games:] Everybody in baseball wants to clean it up. ... With Palmeiro, from what we've seen on TV, it doesn't look like it's working out very well for him. I think there are pretty much a lot of guys who have been scared off. |
Although I do not know how this substance came into my body, it is possible that a shot of vitamin B-12 I took sometime in April might have been the cause. |
At the time, I thought that was the best I could do. Maybe it wasn't the right thing to do but I did what I had to do at the time. |
At this rate, I'm going to play first base on Tuesday. I can't wait around anymore. When I go back out there, I want to be able to play first. |
Everything just kind of crumbled, unexpectedly really, |
Everything just kind of crumbled, unexpectedly really. I never expected that anything would happen to me, not at this stage of my career, anyway. |
He doesn't have a family with him. He's not married. He doesn't have kids, |
He probably will tell Congress that he never knowingly has inserted anything into his ear. |
He's like a brother to me, ... Why would I want to bring him down when I take full responsibility for what I did? I was pressured under oath to say what I had taken and what I was given. |
He's the best player in baseball. He's having the best year. |
I am not sure when I'm going to play. |
I am pleased that after a thorough investigation - one in which I cooperated fully - the committee has decided to drop this matter. |
I deeply regret the pain I have caused my family, my teammates, my fans and the game of baseball. I am sorry for the distraction that I have caused to the Orioles clubhouse and the League. I remain opposed to the use of steroids by athletes. |
I don't, but if he'd swing the bat, he would be. It's not different than anyone else. |
I had X-rays done, and [a doctor] told me what it could be. He gave me the option of having an MRI, but I thought I'd just play on it. But I have to get an MRI. |