List of Players on Steroids

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Bababooyee

I know for a fact that steroids were not banned by MLB until 2002 or 2003 (I used to be an acquaintance of the fellow who actually provided certain substances to Conte). And, fwiw, some anabolic steroids are actually still legal and readily available OTC.

WRT amphetamines, quite a few players have said they are a much bigger problem than steroids ever were (Tony Gwynn has said that on Baseball Tonight, for example).

The testing was done in 2003. If the ban started in 2003, then the players that tested positive violated the rules.

[Samarta]

Originally Posted by Bababooyee

Right. I guess I am mixing my comments to you and Gander together. E.g., Some of the accused were out of baseball by then (ie Big Mac).

And that's probably the very reason he got out. He knew it was about to hit the fan and I agree it was him and not Canseco's book that so far has been the biggest blow to baseball. But it is still an issue that needs to be addressed going forward and not what's already taken place, because guess what? While baseball is trying to figure out who took steroids in 97,98, etc....they are missing the players that are taking them now. It goes on in every major sport, and there are people that make a living at helping their "patients" mask results. I remember watching an interview with Carl Lewis shortly after Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal and Lewis didn't comment on Johnson's usage, he commented on how he couldn't understand why Johnson was caught. He went on to explain how people cycle in and out to ensure a clean test.