Orioles End Palmeiro's Controversial Year

AP ^ | 09/23/05 | DAVID GINSBURG

[IndyTiger]

Rafael Palmeiro's baseball season is over, the Baltimore Orioles told him Friday, the result of a positive test for steroids that severely tainted his remarkable career and proved to be too big a distraction for his teammates to ignore.

"He won't be dressing for the rest of the year," Orioles executive vice president Jim Beattie said. "We felt it wouldn't be appropriate for the organization."

The abrupt end to Palmeiro's season came one day after it was learned that he cited a vitamin he received from teammate Miguel Tejada as possibly causing the positive steroid test. The Orioles said Major League Baseball absolved Tejada of any wrongdoing.

[SpringheelJack]

Now, when Jose Canseco names players, and tells of instances of steroid use in baseball, I won't question his motivations and credibility. This situation with Palmeiro proves Canseco's credibility.

Hate to break it to you, but one of the people Canseco ID'd as a steroid user was Miguel Tejada, "Mr. Oriole".