Posted on 02/17/2005 10:42:27 AM PST by ambrose
Former MVP Runner-Up Wants Canseco's Award
1 hour, 35 minutes ago
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - The man who finished second to Jose Canseco in voting for the 1988 American League most valuable player award says he should have the award now that Canseco is talking publicly about his steroid use.
"Where's my MVP?" former Boston Red Sox (news) outfielder Mike Greenwell told the Fort Myers, Florida, News-Press. "(Canseco's) an admitted steroid user. I was clean."
Canseco, in his book, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big," and in interviews with CBS's "60 Minutes" news program, says he injected former home run king Mark McGwire and former team mates Jason Giambi, Raphael Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez and Ivan Rodriguez with steroids.
All have denied the accusations.
Boston Globe reporter Gorden Edes, a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, said he did not believe the association would strip admitted steroid users of their awards.
"Like it or not, steroids were not a banned substance at that time in Major League Baseball," Edes told the News-Press.
Canseco told "60 Minutes Wednesday" that his steroid use was no secret to baseball officials.
"They knew what I was doing. They knew what the other baseball players were doing, if they were involved in taking steroids," Canseco said. "Owners knew it. Players Association knew it."
But Sandy Alderson, Major League Baseball's executive vice-president, said: "That's absolutely not true."
Asked on "60 Minutes Wednesday" did he think that Canseco was taking steroids, Alderson, the Oakland general manager when Canseco played there, said: "I had suspicions, over time, that he might be."
We're steroids even banned in baseball back then?
I agree. All records should be evaluated and if achieved by an admitted or proven user should be striken from the books.
Nothing like kicking off the baseball season with controversy.
Nice to see selfish baseball players come in both drugged and clean forms...yuchh..
Didn`t Canseco sell his MVP trophy?
Has MLB banned the use of cocaine by players? Steroids may not have been banned by the MLB, but aren't they a controlled substance under US law?
Has MLB banned the use of cocaine by players? Steroids may not have been banned by the MLB, but aren't they a controlled substance under US law?
Never going to happen.
But they're baseball players. The law doesn't apply to them...
Why not put a syringe next to his name?
The fun part is going to be watching a whole lot of guys twisting themselve into knots trying to explain why they're reporting to Spring training weighing 20 or 30 pounds less than last year.
I heard this today from Warner Wolf on WABC-NY this morning and what amazed me most about this particular story was the runner-up's stats. He hit like .325 or something (impressive BA, I admit) but he only had 22 home runs and 19 runs batted in...
Maybe it's me but that doesn't sound too "MVP"ish?
Man, I thought this was The Onion.
What's next, the Giants wanting the 1989 World Series Trophy?
I'm ready for the season to kick off.
I do think a legitimate argument can be made that The Babe and Roger Maris were cheated out of their records by roidheads.
Steroids were not banned; they were and still are illegal unless prescribed by a doctor for medical reasons.
I'd like to see descendants of the Babe or Maris go to court.
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