Did Jason Giambi have cancer or something a few years ago because of his steroid use?
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He had a tumor of his pituitary gland.
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I hope he breaks his neck before he breaks any baseball records. Maybe he should be thrown out of baseball for doing steroids. Think about it... if you did drugs in the workplace, would you be fired??? I don't think that any player of any game that gets the saleries that the likes of Bonds gets should be able to compete for any records if they are on any performance enhancing drugs.
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Yeah, probably, at least according to his numbers posted in the steroid/HGH era (ca. 1986 - present).  But then again, considering all that has been discovered over the past two seaons, I have the strong right to wonder if he were/is probably on some illegal performance enhancer himself.  So I would be hesitant to put his name on the top of the list.  In fact, I don't think any player of this same era should have any record in the record books, considering that there is just way too much of a cloud of doubt surrounding just about every single baseball star who has played during this period.  \n\nPersonally, I find it kind of strange that Clemens seemed to be on the decline of his career in the early-to-mid 90s only to re-surface as an amazingly dominant pitcher again a few years later with Toronto.  I mean, the Red Sox must have known that he was on his way out -- sure, teams make mistakes all the time (and the 1990s Red Sox weren't exactly the smartest team around), but not to the point where an organization would have been so entirely, utterly wrong about the future of a franchise player.  It's all just too fishy.  So, that said, I don't think we can ever really judge the extent of Clemens' "greatness".  Which, by the way, is the same reason why I'm not sure how easy it is to gauge any player's "greatness", because many "great" players have either found ways around the rules (corked bats, spit-ball pitchers, etc.) or have just benefitted from favorable conditions unavailable to players of other generations (such as pitchers during the dead-ball era, or sluggers during the Coors Field/Jose Canseco "juiced" era).
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i don't like him cause he plays for the Giants (i'm a Dodger fan) but honestly as a REAL baseball fan, you really have to appreciate what he has accomplished. i mean whose to say Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle or anyone else from the past didn't use steroids. besides steroids wasn't banned in baseball until just recently.
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Everyone knows that Barry Bonds uses steroids.  And the concept of accidentally using steroids, does anyone really believe that?  That's like accidentally smoking crack!  Bonds case should be looked at a little more carefully than it is.  Major League Baseball isn't even really paying attention to the claims of his use.  I think the main reason for this is because he broke the single season HR record, and how would they handle that situation?  They couldn't just take them away there would be too much criticism over that one.  But, he should be fines, suspended, and investigated more thoroughly.  My main question is where was he when they had Sosa, Palmeiro, Schilling, Thomas, and McGwire?
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Jason Giambi, good slugging percentage and on base percentage. gets alot of walks.
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Can you say Cheat? He used synthetic steroids (THG) and HGH which are only detectable via a blood test! Remember that Conseco, McGwire, Giambi, Sosa and Sheffield also are just as guilty.
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Yes, it's like a deal with the devil. Barry Bonds got a boost in power but he had to give up years of his life for it. Even though he has stopped taking them, the steroids still will play an effect on his body. He knew what he was doing, but I guess he thought breaking the all-time homerun record was worth it. He'll be sorry in about 10 ti 15 years.
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It may have been Ken Caminitti. He played briefly for the Rangers, and I think he went back to the National League. He did die from a heart attack a few years ago, probably caused by his years of alcohol, drug, and steroid abuse. Sad.
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First, until you can prove that Barry took steroids or until anyone for that matter comes up with concrete evidence, facts, receipts or whatever that he bought them and took them then get off his back.  Don't believe everything you read and I wouldn't take Jose Canseco's word if you paid me and I sure ain't going to believe what I read in a book with no factual evidence beyond someone heard this from someone else that he took steroids.  It hasn't been proven yet that Barry knowingly took steroids and he admitted to unknowingly taking the cream and the clear which was given to him in a flax seed oil bottle so he doesn't have a problem admitting something cause he admitted to doing that.  The problem is since he is not approachable that the public hates him, maybe he's a private person and wants to be left alone by the media cause he knows they twist everything, personally I like the guy and I'm pulling for him to break the records cause he's a great hitter with great reflexes, steroids don't improve your reflexes or your skill with the bat, just your strength so he's still a prolific hitter with amazing unheard of stats like OBP and slugging percentage.  Giambi, he was honest so that's that, he admitted to taking them and said he was sorry, doesn't forgive everything but I was never a fan of his back when he played with Oakland so it didn't matter to me either way.  But don't be hard on someone like Barry with no facts and then love someone who admitted to taking them and had facts to back it up in Giambi. Go Bonds!!
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We are all forgetting Ken Caminett..Jose Canseco is a hero..He shed light on a major problem..All the way to the owner of these teams..And coaches to stand by and let this go on...Just think if you were a manager of yor sons or daughter baseball or softball team would you stand by as your child coach and just let them shoot up...NO I didn't think so...In 1984 there was an aricle in the Modesto Bee about it, I was a junior in high school...Mark and Jose were young pups when they arived on the sence of the steroid issue in baseball...But as the "Basher Bothers" took hold and they were on the top, ya don't think they didn't use but for the owners to sit back and let it happen they too are apart of the "Basher Brothers" big Bash in baseball in the 80's
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Palmiero was what I was going to mention before I saw the details. After he got caught, he did nothing to help Baltimore. The steroid policy worked last year but this year with the more strict rules, anyone who doesn't get caught will have probably refused to take the test. But then he can't play. The steroid policy will be great this year.
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Considering he's played with the O's, Diamondbacks and Royals lately I'd say most of those names come from those rosters. Palmiero is one that jumps up right away. Curt Schilling is a possibility even though he was gone before Grimsley got to Arizona. Many of the players are likely to be journeymen like himself. However there may be some stars. Grimsley was teamates with players like Beltran and Sweeney.  Sidney Ponson might be another name to pop up.  Barry Bonds apparently has been linked to HG drugs before and it appeared the feds wanted Grimsley to get Bonds for them. So there is a strong chance that Bonds a known steroids user will be scooped up in this. Other steroid users like Sosa and Giambi might be on the list as well. In fact I'd be really surprised if Sosa doesn't turn up in this scandal. He used corked bats, steroids and every other method of cheating, why not the HG formulas?
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Yes...steroids or not, he was one of the best before the steroids era.  Hate the guy, but he is a great baseball player.  Pete Rose should be in as well....for his ON field accomplishments.
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HE SHOULD GET OUT OF THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MY TURN TO TALK.HE GOT STEROIDS AND HAS TO BE SUSPENDED FROM THE GAME.IT IS NO OTHER PLAYERS BECAUSE SOME TEAMS DON'T HAVE STEROID PEOPLE.DIE BARRY BONDS(RASPBERRY)
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i think those were steroid induced .........he was after all was said and done using steroids and it showed on the field of play in the nfl
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Palmeiro suspended for steroids policy violation\n\nfirst "big league" player