Roto Info posted what they’re calling a “Rumored steroid list (UNCONFIRMED)” that names 103 Major League Baseball players alleged to have failed 2003 random drug tests. You’ll see the usual suspects, a boatload of Red Sox, and a number of guys that must have used faulty performance enhancers.

Deadspin is calling BS on the list, and spoke to somebody from Roto Info about it, who of course, stood by their claims that somebody they trust told them the names on the list MIGHT be the ones from the actual list. Sounds believable to me..

Rumored 2003 Steroid list leaks out? [Roto Info]

Why The “New” Alleged Steroids List Is A Crock [Deadspin]

When the news broke that Alex Rodriguez, A-Rod, A-Roid, or A-Fraud used steroids people quickly pointed to his 2007 interview with Katie Couric in which Rodriguez said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. A few hours days later Alex sat down with Peter Gammons to admit his steroid usage.

First off, why couldn’t they get A-Rod a bigger chair? Nothing says I’m clean now like squeezing into highchair. Second, Alex did a so-so job of convincing me he only used ‘roids from 2001 to 2003. At least he’s trying to tell the truth but knowing Alex Rodriguez, this will end up biting him in the ass rather than helping him.

• Alex Rodriguez linked to steroids in Sports Illustrated report

According to a report on SI.com for different sources claim that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2003. Rodriguez was a member of the Texas Rangers at the time, an organization that also employed supposed steroid users Rafael Palmiero and Juan Gonzalez.

A Sports Illustrated reporter caught up to Alex Rodriguez on Thursday to get his thoughts on the recent allegations:

When approached by an SI reporter on Thursday at a gym in Miami, Rodriguez declined to discuss his 2003 test results. “You’ll have to talk to the union,” said Rodriguez, the Yankees’ third baseman since his trade to New York in February 2004. When asked if there was an explanation for his positive test, he said, “I’m not saying anything.”

A-Rod never has much to say so those comments don’t come as a surprise. What sucks for Alex is that there were 103 other names on the list that tested positive for steroids in 2003, but so far the only name we’re hearing is Alex Rodriguez’.

The A-Fraud nickname is gonna get plenty of mileage now that Alex is looking and sounding like a liar. You might remember Alex Rodriguez sat down with Katie Couric for an interview and denied any involvement with steroids or performance enhancing drugs.

Of course, Jose Canseco was telling a different story.

As much of a scumbag as he is, and all-around terrible boxer, Jose Canseco has been one of the most reliable sources of the Steroid Era.

• Barry Bonds’ trainer Greg Anderson caught on tape discussing steroids and Barry Bonds

The government is going after Barry Bonds like he’s the Pablo Escobar of the Steroid Era, and they’re latest evidence sounds like a bombshell. The Feds have tape of Barry Bonds’ trainer and non-rat Greg Anderson talking to former Barry Bonds buddy and full-blown vermin Steve Hoskins about the ins and outs of steroid use and why they’ll never get caught.

ESPN played the audio on SportsCenter and they’ve posted the transcript at the dot com. There’s some question as to how much of this recording (if any) will be allowed in court, but Bonds’ already crappy public perception is gonna take a big hit.

Listen to the phone call here:

First Greg Anderson explains to Steve Hoskins how to properly inject the steroids so you can avoid those pesky cysts.

Anderson: No, what happens is, they put too much in one area, and what it does, it’ll, it’ll actually ball up and puddle. And what happens is, it actually will eat away and make an indentation. And it’s a cyst. It makes a big [expletive] cyst. And you have to drain it. Oh yeah, it’s gnarly … Hi Benito … oh it’s gnarly.

Hoskins: He said his [expletive] went … that’s why he has to, he had to switch off of one cheek to the other. Is that why Barry’s didn’t do it in one spot, and you didn’t just let him do it one time?

Anderson: Oh no. I never. I never just go there. I move it all over the place.

After talking about how to properly inject the ‘roids, and saying whaddup to Benito, Anderson goes on to mention how Marion Jones and ‘em were getting away with juicing at the Olympics.

Anderson: … everything that I’ve been doing at this point, it’s all undetectable.

Hoskins: Right.

Anderson: See, the stuff that I have … we created it. And you can’t, you can’t buy it anywhere. You can’t get it anywhere else. But, you can take it the day of and pee …

Hoskins: Uh-huh.

Anderson: And it come up with nothing.

Hoskins: Isn’t that the same [expletive] that Marion Jones and them were using?

Anderson: Yeah, same stuff, the same stuff that worked at the Olympics.

Hoskins: Right, right.

Anderson: And they test them every [expletive] week.

Hoskins: Every week. Right, right.

Anderson: So that’s why I know it works. So that’s why I’m not even trippin’. So that’s cool.

The only thing I can say is bye-bye Barry.

Australian Customs officials seized 150 bottles of steroids disguised as ‘gay lube oil’ thwarting a smuggling network’s latest attempt at bringing the banned substances into the country. The bottles contained testosterone and deca durabolin and were found in Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.

Customs spokesman, Richard Janeczko, says the steroids have been smuggled into the country in several different ways.

“These goods are found mainly coming through the mail, express mail, some of them have come in through passengers, others have come in through people carrying them in.”

Mr Janeckzo, says people take steroids to try to look good.

“The bulk of the people we investigate are actually not elite sports people. The people that want to enhance their image either gym people, security guards, bikies.”

I don’t use steroids but a bottle labeled gay lube oil would make me stop. If somebody saw me with the vial how would I justify it? I can admit to using steroids or bite the bullet and say ‘what, you’ve never tried this?’, but either way I lost.

Too bad the steroids being investigated in the Mitchell Report weren’t smuggled in this way. It would have been funny as hell to see ballplayers in front of Congress testifying about the clear, the cream, and the gay lube oil.

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The Tongan Terror scored a TKO if you’re being technical, but that doesn’t change anything. It’s time for Jose Canseco to go ahead and pack it in after getting knocked out by Vai Sikahema. Canseco talked a gang of shit before the fight, and backed it up by getting knocked down a couple of times. It’s doubtful that he landed a punch.

I am sure that 99% of the country (mostly A-Rod and his flings) wanted Sikahema to beat the crap out of Jose, but did he have to do it so quickly? Vai could tell from the jump that he was gonna dominate tomato Canseco so he should’ve punished him for a while instead of dropping him in the first round. Hopefully Vai Sikahema knocked Jose Canseco out of the public eye for good.

Bonus Video: Different angle with Canseco post fight interview:

Vai Sikahema, Jose Canseco, knockout, video

I wouldn’t go this route but you have to respect the hustle of Pa Lor and Tia Yang. The two enterprising women from Minnesota hatched a plan that they thought would bring in some extra cash, instead they’re being indicted.

The ladies have been charged with one count of conspiracy to smuggle wildlife and one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids. The court papers lay out their plan:

The indictment alleges that from October 2005 to August 2006, the Yang and Lor conspired to bring wild animals into the U.S. for sale and offer wildlife for sale at a booth at the International Marketplace in St. Paul.

Asian elephant, giant squirrel, leopard cat, mongoose, flying squirrel, black-striped weasel, gibbon, leaf monkey, monitor lizard, tapir, slider turtles and small-clawed otter…to name a few.

The indictment also alleges that from October 2005 to August 2006 the two women conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute approximately 184 units of a substance containing a detectable amount of anabolic steroids.

I thought the Pizza Hut-Taco Bell by my crib was a weird combination, but these chicks took it to another level with wild animals and anabolic steroids. If Michael Jackson played baseball I could understand it, but since he doesn’t, who were they targeting? And how does it work?
“Can I interest you in this giant squirrel? No? How bout some ‘roids for the kids?”

Twin Cities Women Indicted For Smuggling Wild Animals, Steroids. Courtesy of My Fox Twin Cities

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Jose Canseco has grown accustom to watching his best laid plans go up in smoke. He took steroids to become a superhuman baseball player, but ended up a big joke. He wrote “Juiced” with hopes of hurting Major League Baseball, but has seen the sport thrive despite all of the steroid talk. This time around, Jose’s book “Vindicated” could lead to him being indicted.

Federal investigators met with Jose in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago to talk about current and former ballplayer’s use of performance enhancing drugs. While Canseco thought he would only be snitching on others, the investigators had a few questions for Jose about Jose.

They asked him about a number of current and former major leaguers, including Alex Rodriguez, and their possible connection to performance-enhancing drugs. They also asked Canseco whether he sought money from various players before the release of his latest book.

Jose Canseco’s lawyer, Greg S. Emerson, knew this was a bad sign for his client.

He said he became troubled when Novitzky said he had heard that Canseco had approached a number of major leaguers about investing in a movie project even as Canseco was working on his second book about baseball and performance-enhancing drugs, titled “Vindicated.”

Emerson went on to say he’s afraid that the investigators are shooting the messenger. I’d say they’re getting it right. Jose Canseco shed a lot of light on the steroid situation, but that doesn’t him the right to turn into a shakedown artist. And considering the amount of steroids Jose brought to the game, a federal charge of some sort seems fair.

Officials Sharpen Questions for Canseco. Courtesy of The New York Times

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Country singer Mindy McCready tearfully told the Daily News that she did indeed have a 10 year romance with pitcher Roger Clemens. The Daily News broke this story yesterday, and they’ve followed up today by going straight to the source. McCready admitted that she and The Rocket were intimate, but read from a prepared statement to say it’s none of our business.

Yes, I have known Roger Clemens for a long time. He’s a kind and caring man. He’s also a legendary athlete. The central topic in the debate, however, regards his professional life, not his personal life.

Mindy McCready and Roger Clemens met in a Fort Meyers bar in 1990. Mindy was 15 years old, Clemens 28. In today’s terms it’s like Josh Beckett going out with somebody like Miley Cyrus..

Clemens took the 15-year-old McCready back to his hotel room the night they met, but McCready says Roger didn’t go Luis Polonia on her.. According to Mindy, they didn’t start hooking up until she moved to Nashville and her singing career was established.. I don’t know if I’m buying it..

Mindy McCready’s first album wasn’t released until 1996. That means if she had a 10-year-fling with Roger Clemens, it just ended in 2006. If Clemens stepped to her mound in 1993 and they broke up in 2003, that would put this ’03 Fox News blind item in a different perspective:

We were pretty upset when this professional sports player decided to leave New York. We thought it was for more money, but we were wrong.

For years this guy professed to have a “special relationship with God.” But it turns out he had a special relationship with a woman who was not his wife. When the wife found out, she went ballistic. The player had two choices: stay in New York with his mistress, or return home and play with a new team.

Wisely, he chose the latter, which was why you didn’t hear the thunder that usually accompanies such transactions. His New York employer knew the score, and had to acquiesce. Sometimes being a sport is more important than playing one.

At the time everybody thought that this referred to Andy Pettitte.. And it probably did considering Andy left the Yankees for Houston after the 2003 season, and he doesn’t hide his faith. So either Andy Pettitte copies his big buddy’s every action, or bits and pieces of the blind item were out of place.. Similar to the L.A. Times Roger Clemens/Jason Grimsley affidavit story.. If Roger dumped Mindy in 2003 it could explain her string of run-ins with the law starting in 2004.

Mindy McCready weeps as she confirms affair with Roger Clemens. Courtesy of the Daily News

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Former MLB manager Davey Johnson is known as a man that will give you an honest answer.. Even when he shouldn’t. Johnson granted the Daily News an interview and talked openly about Dwight Gooden, the death of his daughter, and performance enhancing drugs in baseball. Davey’s thoughts on steroids and users came after a seemingly harmless question about Roger Clemens pitching for the Olympic team.

DN: There has been much speculation that Roger Clemens might pitch for Team USA in the Olympics. Do you see that happening?

DJ: No. No possibility. He’s probably good enough to go out and throw BP and get people out, but for me, you’ve got to be competing. I want guys who are playing their best right now, in a league. I don’t want some guy who has been off for three months.

DN: Did you watch the Clemens-McNamee congressional hearing? Who did you believe?

DJ: You know who I believed. Roger Clemens was a great pitcher. He pitched by intimidating. Try to get an edge, look at you. He’d hit his grandmother if he thought it would help him win a game. You’ve got to admire what he’s done. But he’s in that group where you’ve got to believe that anything he would do to make himself better, he’s going to do. I just think the deal in those hearings – that’s just his personality. He’s going to try to intimidate: “I’m coming through here and you’re not going to get in my way.”

Davey doesn’t sound like he’s to big on The Rocket, but he says one thing that’s true of people, not just Roger Clemens or ballplayers. People are gonna do whatever they can to get to the top. If that means taking roids, cheating on tests, stealing, whatever, human nature is to do that shit.. But if you get caught with your hand in the cookie jar, own up to it. It worked out for Jason Giambi.

DJ drops gems all over this interview, and another classic came when he was asked if he was aware of performance enhancing drug use when he was a MLB manager. He says Brady Anderson was a workout fiend, and Rafael Palmiero had a soft body, so he never suspected either of using roids. He apparently didn’t think Jim Leyritz was on anything either even after this incident:

When I was managing the Dodgers, we picked up Jim Leyritz and he was making this concoction in the clubhouse kitchen. I said, “What are you doing?” He said, “I’m making a little something to pep the club up.” He had all these powders and cans and stuff. He gave me a shot of it. My heart started jumping out of my damn chest, and I didn’t have but a thimbleful. I was taking medicine for arrhythmia. I asked him what it was, he said mostly Red Bull with some other kickers in there.

Red Bull and kickers? I think Red Bull and amphetamines is the appropriate term. Leyritz must not have put enough ‘kickers’ in the mix because the team’s uninspired play led to Davey Johnson being fired after two seasons.. Weird bit of foreshadowing with Leyritz nearly killing Davey Johnson with a drink.

Davey Johnson tells of Mets days, steroids, and Olympic dreams. Courtesy of the Daily News

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