Comments on: LOTD: Comments by Jose Canseco Lead to Steroid Speculation About…Cal Ripken Jr.?

By: Either Tony Gwynn or Cal Ripken, Jr. Was Using Steroids. « El Maquino

Either Tony Gwynn or Cal Ripken, Jr. Was Using Steroids. « El Maquino — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:51:36 +0000

[...] as I’d like to discredit Henderson and give Lou Brock the all-time steals lead, Canseco has said he wasn’t the one. So now, we’re down to the Ironman and Mr. [...]

By: Bill K

Bill K — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:53:27 +0000

I am leaning that Cal is clean. I am sorry but I don’t see the metamorphosis in his body over the years like we have seen with others. At one time both Sammy and Big Mac were skinny and could even be called lanky. Then you look at how they looked towards the end. Cal never in the slightest looked like livestock. Sammy started to look like cattle from all the PED in his system.

By: SHTig

SHTig — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:38:28 +0000

I think Ripken probably used, and this is why:

http://www.truthfromfacts.com/2009/04/13/cal-ripken-and-steroids/

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:23:27 +0000

It’s a really interesting article covering a lot of different issues. But . . .

A) I think it is just as irresponsible to make a claim that certain players definitely have not used as it is to implicate players on no real evidence. Such complete trust to the point of blindness toward anyone goes beyond reality. There are plenty of players I don’t suspect of using, but there are none who have earned a “don’t you dare accuse me” card. They’re men, not gods, so they’re all capable of error.

B) In a way, I’m glad Canseco has cast suspicion on the Hall of Fame class. When questioning the stats of Raul Ibanez becomes “South Park on TV” offensive, speculating about Cal Ripken, Tony Gwynn, and Kirby Puckett takes things to a “Team America: World Police, simulated puppet sex” shock level that could cast aside the sanctimonious veil currently preventing baseball writers from actually doing their jobs.

C) I don’t see what motivation anyone has of coming forward unless they’re doing damage control on the inevitable. I doubt any user has been 100% honest about what they’ve used and how much. They always seem to say just enough to make it plausible (except for Canseco, who seems to go overboard). If we’re to believe most confessions, every steroid user in history only used one or two times. Anyone with any kind of HOF credentials has to be scared of being implicated. But if a Hall of Famer did forward, I would love to hear the reactions from the idiots in the BBWA.