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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

MLB knew of McGwire’s steroid use in 1993

By Tangotiger, 10:36 AM

So says ESPN:

[Now-retired FBI agent] Stejskal said federal authorities, through their undercover operation, learned of McGwire’s steroid usage by 1993. A year later, Stejskal recalled that he shared information from the investigation related to baseball players with Major League Baseball’s then security boss, Kevin Hallinan, though the sport had no drug testing program at the time.

Is it a stretch to presume that Mr Hallinan reported the findings to the commissioner?  Now, compare Selig’s reaction to pre-scandal McGwire breaking the record (he gets a car on the field) to the post-scandal Bonds breaking the record (had to be pulled up to cheer).

As I said, this is not a moral issue.  This is a workplace issue.  Keep your righteous indignation to yourself.  When 50% of a group of people does something, it’s extremely likely that 50% of YOU GUYS, if you found yourself in that group, would also do the same thing.  This applies to hush-hush drug use in high-earning sports, to working without valid documentation to feed your family, to any other direct-victimless endeavour.

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