How many baseball players on the 500 home run club are linked to steroid use?
Of the 10 players who have topped the 500-home run mark since Murray, one (Palmeiro) has tested positive for steroids and another (Rodriguez) has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. Two others, Bonds and Sheffield, will forever be linked to the BALCO scandal. Most baseball fans believe McGwire was a steroid user, questions will probably always swirl around Sosa’s accomplishments and Canseco’s recent allegation – though not widely accepted as truth, and quite possibly just a desperate attempt for publicity – casts Ramirez in a new light. Only Griffey, Thomas and Thome remain as players whose accomplishments have not been called into question. As the title of this post suggests, the 500 Home Run Club just isn’t what it used to be. Sources: http://www.washingtontimes.
To recap, of the 10 players who have topped the 500-home run mark since Murray, one (Palmeiro) has tested positive for steroids and another (Rodriguez) has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. Two others, Bonds and Sheffield, will forever be linked to the BALCO scandal. Most baseball fans believe McGwire was a steroid user, questions will probably always swirl around Sosa’s accomplishments and Canseco’s recent allegation – though not widely accepted as truth, and quite possibly just a desperate attempt for publicity – casts Ramirez in a new light. Only Griffey, Thomas and Thome remain as players whose accomplishments have not been called into question. As the title of this post suggests, the 500 Home Run Club just isn’t what it used to be.
