Were you surprised by any of the names on the “steroids list” compiled by George Mitchell?”
I knew that the steroids problem was very widespread, and I suspected the list of players involved would be long. Jose Canseco says it should be even longer, and I wouldn’t be surprised. There are players on the list that I suspected of steroid use, but in many cases, especially with my own favorite team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, I didn’t want to believe it until I knew for sure. I suspected that Eric Gagne may have been on steroids when he got the record for career saves. Like Barry Bonds, his physique changed dramatically in a short period of time. I also had questions about Adrian Beltre, who is not on the list. He was a dazzling player to watch in 2004 when he hit 48 home runs for the Dodgers. The next year he was traded to the Seattle Mariners, and his home run production was more than halved. A likely answer seems to be that he got off steroids. I was particularly saddened to hear about the extent of Paul Lo Duca’s involvement in all this. During his years with the Dodgers, we we
