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Rafael Palmeiro's legacy as a professional baseball player shifted dramatically in the course of roughly a two-week period in the summer of 2005. A member of the Baltimore Orioles at the time, Palmeiro hit a double against the Seattle Mariners on July 15 for his 3,000 career hit, thereby joining an exclusive club of players with 3,0000 hits and 500 home runs. Before Palmeiro, only three players -- Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray -- had previously accomplished the feat. Shortly thereafter, on Aug. 1, Major League Baseball announced that Palmeiro had failed a steroids test, triggering a 10-day suspension. Palmeiro instantly became the most high-profile player to fail a test in an era dogged by rumor...
Rafael Palmeiro's legacy as a professional baseball player shifted dramatically in the course of roughly a two-week period in the summer of 2005. A member of the Baltimore Orioles at the time, Palmeiro hit a double against the Seattle Mariners on July 15 for his 3,000 career hit, thereby joining an exclusive club of players with 3,0000 hits and 500 home runs. Before Palmeiro, only three players -- Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray -- had previously accomplished the feat. Shortly thereafter, on Aug. 1, Major League Baseball announced that Palmeiro had failed a steroids test, triggering a 10-day suspension. Palmeiro instantly became the most high-profile player to fail a test in an era dogged by rumors of rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs. Before the failed test, while testifying before a House committee with other ballplayers in March 2005, Palmeiro had stated: "I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that." The failed test and subsequent attempts to explain it sullied impressive career statistics and may ultimately ruin Palmeiro's prospects for entrance into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Palmeiro played three seasons with the Chicago Cubs, 10 with the Texas Rangers and seven with the Orioles during a 20-year career. Palmeiro finished with 569 career home runs, 1,835 RBIs and a .288 lifetime b
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Zambrano leads Cubs to 2-1 win over Cardinals
AP Sports WriterThe return of Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano trumped the soap opera setting of Jim Edmonds' homecoming and Albert Pujols' 300th home run. Zambrano came off the 15-day disabled list from a shoulder strain with six spotless innings Friday night, leading Chicago...Tags: Albert Pujols, Aramis Ramirez, Troy Glaus, Baseball, Major League Baseball
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Brewers Downplay Sabathia Rumors
If the Brewers are considered a front-runner in the C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes, manager Ned Yost wanted nothing to do with it Friday. "A rumor is a rumor," Yost said before Milwaukee's 9-1 win against Pittsburgh. "We don't pay attention to it too much."...Tags: Distilling and Brewing Industry, C.C. Sabathia, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Soccer
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Nine-run seventh ends Yankees' hitting slump
mark.herrmann@newsday.comBy about the sixth run and sixth hit in the seventh inning, it was, to quote Hank Steinbrenner, "getting ridiculous." You couldn't dream this up: Before the Yankees had even had a chance to sleep on Steinbrenner's demand that his hitters "start waking up,...Tags: Baseball, Willie Mays, Jimmie Foxx, Bobby Abreu, Hank Aaron
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No more 'meatballs' in pitcher's box
Q: Don, I often wonder how the distance of 60 feet, 6 inches was arrived at in major league baseball. Kim Altenbach A: When professional baseball was first played in 1869, the pitcher had to start his delivery from within a flat box similar to the...Tags: Jose Canseco, Baseball, Willie Mays, Jimmie Foxx, Hank Aaron
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Rangers frustrate Yankees and sharp Mussina
mark.herrmann@newsday.comNot everything quite qualifies as "historic" in this final year of Yankee Stadium, with the camera flashes going off from the stands on just about every pitch. Some events simply fall into the category of "things you don't see every day." That would...Tags: Tampa Bay Rays, Baseball, Willie Mays, Jimmie Foxx, New York Mets
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Taking anti-steroid message to kids
Sun ReporterIt usually takes three questions into his chats with youngsters about the dangers of using steroids for Don Hooton to find out how little they know. Hooton says that after he asks youths their ages and where they're from, he asks whether any adult -...Tags: Addiction, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Baltimore Orioles
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Young fans get lesson on dangers of steroids
Sun reporterIt usually takes three questions into his chats with youngsters about the dangers of using steroids for Don Hooton to find out how little they know. Hooton says that after he asks youths their ages and where they're from, he asks whether any adult --...Tags: Addiction, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Baltimore Orioles
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For a change, it's fun to be a fan
Sun reporterThe gathering of civic leaders was meant to celebrate the coming Dew Tour event at Camden Yards. But all anyone could talk about, Mike Gibbons noticed, was the Orioles. Afterward, Gibbons, executive director of the Sports Legends Museum, walked over to...Tags: Government, Steve Davis, Spring Training, Melvin Mora, Tampa Bay Rays
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Ernie Banks: 'Yo nunca me consideré una leyenda'
Ernie Banks, “Mr. Cub”, es quizás el símbolo supremo de todos los peloteros que vistieron los colores de los Cachorros. Su estatua, ubicada afuera de Wrigley Field, es la confirmación cabal de su estatus de mito viviente para los habitantes de Chicago....Tags: U.S. Cellular Field, Derrek Lee, Michael Jordan, Orlando Cabrera, Alex Rodriguez
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Cubs are big cheese at Wrigley
Downey's Eleven: 1. OK, now that the White Sox have been exterminated at the rat-friendly confines, I know what you want to know: What's the record for consecutive victories at home by the Cubs? Wrigley Field's mouse-house men are at 14 and counting as...Tags: New York Yankees, Kevin Garnett, Joe Crede, Chicago Cubs, Dwyane Wade
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