Rafael Palmeiro Continues to Insist He Never Took Steroids

Filed under: MLB Hall of Fame, MLB PEDs

Rafael Palmeiro continues to wave his finger, figuratively anyway, at those who accuse him of using performance-enhancing drugs -- even five years after he tested positive for using steroids.

"I was telling the truth then, and I am telling the truth now,'' Palmeiro told SI.com this week. "I don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took steroids intentionally, I'm never going to convince them. But I hope the voters judge my career fairly and don't look at one mistake.''

The mistake in question was that positive test in 2005, Palmeiro's final year as a player. Now, as then, he says the test was caused by a tainted vial of vitamin B-12 given to him by Orioles teammate Miguel Tejada. Palmeiro was suspended 10 games for the positive test, which came mere months after he testified before Congress that he had never used steroids.

 

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