7th Inning Stretch with Scott Fragale - Not So Deep Thoughts: Steroid list leaked again

Not So Deep Thoughts: Steroid list leaked again
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The list of 103 names on the infamous 2003 steroid list is floating around in cyberspace but has yet to be confirmed. The list has surfaced on several sports blogs but comes with no evidence that the list below is the actual list of MLB players guilty of failing steroid tests back in 2003 or just an attempt to drum up some publicity for a website.

If the list is the actual list, it comes with very few surprises as far as the players named and reads like a who's who of former and current MLB stars. I'm sure somewhere out there Bud Selig is demanding to know how this information continues to be leaked out and is likely questioning the timing of the leak as well, with the Mid-Summer Classic (All-Star Game) less than two weeks away and yet another black eye looming for MLB. This is supposed to be the time the game is being celebrated not ripped apart at every turn, but the funny thing is nobody seems to care. Much like when the steroid accusations began to surface back in the mid-to-late 90s. At that time, everybody (players, management, media, etc.) looked the other way on suspected steroid usage because the game was bouncing back from the work stoppage of 1994 and he turnstyles were spinning again.

Now, the turnstyles are still spinning at a rapid rate despite steroid scandals coming our way faster than a Roger Clemen's sterioid-induced fastball and the general feeling among fans seems to be the same type of apathy demonstrated when the news first started to break more than a decade ago. Not sure if some fans' reaction (or lack thereof) is because they simply don't want to believe their beloved heroes could all be cheats or if they feel if they don't react to the news and voice their displeasure, the game will be able to put the scandals in the rear view quicker and move on from the tarnished days of rampant steroid use. Or maybe fans have had all the scandal they can take and they've now become immune to anything and everything that comes up with a negative connotation attached to it.

Whatever it is, it clearly demonstrates that baseball can bounce back from anything. Like a cockroach who shrugs off the repeated sprays of Raid, baseball's resilentcy is second to none. "America's Pastime: the cockroach of the sporting world." Now there's a marketing campaign I can wrap my arms around.

The unconfirmed list of 103 players who failed steroid tests conducted in 2003 as first reported by rotoinfo.com.

1.Nomar Garciaparra
2.Manny Ramirez
3.Johnny Damon
4.Trot Nixon
5.David Ortiz
6.Shea Hillenbrand
7.Derek Lowe
8.Pedro Martinez
9.Brian Roberts
10.Jay Gibbons
11.Melvin Mora
12.Jerry Hairston
13.Jason Giambi
14.Alfonso Soriano
15.Raul Mondesi
16. Aaron Boone
17.Andy Pettitte
18.Jose Contreras
19.Roger Clemens
20.Carlos Delgado
21.Vernon Wells
22.Frank Catalanotto
23.Kenny Rogers
24.Magglio Ordonez
25.Sandy Alomar
26.Bartolo Colon
27.Brent Abernathy
28.Jose Lima
29.Milton Bradley
30.Casey Blake
31.Danys Baez
32.Craig Monroe
33.Dmitri Young
34.Alex Sanchez
35.Eric Chavez
36.Miguel Tejada
37.Eric Byrnes
38.Jose Guillen
39.Keith Foulke
40.Ricardo Rincon
41.Bret Boone
42.Mike Cameron
43.Randy Winn
44.Ryan Franklin
45.Freddy Garcia
46.Rafael Soriano
47.Scott Spiezio
48.Troy Glaus
49.Francisco Rodriguez
50.Ben Weber
51.Alex Rodriguez
52.Juan Gonzalez
53.Rafael Palmeiro
54.Carl Everett
55.Javy Lopez
56.Gary Sheffield
57.Mike Hampton
58.Ivan Rodriguez
59.Derrek Lee
60.Bobby Abreu
61.Terry Adams
62.Fernando Tatis
63.Livan Hernandez
64.Hector Almonte
65.Tony Armas
66.Dan Smith
67.Roberto Alomar
68.Cliff Floyd
69.Roger Cedeno
70.Jeromy Burnitz
71.Moises Alou
72.Sammy Sosa
73.Corey Patterson
74.Carlos Zambrano
75.Mark Prior
76.Kerry Wood
77.Matt Clement
78.Antonio Alfonseca
79.Juan Cruz
80.Aramis Ramirez
81.Craig Wilson
82.Kris Benson
83.Richie Sexson
84.Geoff Jenkins
85.Valerio de los Santos
86.Benito Santiago
87.Rich Aurilia
88.Barry Bonds
89.Andres Galarraga
90.Jason Schmidt
91.Felix Rodriguez
92.Jason Christiansen
93.Matt Herges
94.Paul Lo Duca
95.Shawn Green
96.Oliver Perez
97.Adrian Beltre
98.Eric Gagne
99.Guillermo Mota
100.Luis Gonzalez
101.Todd Helton
102.Ryan Klesko
103.Gary Matthews

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:05:54 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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