Jose canseco why i used steroids

Instead, he's taken a gig writing a weekly online sports column for rotoinfo. Whether it be emotionally, financially, it is just terrible. They are still being protected by Major League Baseball. They are still being given a job after the fact, for example Mark McGwire [hitting instructor for the St. Louis Cardinals]. And, of course, there is the health price to be paid for long-term steroid usage -- feeling run down, the loss of a sex drive.

In , Canseco made news when he was nabbed at the San Diego border crossing trying to bring in a fertility drug from Mexico. Canseco claims the drug was to be used as part of hormone replacement therapy, a result of his inability to produce testosterone because of his prolonged use of steroids. I don't produce my own testosterone. So what they have me on now is testosterone therapy. They give me certain injections at certain times to level off my testosterone so that I have average testosterone levels.

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Where did he get steroids? You can go right here to the corner gym and get it," says Canseco. It's that easy. But obviously, I don't recommend using them or getting them without supervision, or a prescription, because they are illegal. But there are certain subjects that we could talk about, like obviously steroids and so forth. The gargantuan McGwire was best known for his remarkable season, the year he shattered one of baseball's most hallowed records, Roger Maris' single season home-run mark of 61 homers.

Canseco played with McGwire at Oakland from to , and again in It was something so common. I would often inject Mark.

A lot of times, you would just, a quick injection of whatever and that's it. I think I injected him. I mean, this is a long time ago. Once or twice for sure," says Canseco. And that's the way it works. In a statement to 60 Minutes , McGwire said: "Once and for all, I did not use steroids nor any illegal substance. I feel sorry to see someone turn to such drastic measures to accomplish a personal agenda at the expense of so many.

The relationship that these allegations portray couldn't be further from the truth. Most concerning to me is the negative effect that sensationalizing steroids will have on impressionable youngsters who dream of one day becoming professional athletes. True," Wallace asks La Russa. What we saw was a lot of hard work. And hard work will produce strength gains and size gains.

Sports writer Howard Bryant covered baseball as a beat writer for six seasons. He's currently writing a book about the past 10 years of baseball, a time some call "The Steroid Era. And for good reason, says Bryant. Still, Bryant says Canseco's accusations on the subject of steroids should not be taken lightly.

He hasn't been credible. He hasn't been a credible player. He is a snitch, which is the worst thing you can possibly be in the ironclad baseball fraternity," says Bryant. On this subject, however, I believe he does have some credibility.

We spoke and educated three or four players there. From to , the Oakland Athletics won the American League West four times and were considered the most talented team in baseball.

Three decades later, Major League Baseball finds itself still grappling with the steroid issue. On Aug. With home runs again being hit at record levels, some wonder if the players have found a new way around the drug testing. Not that long ago, one could string Babe Ruth, Roger Maris and other sluggers together in a discussion about the greatest home-run hitters of all time.

The national pastime spanned generations and historical eras. That no longer exists due to steroids and PEDs. The impact of that steroid era are still being felt today. That test is designed to detect PEDs over a two-week period instead of 24 hours. Baseball also banned drug cheats from participating in postseason play. Since that rule was instituted in , 28 players have been suspended for performance-enhancing drugs. In the nine years previous, 53 were suspended.

A skinny kid in high school, Canseco began to dabble in steroids after he promised his mother he would do better on the field. I always injected myself, because I had practiced enough to know just what I was doing, but often I would inject Mark as well.