unconfirmed list of 103 steroid users

[patrickgpe]

not sure if this is a proper place to post this or the rumors section, but i thought atleast the list would be interesting. Lots of current major leaguers. Brewers include VLDS, Catalanotto, Cameron, Gagne, Alex Sanchez, Sexson, and Jenkins

 

http://rotoinfo.com/read_article.php?articleId=318

[TheCrew07]

Jenkins... a no brainer really.

[BrewCrewRising]

Quite a few Cubs there. Couldn't recognize one Cardinal name with a quick glance.

[lcbj68c]

Other Brewers include Jeromy Burnitz, Gary Sheffield, Alex Sanchez, G. Mota, Eric Gagne also on that list

[crewcrazy]

Way too many big name players for me to think that it's a legitimate list. It's like someone went through every team's 2003 roster and picked out three or four top players from every team, and then threw in a few lesser known players to make it seem credible.

 

If you remember the Mitchell Report hoopla, there was a similar list that was "leaked" online before the report came out, and that list only had a few players that were actually listed in the report. People like to put hoaxes like this up on their website in order to increase traffic. I can't imagine the hit numbers that website is pulling in, because I've been to a few other message boards where this topic has come up and they've all posted the same link.

[sargennm]

That's like the who's who list of people I would suspect, so it kind of makes me doubt its validity.

 

Except for one guy: Brent Abernathy? That just made me laugh.

[LetsGoBrewCrew]

I've heard from a few people I know that worked close to the players back in the day that said they knew Jenkins took steroids. He doesn't surprise me.

[sargennm]

Quite a few Cubs there. Couldn't recognize one Cardinal name with a quick glance.

Speizo was on there, but his inclusion as well as Cameron's makes me think if this list is legit, it's not just steroids but amphetamines and other drugs as well.

[BREWCREW5]

If this list was in some way true...wow. There are some very big names on that list.

[badgerfletch]

I agree with crewcrazy, seems to be way too many big name players and not very many fringe types.

[Invader3K]

Yeah, plus the fact that the website gives absolutely no clue to where they actually got this "info".

[Ennder]

List seems very plausible to me.

[Invader3K]

It's "plausible", but there seems to be too many guys you would accept at face value as having maybe done steroids in the past, that it almost seems too real to be true, to me. I agree that it looks like they just picked out most of the guys who had big years in '03, and then threw in a few also rans to make it seem a bit more credible.

[RoseBowlMtg]

Looks real to me but then again remember they all knew the test was coming so are we saying all these players had bad info on masking agents or thought they were untouchable? Maybe this gets more people outing others.

[Invader3K]

Or did they just not care? I don't think they had any penalty for a positive test back then, did they?

[SeriesFinale]

What "looks real" to anyone about this--it's a random list on a random website with no context at all.

[crewcrazy]

Yeah, plus the fact that the website gives absolutely no clue to where they actually got this "info".

Not only that, but there's no name (or screen name, even) attached to the article. No place for comments after the article, no e-mail address to reach the author, no way to get in contact with anyone to ask about the validity. It's on a site no one's ever heard of before that never really posts any original breaking news stories.

 

The list is plausible, but it does look like they just took everyone who's been busted already or named in the Mitchell Report and sprinkled in random fringe players and other guys who have been suspected but never proven.

[DKM4Boston]

It's like someone went through every team's 2003 roster and picked out three or four top players from every team, and then threw in a few lesser known players to make it seem credible.

That's what I thought too when I read the list. It is even ordered by team like they opened up the 2003 standings and clicked on each team...the AL East is usually listed first when you pull up standings and NL West is usually listed last...which is how this list is ordered.

 

No Albert Pujols either, which makes me think either a Cardinals fan made this list or they forgot to click on the Cardinals.

 

Edit: Also, it seems that for each team, the confirmed users are listed first in most cases. Like Roger Clemens, Jason Giambi, Alex Rodriguez, Benito Santiago, Bret Boone, etc. are all listed first for their teams. So it's like whoever made this list up made sure they first included the players who have already been identified and then filled in the blanks with everybody else. Whoever made this list is not very skilled in deception.

[dragoon84]

This list seems far fetched, I doubt it's veracity. But, if I entertained that it was plausible, this would be devastating to MLB. Lots of major names, would they all be given 50 games for this, or not?

[JoeHova]

This list seems far fetched, I doubt it's veracity. But, if I entertained that it was plausible, this would be devastating to MLB. Lots of major names, would they all be given 50 games for this, or not?

 

Why would they be suspended? A-Rod wasn't.

[Invader3K]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the union made sure the players were granted immunity of sorts before agreeing to allow the testing.

[owbc]

Thank goodness Counsell isn't on the list!!

 

On a more serious note, the list is clearly fake. One other version I saw had Jeromy Burnitz on it twice.

[TheRealMattKain]

Shenanigans. This list has been up since yesterday and no major news outlet has reported a word on it. This seems not unlike the George Clooney death rumors. Fake.

[saget]

Prior / Wood / Zambrano / Clement. That's like the Cubs entire staff from several years back.

[patrickgpe]

my first though when i saw it was players like Sexson made it look questionable. Seems like its filled with just a bunch of mashers. I figured it would create a good discussion so i posted it.