So his career is tainted, his reputation in tatters, but things could get worse for Palmeiro. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said on Sunday that he expects to have all of Major League Baseball's drug testing records for the outfielder by the end of the week as the panel pursues a perjury investigation against him. Palmeiro swore under oath before the committee earlier this year that he had never taken steroids.
As much as Mark McGwire was ridiculed for refusing to discuss his own steroid use before the committee, at least he didn't lie under oath to congress.
Perhaps Palmeiro thought both basball and the U.S. House of Representatives were kidding. Jose Canseco suddenly looks a lot less crazy, doesn't he?
Article comments
1 - dietdoc
This could, truly, get very uncomfortable for both MLB and Mr. Palmeiro. It is sad (and before everyone starts chiming in, I am keeping this in its proper perspective - it is just baseball!) that, by all appearances, a nice guy might - and I am holding to that presumption for now - be guilty of such behavior. A sticky wicket, certainly.
Thanks for the links, Eric.
Cheers,
Ron
2 - Eric Olsen
thanks Ron, there is a serious brain fart in there between 1) apparently using the roids for a long time, 2) telling congress under oath "no," 3) continuing to use the easily detectable substance after denying it to congress
3 - Nancy
I do wish congress would be held to the same standards it sets for everyone else who deals with them: I'd just LOVE to see every single congressperson & their staffs & the administration lined up & forcibly tested for drugs periodically, and also REQUIRED to hold to strictest truth, or suffer actual consequences, like jail, or at the least ostracism.
4 - dietdoc
Nancy: "...also REQUIRED to hold to strictest truth"
Nancy, you truly must be joking! The TRUTH? In Congress? Nancy, Nancy, Nancy. Methinks you hope for far too much. (wink)
5 - Nancy
I'm on drugs...but not steroids. I don't think. But if I am, I never knew it.
6 - dietdoc
Nancy, next you're going to ask for truth from people who testify on corporate finances and the pharmaceutical industry. Or the physicians lobby. Or...
Nancy, step away from the bong.
Cheers,
Ron
7 - Tan The Man
"As much as Mark McGwire was ridiculed for refusing to discuss his own steroid use before the committee, at least he didn't lie under oath to congress."
Seriously, and as much as I don't like the guy as a player, he is a heck of a person. Although it would have been better if he had just say a yes or no. How many of us would have done the same.
8 - Eric Olsen
he chose the middle path, grasshopper, which was better than lying but worse than tellign the truth. But the truth would have locked him out of the Hall for sure. Quite a dilemma.
9 - scott
i have three words for you guys: ohhhh baba cunda!