Steroid Use in Baseball: Players
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- Steroid Use in Baseball: Players - House Oversight Committee - 2005-03-17 - 185904-2-DVD - House Committee Government Reform and Oversight. Current and former Major League Baseball players testified about the use of steroids in professional baseball and other sports. Among the issues they addressed were several recent allegations of steroid use by players to enhance performance, their personal observations of steroid use in the industry, contract negotiations between players and owners over the implementation of stricter testing, and the impact of steroid use on public perceptions of the game and on youth attitudes toward steroid use. The committee called the hearings in response to Mr. Canseco's book, Juiced, in which he admitted to using steroids to enhance performance and made allegations that other players were actively engaging in the practice. Prior to the hearings Mr. Canseco had sought immunity and had suggested that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights if forced to testify. He did not invoke those rights at the hearing. Other players testifying denied using steroids. On August 1, 2005 Mr. Palmeiro received a ten day suspension from baseball after testing positive for steroid use. In this hearing he denied ever using steroids or performance enhancing drugs. Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information, see www.c-spanvideo...
Jose Conseco is the only honest person in the mix and he has been the most persecuted. Crazy.
I know Right!!!!
When Rafael Palmeiro pointing his finger and denied he used steroids, the first thing I thought of was, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lowensky...."
hahahahahahaha very funny!!!!
Dave Mitchell The sad thing about Palmeiro was that he tested positive for steroids a few months after this hearing, and he was booed very badly!!!!
As long-time Rangers fans, how well we know.
Charlie Steiner said it best on "Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame" on José Canseco: "I did not have sex with that steroid woman...Palmero, on the stupid meter was off the charts...You can't lie to Congress.."
@Fred Jaminson when you point your finger like that it means that you DID do what you are accused of.
"I'm not hear to talk about the past." probably the biggest and most memorable line from this hearing.
True!!!!!
That’s because he used !!!!
Where does he say this? I remember him doing so when I watched this hearing live, but I can't find the timestamp for it now...does anyone know?
Sosa acting like he doesn’t know English is hilarious. 😂😂😂It’s really funny when the speaker tells Sosa’s lawyer to move the microphone closer and Sosa without hesitation grabs it and slides it closer to the lawyer. 😂😂😂😂😂👌
Sosa is a lying sack of shit.
Right 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤑🤑🤑🤑
He pulled the interpreter move
And to this day, he has never been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and also to this day, has never been invited back to Wrigley Field!!!!
@@jacobrichardson1952 And now he’s a white man!!!
Funny how Rafael Palmeiro said: "I have never used steroids, Period"...Then almost immediately you read: "Suspended for 10 games for violating baseball's drug policy"
In hindsight how was he not indicted for perjury
Nice try Palmeiro
@@KinkESizemore I was wondering the same thing!!!!
@@adamdorgant9454 21:36 "I have never used steroids, Period!" 🤣🤣🤣 and it says "Suspended for 10 games"
@@jacobrichardson1952 Yes, now that you mentioned it, and when he came back from Suspension, he was booed so bad he had to wear earplugs, and he was released by the Baltimore Orioles later that season, and never played MLB Baseball again!!!!
Thank you Mr Canseco for telling the truth and cleaning up our sport
You’re right about that, I have a copy of Juiced, it was really good to read!!!!
But MLB has not been "cleaned up", because those players with the money to beat drug testing can do so, just as Olympic athletes do.
7:35 Jose Canseco's speech
11:40 Sammy Sosa speech
15:35 Mark McGwire's speech
21:35 Rafael Palmeiro I HAVE NEVER USED STEROIDS. 👉
24:15 Curt Schilling's speech
36:09 Congressmen Tom Davis
40:05 Congressmen Henry Waxman
46:50 Congressmen John Sweeney
52:35 Congressmen Elijah Cummings
57:07 Congresswoman Candice Miller
58:52 Congressmen Dan Burton
1:00:45 Congressmen Tom Lantos
1:04:53 Congressmen Mark Souder
1:07:45 Congressmen Major Owens
1:08:52 Congressmen Patrick McHenry
1:15:33 Congressmen Edolphus Towns
1:21:21 Congresswoman Virginia Foxx
1:24:20 Congressmen Paul Kanjorski
1:30:00 Congressmen Gil Gutknecht
1:34:18 Congressmen Bernie Sanders
1:40:36 Congressmen Darrell Issa
1:43:02 Congressmen Dennis Kucinich
1:47:42 Congressmen Charles Dent
1:51:39 Congressmen Danny Davis
1:56:37 Congressmen Henry Waxman
1:58:36 Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
2:02:00 Congressmen Mark Souder
2:03:42 Congressmen Lacy Clay
2:08:01 Congressmen Christopher Shays
2:12:56 Congresswoman Diane Watson
2:15:32 Congressmen Stephen Lynch
2:20:32 Congressmen John Duncan
2:22:13 Congressmen Chris Van Hollen
2:26:20 Congresswoman Linda Sanchez
2:31:58 Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger
2:35:33 Congressmen Jose Serrano
2:39:12 Congressman Henry Waxman
This Buried Mark McGwire's Career Right Here...
Jose Canseco Became Sammy The Bull Gravano of Baseball.
Rafael Palmeiro 5 Mouths Later 💉🤥
Curt Schilling Just A Regular Asshole.
Sammy Sosa Forgot He Was There...
Sammy Sosa Forgot how to Speak English, he had to have his Lawyer read his opening statement for him!!!!
Thanks For The Guide !
😎
Bernie sanders was spot on
You are so spot on about Curt Schilling!!!
@@adamdorgant9454 are you deaf? Sammy did speak
Jose Canseco ended up being the only one who told the truth. I have so much respect for Jose Canseco because he told it the way it was and ended the steriod era by writing his book Juiced.
I know, he was the only one with balls to say the truth. The rest of them just sat there bold face lying 🤥
@@fieryred518 Not to mention Sammy Sosa Pretending not to know English, and he had to have his Lawyer read his opening statement for him!!!!
He told the truth because it made him millions. It’s greed not bravery
The truth hurts
@@horse-4598 I think you’re wrong. Also, do book sales in a modern era net someone “millions”?
I can't believe this was 10 years ago. I remember watching this live. I watched the entire thing.
Vath121 me too
man, what an embarrassment this was for baseball. shilling looked like he hadn't slept in days, both palmeiro and sosa didn't say anything relevant, and mcgwire looked like he was about to cry every time he spoke.
kind of crazy how canseco ended up looking the best after this debacle was sorted out.
+IIIIIIII But then he regrets ever writing the book. Jose lost a lot by writing those books. In the end I don't think he feels it was worth it looking back.
Haha, spot on!
Jose feels better about himself.. So how does feel it feel to be a p.o.s. McGwire, Bonds
@@Iconhulk how do you feel if you talk about your friends? And in a book. If you feel good about that you are a devils.
@@Iconhulk I know Right!!!
Frank was a genius for calling in. Satisfied the obligation without being seen.
he had to be raided too. he was bigger than NFL linebackers lol
Why would an innocent man be so emotional? They should have told Sosa that you can just go home now because your responses are utterly useless.
Lol... Totally... Lmfao!!!
And he had to have his Lawyer read his opening statement for him!!!!
From 1:35:00 till 1:35:49, in retrospect, whether you agree with his politics or not, Bernie Sanders may have had the only constructive message to deliver that whole day.
Bernie is a piece of sh**
@@firebird_spleen4190 Nah, but you certainly might be. He's one of the only politicians left in this country with an ounce of credibility
I only hear Larry David when Bernie speaks. It’s as if he mustered the energy to make his quick speech in anticipation of having a smoked whitefish sandwich for lunch followed by a nap.
It's hard to blame these guys for using steroids. It would be awfully tough to turn down all the money, the glory, the adulation, etc. that came along with steroids. But Palmeiro was such a huge liar here that it ruined him.
Yes he was James!!!!
Five months after the Congressional hearing, information came out indicating Palmeiro had already tested positive for steroids and knew it when he spoke before Congress. He appealed but the test results and ensuing suspension were upheld. Why is he not in jail?
I was thinking the same thing!!!!!
Bernie ranting against this hearing was great. Not a Bernie fan by any means but sometimes he gets it right.
Hey, Rob Manfred is next to Selig behind Canseco. Neat.
This is a hilarious embarrassment for all involved, including Congress. Including the fans. Including me right now, re-watching this after all these years. 🤣😏
Every person in sports that used steroids and these men are sitting up here getting grilled. Ouch
Ken griffey Jr is the man to not do what these players did in their careers. Not using steroids.
55:33 loved the way dude checks Mac! Man, mcGwire really wanted to defend his HOF chance. What a Tool.
Mark Macwire was a hero in baseball but a coward in the real world!! He embarrassed himself and his teammates snd his family for wanted to help but unwilling to tel the truth!!!! He can hit a base ball! But he struck out in real life!!
This was a joke. Mcgwire was my favorite player as a kid and he was a complete ass, a cop out.
man... sammy sosa did everything from cork his bat to steroids/hgh... and by the way... performance enhancing drugs made him... this being the single reason he never sees the hall of fame
Andrew DePoy And Sosa acted like he didn't understand English!!!
@Ethan Weeter I'm a die hard Cubs fan and LOVED Sosa and the race of 98 was a thing of beauty but it was also a total fraud. Oddly enough two of the guys that really brought baseball back pretty much also made a complete mockery of the game. Big Mac looked the worst in this. I seriously don't see how some of these guys didn't get charged with perjury. They CLEARLY committed it here.
DuckTalesWooHoo1987 You’re right about that!!!!
Ethan Weeter Not to mention Sosa acted like he didn’t understand English, instead he had to have his Lawyer read his opening statement for him, and to this day, he has never been invited back to Wrigley Field!!!!
If you have to write a multi page letter as an alternative to just saying "I did not use steroids", you are trying too hard to convince people you didn't and more then likely you are lying.
McGwire..."positive", "positive", positively his favorite word here lol
Besides saying, Iam not here to talk about the past!!!
@@adamdorgant9454 Where does he say this? I remember him doing so when I watched this hearing live, but I can't find the timestamp for it now...do you know?
Sammy Sosa was so desperate to get into the Hall of Fame, he made himself white and tried to sneak in that way.
12:00 Sammy Sosa all of a sudden can't understand English. 🤣
And he had to have his Lawyer read his opening statement for him!!!!
Big Mac is full of it.
mark helton He saved baseball.
You’re right about that, the whole hearing was insane!!!!
@@josecarranza7555 steroids did, not mcgwire.
@@hectorlopez1069 And who hit the homeruns?
As a liefelong diehard Athletics fan, it's sad to think this whole mess (no pun intended) started in a bathroom stall at the Oakland Coliseum.
What's crazy is Ricky henderson wasn't in that mix, he was jacked as fuck too lol
+alonzomourning33 What pun?
+7beers All the steroids shit.
True!!!!
lmao bernie Sanders
Schilling must have been rock solid during this entire hearing
Probably so!!!
THE WHOLE THING IN A NUTSHELL:
Schilling: (Confident)Definitely.
Palmeiro: (Wastes no time)What Schilling said.
McGwire: (Tearing up)I'm not answering that.
Sosa: (Clueless) .... What Palmeiro said.
Canseco: (Knowledgable) Definitely, but I think that-(insert paragraph here)
Thomas: (Not even present)
That should save you 3 hours from watching the video
Thomas was there through video.. Thomas Clean.. McGwire is a joke
@@Iconhulk You’re right about that!!
The only person on the panel with complete integrity was Jose Canseco...
Thank G*d Sammy Sosa was there to clear everything up. His detailed descriptions really helped me understand what was going on.
Lol 😆
@@fieryred518 You’re right about that, Sosa Pretended not to know English, and he had to have his Lawyer read his opening statement for him!!!!!
Lmao
LOL
Back when Sammy Sosa was Black, I looked Up Sosa recently, he is as white as a ghost!!!!
45:20 Canseco is telling his teammates to stop lying!
7beers I know Right!!!
It's crazy how Bud Sielig is literally sitting right behind Conseco while he's exposing his whole league saying manager and everyone knew lol
True!!!!
1:11:16.. "How do you known there bad".. McGwire.. "Pardon me".. got that selective hearing
Worst question ever 🤣
@@jacobrichardson1952True, and McGwire looked guilty from the start!!!!
McGwire & Sosa were an absolute joke at this hearing.
No doubt about it and I'm a Cubs fan. Apparently the reason McGwire was so hush hush is because he had been retired for 4 years and the statute of limitations on steroid usage is 5 years. So if he had said anything he could have opened himself up to prosecution and that's why his lawyers told him to basically just make a complete moron of himself. Schilling didn't pull any punches though and called Jose a liar and everything. Although most of Jose's accusations probably were true at the time.
True!!!!
@@SimpleManGuitars1973 Not to mention that Sosa Pretended not to know English, and he had to have his Lawyer read his opening statement for him!!!!
Mark "being that I'm retired" mcgwire
Jose's ridiculous breathing in his opening statement is enough to make me wish Sosa would have taken a bat and bashed his head in. McGwire was equally obnoxious in this 3 ring circus. It's also funny that Sosa needed an "interpreter" with him but notice the first time they tell his lawyer to move the mic close Sosa moves it for him. This whole thing was just a joke.
they all were on steroids theres no point of even finishing this video to listen to marks and sosa lie
Mark didn't lie. He simply wasn't going to answer the question. And by not answering them to me he was telling the truth.
Schilling was never on Roids.
Serrot Sosa Pretended not to know English, and he had to have his Lawyer read his opening statement for him!!!
$77,000 just on bottled water here, these people should be ending hunger or something, they might as well take Disney to court for fucking Luke Skywalker up
Gutless performance in how Mcgwire attacked Canseco while saying I'm not gonna say anything about my behaviour at all. Just admit and move on boys!! Canseco won in the end as he went with the truth from the beginning.
This hearing is such a a joke. It accomplished exactly zero in terms of getting at the truth, which should have been far and away its primary goal. Instead, it was a meaningless feel-good kumbaya sure-let's-all-work-together-for-a-brighter-future. Absolutely disgraceful.
Sosa gained like 30 pds in one off season, yea hes natty. And Palmero pissed hot a month after this lolz.
Canseco is the only guy telling the truth. Respect for him. The rest are cons
You’re right about that!!!!
Canseco was honest, but he took roids too.
Sammy, "Baseball has been berry. berry good to me.." Question to Sosa......answer (out of nowhere) "I don't speak English well" LOlL. My favorite party is when RP looks for the cam to say "I did not cheat" two weeks later GUILTY.
Ms. Felony Strutter Not to mention Sosa Pretended not to know English, he had to have his Lawyer read his opening statement for him!!!
Bottom line is, people say steroids have been in the game & used by players for years. If the players felt there was no harm in using steroids & it was ok during a time in baseball when there was no policy on steroid use, then why wouldn't they come out & say, "yes I'm using or used steroids"! Well the answer is simple. Policy in place or no policy in place, players using steroids knew & have known since it's use in the game that it is & has always been wrong! Period!
Never understood why they intervened and wasted all this $$ on this, its mlb,s job to take care of this, not the Congress
Why the commisioner of baseball did not speak? He is guilty too.
You’re right about that, and was stupid enough not to do anything about the Steroids Use In Baseball!!!!
What piss me, is that we are not talking about this anymore. The record book is plagued, but yet, the records are still there. There is no asterix. Nothing.
You’re right about that!!!!
"We owe the tremendous success of our careers to steroids. Our use of steriods, while others played clean and abstained from them, was the best thing that ever happened to us. And if you think we're going to throw that all away by doing something as stupid as telling the truth, you've got another thing coming."
Hey look its the dark version of Sammy Sosa 💩
Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!!
@@adamdorgant9454
So bizarre I remember he was black as coffee at once- now he looks like creamer 🔥
@@chosty1978 Agreed!!!
He was actually much more handsome w/ dark skin. What a weirdo!
@@julieann4616 You’re right about that, I looked up Sosa recently, he’s as white as a ghost!!!!
Jose Canseco a honest man
True!!!
54:52 is the defining moment.
its cool how sosa and mcgwire didnt rat anybody out
WHAT? Their answers are cowardly, what the fuck are you? Goodfellas?
Not they should not be. Many of my heroes used steroids in the NFL in the 60;s and 70's prescribed by the teams they did not know the damage they caused .I don't thin you would want your kid playing against a jacked up.
@@redbeardedberserker you're a moron..
Jose's cool in my book. HE HAD BALLS.. Sosa Coward He can speak english just fine.. But needs a interpreter..? You know he's fucked.. McGwire p.o.s. just like Bonds
@@redbeardedberserker no, it shouldn't.
McGwire is a joke!
He is!
Sosa didn't need an interpreter. LOL
Tool OnDaBoards yea but is allows him to pull out no hablo ingles when pressed
@@DustinTheGreat1123 True lol
This is like a Saturday Night Live bit, what a ridiculous thing this is. Lousy questions, lousy answers. Sosa is playing stupid, "I no understand the question", McGuire is only crying because he has to admit what he did. Palmeiro is a liar too. Steroids have been around alot longer in baseball than people think.
True!!!
Bottom line: if you are an athlete of any kind and do not have any injurys or illness that requires steroids then you are saying to the world and to tourself that you are not good enough to be in the mlb.
Take it from Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Rafael Palmeiro- steroids are BAD for you!
What unbelievable disrespect. "Oh, you guys represent the citizens of the United States? Well, we're baseball players, so eff you. Wait, I'm under oath? As if we gave a flying funk."
Didn't Dennis Eckersley make a late appearance at this hearing?
Maryland Republican Elijah Cummings held no punches when talking to Mark Maguire.
True!!!!!
True, he was very straightforward. However, he was def. not Republican.
@ 0:18:05 Mark McGwire starts to address the Players Code and Is indirectly talking about Jose Canseco....
Besides Jose...a panel full of liars..and the guy got bopped on the head with a baseball lol
1:34:35 Who’s this weird speaking Bernie guy?
I've known McGwire and sosa for years. I remember meeting Mark at the bar I'm Oakland on a Saturday night. This freaking guy was ALSO selling juice TO KIDS!!!! I bought some from him and he laughed about it. I WAS 13!!!!
Are you serious?
@@scottmartin8888 lol, c'mon. Obviously not!!!!
Is that Right?
this happened on my 15th birthday lol
I remember being ten years old know my heroes were cheaters I stopped loving baseball as much after this
It felt bad when they took em.
McGuire was such a joke here. Cringey answers
Is this like a trial, what is this congressional panels' power if anyone admits to using ???
what can they do to him after the fact?
Patrick McHenry was the only who tried to get at the truth, and then the asshole chairman shoots him down.
This hearing is a complete joke its such crap it makes me sick
It's sad that the best year in Baseball was a fraud...
1998. 😔😖
Exactly, I enjoy that season before mcgwire said, he used steroids in that season. That damaged that 98 year.
You’re right about that!!!!
these dudes were such liars lol .. Palmer cracks me up. Canseco is the most intelligent and also most honest
Why does this have to go to Capitol Hill?
I was wondering the same thing!!!!
Palmero wearing pinstripes was fitting
21:35 I have never used steroids period
That was the biggest mistake in palmeiro life. Look at his face when he reads his statement. He was lying all the time.
Not only can he not speak our language in our American game but he chose to take steroids to get a unfair advantage,, he should have payed to learn our language instead.
I dont like ratz but Jose just told the truth
God some of the players it seemed so obvious they were using and or used steroids. Outside of canseco, they seemed to be cautious and didn't want to say anything. I mean if someone asks you "Would a tougher penalty system cut down on the steroid use in baseball", and you give answers like I don't know or I'm a retired player so I can't comment on it, that would believe me that they have something to hide.
Why don't Congress just legalize steroids and other performance enhancing drugs into prescriptions only by licensed MD doctors? We have MD plastic surgeons who perform breast augmentations to women to increase their marketing values. Similarly, the performance enhancing drugs also increase the players' values.
terminator800tlgm cause they are dangerous
What isn't? Peanuts can literally kill people, aren't they dangerous?
If "steroids" were so dangerous, why do doctors recommend trt use after the age of 35? Why do doctors hand out birth control to women in their teens? Don't you ever watch these ads that bluntly state side effects to drugs being sold? The MLB had a huge increase in the steroid era!! I say let them juice up lol was a fun period right!
Paul Uhl Damn right
1:36:00 curt shilling admits being with steroids users, that’s david ortiz.
And Manny Ramirez
McGuire got served lol. 1:10:30
Again since when Curt Schilling take steroids? This dude is clean as fuck!
I was wondering the same thing!!!!
@@adamdorgant9454 even Frank Thomas he is definitely clean too.
@@jacobrichardson1952 You’re right about that!!!!
@@adamdorgant9454 I’m genuinely confused, was Schilling juicing or not? He seemed particularly adamant against P.E.D.’s, and it seems legitimate.
I googled it but it’s not clear to me.
@@julieann4616 I can’t say whether he did or not!!!
man...this is so hard to comment..so many issues going on in this very interesting conversation that personally is just a circus, which everybody knows what is going on and nobody is really doing nothing because it is a big business in the order of millions.
Personally I think the issue of steroids and PEDs is now out of control and sadly it is happening if not in all in most sports and at all levels....very sad!
The other thing I'd like to say is that personally I think they are all lying and they looked in fact scared of outcomes.
It's a shame that makes it tiring for a man to talk so much and throw forward people in jail, they eat it easy 😂😂😂😂
1:34:36 calm down bernie.youre gana have a stroke
😂😂
Ken Caminiti. Story makes me sad.
He had a cannon for a arm at 3d base
He should be alive, it’s freaking crazy.
He told espn that he took steroids.
If they and Bonds make the Hall of fame put Pete Rose in too
It will never happen!!!!
nothing "natural" about what they had to do to schillings foot in order to continue playing .
21:34. Enough said
51:59 Enough said
I THINK MAYBE OTHERS WROTE THE STATEMENTS THE JOCKS STRUGGLE TO READ
Omg lol
Sammy Sosa..."yo no ablo ingles"😅
Frank Thomas got left out
With all due respect, I wouldn't lose sleep if McGwire got in, but there's no way he's more deserving than Bagwell. McGwire may have the big homers, but compare the rest of their stats (keep in mind as well that Bagwell put up his numbers in a pitcher-friendly park).
Schilling seems like he always was a douche and apparently a liar, though it's funny how vehemently he calls Canseco won. Up to 5-10 players in the 19 years he's spent in baseball? Really? McGwire, Sosa and Palmeiro are like three good friends, or even three brothers. The oldest brother says one thing, and the other two just go along with whatever he says. Canseco seems the most 'eloquent' here. I guess him speaking out and exposing the huge problem makes him a villain to a lot of players of that era. Omertà seems to be as strong in MLB as it is in many professional leagues. Anytime anyone says something to rattle the establishment, he/she is scolded and called names.
Canseco gets called the rat...hmm... Yeah, he was a snitch but he was the only one telling the truth 95% of the time. The rest of these guys are lying on a business and personal level. I know, they're just protecting their money and reputation but they are also big-time liars and at least Jose is just speaking straight up. You know that blood was boiling as their old pal turned snitch.
Bro who cares if they were juicing 🤷🏻♂️ they were awesome on the field ... go after real criminals seriously
Not griffey Jr, one of the players that didn't juiced.
Steroids don't have that extreme difference it takes ability and talent to hit a round ball with a round bat at 85-95 mph put them players along with pete rose in the hof
Shame on all of them for using steroids.
You’re right about that!!!
Looking back on this I wasn't shocked when finding out who was and who wasn't on them besides Raffy. I remember Miguel Tejada tainted something and gave it to Raffy so Miguel wasn't caught and the blame went to Palmerio. Shady. Sosa never tested positive but had a corked bat later on. Schilling was a so so pitcher who later did okay in the postseason.