Former relief pitcher John Rocker says he failed a drug test ordered by MLB in 2000 and that he, Alex Rodriguez and former Texas Rangers were lectured by management and union doctors on how to effectively use steroids.
“Bud Selig knew in the year 2000 John Rocker was taking the juice,” the former pitcher said yesterday of the baseball commissioner on Atlanta radio station 680. “Didn’t do anything about it.”
Rocker said that doctors from management and the players association, after a spring training talk with the Texas Rangers about steroids, pulled himself, Rodriguez, former Oriole Rafael Palmeiro and Ivan Rodriguez aside. Rocker was with the Rangers in 2002.
“If you do [steroids] responsibly, it’s not going to hurt you,” Rocker said the doctors told them.
This is incredibly juicy (pardon the pun) news, but here’s the thing – it’s coming from John “I love New York City” Rocker. Raise your hand if you think he might be stretching the truth just to keep his name relevant.
Still though, his story is rather detailed and if it’s true, this is another bombshell for baseball and it’s highly competent leader, Bud Selig.
