[新聞] Chipper: Steroid questions could follow A-Rod, too
Chipper: Steroid questions could follow A-Rod, too
NEW YORK (AP) -- Chipper Jones predicted Alex Rodriguez will be the next
player answering questions about steroids if he gets close to breaking the
home run record.
The Atlanta Braves star said Wednesday that A-Rod probably will face
suspicions about steroid use -- just as new home run king Barry Bonds
has -- because Jose Canseco recently hinted he has salacious information
to disclose about Rodriguez.
"I don't doubt it," Jones said.
"There's been a lot of validation to some of the things that Jose Canseco
has said over the years. At first when it came out a lot of people didn't
want to give him a lot of credit for it. But a lot of it has been proven true.
Now, when he opens his mouth, people listen. And unfortunately, this cloud is
following probably two of the best players of this century."
Canseco, who hit 462 homers during his 17-year major league career, attracted
the attention of Congress in 2005 with an autobiography, Juiced, that accused
several top players of steroid use. They included Mark McGwire and Rafael
Palmeiro, who later was suspended for violating baseball's steroids policy.
Canseco also admitted using steroids.
Last month, the 1988 AL MVP told WEEI-Radio in Boston that in an upcoming book
he has "other stuff" on Rodriguez, the New York Yankees slugger who recently
became the youngest member of the 500-homer club.
Canseco said A-Rod was a "hypocrite" and "was not all he appeared to be,
" according to ESPN.com. But Canseco wouldn't say whether A-Rod had used
steroids.
Rodriguez has declined to comment.
"I think it will follow him," Jones said.
"There's going to be the questions because his name's been brought up.
If I had to pose a guess on A-Rod, I would say no. But I don't know.
He's going to have to answer the questions. And that goes for everybody
that approaches the number. It's just so farfetched, the numbers that those
guys are putting up. And a lot of it comes from the era that they're playing
in."
Bonds broke Hank Aaron's career mark with his 756th homer Tuesday night and
insisted the record is not tainted. Asked what he thought, Jones said:
"I'm going to reserve judgment. Let's put it that way."
"But it's unfortunate for the game that there is such a cloud hanging over it.
Hopefully, everything will come out and Barry will be cleared and we can all
say that Barry is the true home run champ and that there is no asterisk,
there's nothing tainted," Jones said.
"There's nothing any of us ballplayers would want more, to be honest with you.
Because I'm playing in the steroid era. Everything that I do is going to be
judged. It's the same with a lot of good ballplayers that have put up a lot of
good numbers in this era that did it the right way."
Jones, who hit a two-run double against the New York Mets on Wednesday night,
also pointed to baseball's ongoing steroids investigation, led by former Senate
majority leader George Mitchell.
"Time is going to tell for a lot of people, until this Mitchell investigation
is complete. And it's not just (Bonds and Rodriguez), but they're the poster
children because they are the two best players in the game, or have been. It's
inevitable. It's just the way things are now," Jones said.
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