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Baseball Players Say The Darndest Things.
Published 5/8/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... Now, we get to a much more controversial name -- two Red Sox players have now chipped in on the whole Barry Bonds/steroids/breaking the HR record bit. David Ortiz isn't really convinced that

Report: Ortiz not sure if he took steroids
Published 5/8/2007 by docgonzo <info@pinstripealley.com> at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
... [editor's note, by John Amato] I find this interesting coming from Big Papi after he just said that steroids might not have helped Barry Bonds:

10,000 Takes Detention: David Ortiz
Published 5/8/2007 by 10000takes at 10,000 Takes
... Ortiz not convinced Bonds a product of steroids [ESPN] 

Giants Roundup: And Now, It Begins
Published 5/9/2007 by Say Hey at Say Hey: A Bay Area Sports Blog
... Now, we’re normally the last ones to defend Barry, but resident MLB loudmouth Curt Schilling’s rant yesterday was just plain silly: “I mean, he admitted that he used steroids … I mean, there’s no gray area. He admitted to cheating on his wife, cheating on his taxes, and cheating on the game, so I think the reaction around the league, the game, being what it is, in the case of what people think.” Actually, Curt, he has not admitted to many of those things. Therein lie the perjury charges. [ESPN]

The Week In Quotes: May 8-13 by Alex Carnevale
Published 5/14/2007 at Baseball Prospectus
... DH David Ortiz ( ESPN.com ) "I tell you, I don't know too much about steroids, but I started listening about steroids when they started to bring that shit up, and I started realizing and getting to know a little bit about it. You've got to be careful. I used to buy a protein shake in my country. I don't do that anymore because they don't have the approval for that here, so I know that, so I'm off buying things at the GNC back in the Dominican Republic. But it can happen any time, it can happen. I don't know. I don't know if I drank something in my youth, not knowing it." --Ortiz, in an interview with the Boston Herald . "I just want to know. What have I ever done for people to question my integrity? Why do people who have never met me want to [expletive] me up? Why would you want to hurt someone who has tried to do the right thing, be available to the media, to be respectful to the fans?" --Ortiz, on the media coverage

Did David Ortiz (Big Papi) admit to steroid use?
Published 10/13/2007 by Rev Halofan <info@halosheaven.com> at Halos Heaven: Front Page Posts
... Posted on Sat Oct 13, 2007 at 02:58:15 PM EDT According to ESPN.com, Big Papi admits he may have been on the juice . This story is from MAY and the worldwide leader buried (casually, and without comment) the shockingly cynical "confession" 8 paragraphs down the page, wrapped in a non-story about Curt Schilling. ESPN's stock would precipitously drop if Papi, Manny, Jeter or A-Rod were found to have joozed, so anything even hinting of their non-immortality gets buried under the verbiage. Money Quote from the Cookie Monster himself: In fact, Ortiz isn't 100 percent certain he hasn't taken steroids himself. He told the Herald that when he was a young player in the Dominican Republic, he used to drink protein shakes for sale there. He explained he no longer does so because he can't be sure they don't include banned substances. "I tell you, I don't know too much about steroids, but I started listening about steroids when they ...