bugsandcranks.com - 2/18/2009
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“They used it to make themselves better,” McClelland said. “I can’t fault a player for doing that. It was not against the rules of baseball, so I can’t fault a player for trying to make himself better.”
press-citizen.com - 2/18/2009
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Tim McClelland is a fan of baseball, in
addition to being a Major League Baseball umpire, and...
he's tired of the constant steroid talk. "I'd like to see people kind of get over it," McClelland said. "It was part of that era. In 2004, baseball ...
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baseballthinkfactory.org - 2/18/2009
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baseballthinkfactory.org —
No mea kulpa from this umpire… Tim McClelland
is a fan of baseball, in addition to being...
a Major League Baseball umpire, and he’s tired of the constant steroid talk. “I’d like to see people kind of get over it,” McClelland said. “It was part of ...
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An Umpire Weighs In
baseballmusings.com —
... Bugs and Cranks finds Tim McClelland understanding of steroid use. There also seems to be a hierarchy of use:
"I had a catcher tell me, 'Us peons have to get off steroids; we can't afford them,'" McClelland said. "He said the guys that make the big money, because they put up the big numbers, can get the synthetic steroids, and they can stay on them, and that's not fair".
How expensive are these drugs that someone making the major league minimum can't afford them? How can high school players afford them?
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Top O' The Order: Jose Canseco accepts your belated apology
Big League Stew —
... become, eligible
for enshrinement. The electorate already is reminded annually that
"voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability,
integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s)
on which the player played." [Chicago Tribune] • Umpire Tim McClelland once kicked out a future Hall of Famer for having too much pine tar on his bat, but he "can't fault" players for using steroids. [Iowa Press-Citizen via Bugs & Cranks] • Gordon Edes wants to make A-Rod a first-ballot ...
Baseball Umpire Doesn't See Anything Wrong Here [MLB Steroids]
Deadspin —
... quite a dilemma. "I'd like to see people kind of get over it," McClelland said. "It was part of that era. In 2004, baseball instituted the ban on steroids. The previous 15 years, you just have to realize there were a lot of people taking steroids." That's actually completely reasonable. I take back every thing I said about his mother at that Boston game back in '96. McClelland: Steroids part of era [Iowa City Press-Citizen, via Bugs & Cranks]
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