Rafael Palmeiro is Almost 60, He Finally Opens up on the Rumors… — Transcript

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1. 0:00my name is Rafael Palo and I am a
2. 0:02professional baseball
3. 0:03player let me start by telling you this
4. 0:06I have never used steroids today Raphael
5. 0:09Palo once hailed as one of the greatest
6. 0:12baseball players of all time saw his
7. 0:14legacy get tainted by a steroid Scandal
8. 0:17that forever deprived him of the biggest
9. 0:19baseball honor before we dive in any
10. 0:22further please don't forget to subscribe
11. 0:25pom's story truly begins at the moment
12. 0:27when his life as he had always known it
13. 0:30came to a screeching halt it was March
14. 0:322005 a time when steroids had evolved
15. 0:35from being just a baseball issue into a
16. 0:38full-blown National crisis the stakes
17. 0:41were incredibly High Federal prosecutors
18. 0:44were gearing up for the Balo laboratory
19. 0:46case a massive legal battle involving
20. 0:49Barry Bond's personal trainer and other
21. 0:51high-profile
22. 0:53figures Mark Maguire's name had also
23. 0:55been pulled into the spotlight linked to
24. 0:57a steroid ring that the FBI had
25. 1:00investigated back in the 1990s to add
26. 1:02fuel to the fire just a month before
27. 1:05this pivotal moment Jose cono dropped a
28. 1:07bombshell on the baseball world with his
29. 1:10explosive Memoir in his book Cano didn't
30. 1:13hold back naming some of the biggest
31. 1:15stars in the game as steroid users and
32. 1:17Palo was one of them suddenly the entire
33. 1:20sport seemed under a cloud of Suspicion
34. 1:23but here's where it gets interesting at
35. 1:25this point in time no major star had
36. 1:28actually tested positive for steroids
37. 1:30the rumors were swirling the accusations
38. 1:33were flying but from the Public's point
39. 1:35of view there was still no hard evidence
40. 1:38but then only 6 weeks later the
41. 1:41unthinkable happened Palo received a
42. 1:43call from the Players Association that
43. 1:45would forever alter his legacy he had
44. 1:48tested positive for stanos alol a
45. 1:50performance-enhancing steroid commonly
46. 1:52known as Winstrol the substance widely
47. 1:55circulated in Underground Fitness
48. 1:56circles across the country had somehow
49. 1:59made its way into palo's system and in
50. 2:02that moment everything he had stood for
51. 2:04crumbled Palo stood firm in his belief
52. 2:07that he was innocent and quickly ordered
53. 2:09an appeal he argued that the positive
54. 2:11test result likely came from a
55. 2:13contaminated vial of b12 vitamins which
56. 2:16had been injected into him by his wife
57. 2:18according to Palo the vial was provided
58. 2:21by his teammate Miguel tahada the
59. 2:23arbitration panel found palo's defense
60. 2:25to be compelling but without any solid
61. 2:28evidence to counter the positive test
62. 2:31his grievance was officially denied on
63. 2:33August 1st interestingly just the day
64. 2:36before on July 31st in the bottom of the
65. 2:38ninth inning Pomo hit what would turn
66. 2:40out to be a fairly meaningless single to
67. 2:42left field during an equally meaningless
68. 2:45home game against the Chicago White
69. 2:46Socks but while the game itself didn't
70. 2:49matter much Palo had been quietly
71. 2:51battling to clear his name for months
72. 2:54hoping to reverse the test result and
73. 2:55save his reputation with a suspension
74. 2:58hanging over him pal lero didn't say a
75. 3:00word to his teammates after the game
76. 3:02instead he simply packed up his things
77. 3:04and left flying off to tedar Bro New
78. 3:07Jersey with his wife Lynn and their two
79. 3:09sons who by then knew about his
80. 3:12situation when he woke up the next day
81. 3:14The Fallout was nothing short of
82. 3:17catastrophic Major League Baseball
83. 3:19commissioner Bud salig announced that
84. 3:21Palo would serve a 10-game suspension
85. 3:24officially making him the first big star
86. 3:26to be suspended for steroid use the
87. 3:28story immediately dominated every major
88. 3:31news Outlet across the country and the
89. 3:33reaction from Baseball fans ranged from
90. 3:35Pure shock to outright anger once the
91. 3:38suspension was over Palo returned to the
92. 3:41field on what had originally been
93. 3:42planned as Raphael Palo Appreciation Day
94. 3:45in Baltimore however instead of
95. 3:48receiving the warm reception he might
96. 3:49have expected he was met with a mixed
97. 3:51crowd some booing others chanting his
98. 3:54name it was a far cry from the
99. 3:56celebration it was supposed to be in the
100. 3:59games that followed palmo one of the
101. 4:01greatest hitters of his time seemed like
102. 4:03a shadow of his former self reflecting
103. 4:06on that difficult time he said I crawled
104. 4:09the rest of the way I was barely
105. 4:12functional he struggled through a
106. 4:14painful two for 26 slump and by
107. 4:16September after missing several games
108. 4:19due to injury the Orioles advised him to
109. 4:21sit out the rest of the season that's
110. 4:23how it all ended no big announcement no
111. 4:26farewell celebration that was my
112. 4:28retirement he says I didn't get to go
113. 4:30out on my own terms they just sent me
114. 4:33home the story of how a star was born
115. 4:37well Cat Ready the pitch to The
116. 4:38left-handed hitter fast ball grounded
117. 4:40into right field base hit now the pitch
118. 4:43pomero swings and drives one deep in the
119. 4:44right center back goes Palo made his
120. 4:47major league debut on September 8 1986
121. 4:50playing left field for the Chicago Cubs
122. 4:52in a game against the Philadelphia
123. 4:54Phillies at Wrigley Field during his
124. 4:56first season he appeared in 22 games
125. 4:59hitting 247 with 12 RBIs and three home
126. 5:02runs the following year he played in 84
127. 5:05games racking up 61 hits 14 home runs
128. 5:09and 30 RB with a solid 276 batting
129. 5:13average while with the Cubs Palo
130. 5:15primarily played in left field but
131. 5:17occasionally filled in at other Outfield
132. 5:19positions or first base when needed
133. 5:22pomero signed a 5-year contract worth
134. 5:24over $30 million with the Baltimore
135. 5:26Orioles in his first season with the
136. 5:28team which was cut short by a work
137. 5:30stoppage he hit 23 home runs and drove
138. 5:33in 76 RB before 1995 pal Mero had only
139. 5:38hit more than 30 home runs once but from
140. 5:401995 onward he began a remarkable streak
141. 5:44of hitting 38 or more home runs every
142. 5:46season until 2003 in 1996 Palo led the
143. 5:51Orioles in home runs batting average in
144. 5:54RBIs hitting 39 home runs driving in 142
145. 5:58runs and collecting 181 hits he helped
146. 6:02the team secure a spot in the postseason
147. 6:05as the American League Wild Card marking
148. 6:07both his first playoff appearance and
149. 6:10the Orioles first since
150. 6:111983 in 1997 despite striking out9 times
151. 6:16in batting Point 254 Palo hit 38 home
152. 6:20runs drove in 110 runs and collected 156
153. 6:24hits helping the Orioles win their first
154. 6:26division title since
155. 6:281983 he also won his first Rawlings Gold
156. 6:31Glove award That season in the playoffs
157. 6:33he had 10 hits two RBI and one home run
158. 6:37batting 265 over 10 games in his final
159. 6:40season of his first stint with the
160. 6:41Orioles in 1998 Palo hit 43 home runs
161. 6:45leading the team for the fourth
162. 6:47consecutive year he also had 183 hits
163. 6:50121 RBIs and a 296 batting average Palo
164. 6:56was offered a fiveyear $50 million deal
165. 6:58to stay with the Orioles but chose to
166. 7:00return to the Rangers for 5 years and
167. 7:02$45 million instead wanting to be closer
168. 7:05to his family in the Dallas area in his
169. 7:08second stint with the Rangers he
170. 7:10averaged 157 games per season in his
171. 7:13first year back he hit 47 home runs
172. 7:16batted 324 and collected 183 hits over
173. 7:21his five years with the Rangers he
174. 7:23consistently hit over 100 RBIs each
175. 7:26season and total 24 home runs though his
176. 7:30batting average fell to point 260 by his
177. 7:33final year in 2003 he also hit his 500th
178. 7:36home run with the Rangers in 2003 that
179. 7:39year the team made the playoffs but was
180. 7:41swept by the Yankees in the AL Division
181. 7:43Series Palo rejoined the Orioles in 2004
182. 7:46on a one-year $4 million deal he aimed
183. 7:49to retire as an orial and make the Hall
184. 7:51of Fame with the team despite a decline
185. 7:54in power he became one of six players to
186. 7:57hit 200 home runs for two different
187. 7:59teams
188. 8:00in 2005 he hit his 500 in third home run
189. 8:04and reached 3,000 hits joining an elite
190. 8:06group of players however shortly after
191. 8:09he was suspended for 10 days for a
192. 8:11positive steroid test which he claimed
193. 8:13was due to a tainted B12 shot from a
194. 8:15teammate after the suspension he played
195. 8:18only a few more games mostly under a
196. 8:20cloud of controversy and injury he
197. 8:23finished his career with
198. 8:242,31 hits the most by any player who
199. 8:27never appeared in a World Series
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