The week of heat for Orioles' Palmerio

This past week has been an embarrassing ordeal for Rafael Palmerio. The recent member of the 3,000 hit club claims he didn't know he was given steroids. Now this can be examined from two sides. First, the obvious questioning of why a professional baseball would digest and inject something into their body without knowing what it is normal. This usually is enough evidence. There is a slight chance too that it was a mistake made by his trainer. Raffy appeared to fully be against the use of steroids as clearly seen at the trial hearings back in March. The man doesn't look huge or bulked up, but displays natural physical features of a ball player. Testing positive for steroids though is a tight web to get out of for anyone. Being suspended 10 games for breaking a major rule in baseball sheds a negative light on Palmerio. The best thing to do in this situation is tell the truth. I believe he is being honest about what happened, trying to back track who may have given him the illegal substance or even lied to him.

Being the spokesman for Viagra doesn't help the current situation either. Even though Viagra and Steroids are different drugs it raises the suspicion that the first basemen used similar performance enhancing drugs in the past. He may have figured it was beneficial for both his career and life because if he wasn't able to play baseball at least he can hold an erection. And we know how important that is for men. The only thing he'd worry about is how quick the side effects kicked in, risking health problems due to stiffness in the mid section for over 48 hours. Other than that Raffy could be a happy man sharing those special moments with his wife and playing baseball. I think after getting to the heart of the matter, digging deep, and finding the person truely responsible Rafael Palmerio will come out as a innocent man. Yeah right! This would be by a long shot. In effect of his suspension this can rid other foolish players of using illegal drugs. Then again this problem will always linger until the penalties are constricted to not only fining a baseball player with a short suspension, but suspending them indefinitely. Cracking down on steroid use with the most demanding constrictions is good for major league baseball. Players need to accept policies and regulations, not lie and cheat for personal gain.