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AHOS Baseball Team
Not your typical sports magazine's list The following is our choices for the most
talented and most shameful players in baseball past or present to fill
our team. These players had to have a good combination of both to
be considered. If you think we've forgotten someone or you think
one of them shouldn't be on here, let us know at ahosteams@athletehos.com
C-Darrell Porter (1971-87)
Admitted to abusing alcohol, cocaine, pills, and marijuana
1B-Jason Giambi (1995- )
Outed by baseball digest and later admitted to using steroids and HGH and named in the Mitchell Report
released in December 2007 as doing so
2B-Lee Lacy (1972-87)
Testified in the “Pittsburgh Drug Trials” of 1985 to having used
cocaine (suspended for 60 days but was allowed to play if he donated 5%
of his base salary to a drug-related program and performed 50 hours of
community service)
3B-Ken Caminiti (1987-2001)
Admitted to using steroids and named in the Mitchell Report as doing so,
arrested for possession of cocaine
SS-Neifi Perez (1996- )
Suspended for 25 games and then 80 games for testing positive for a
banned substance on a 2nd and 3rd occasion
OF-Darryl Strawberry (1983-99)
Tested positive for cocaine multiple times, violated house arrest and
parole, arrested for domestic abuse multiple times (no charges were
filed), indicted for failing to report income, suspended for 75 days by
MLB
OF-Albert Belle (1989-2000)
Assaulted fans and media personnel, suspended for 10 days for using a
corked bat, arrested for suspicion of stalking an ex-girlfriend (plead
guilty and served 90 days in jail and 5 years’ probation)
OF-Dave Parker (1973-91)
Fined 10% of his salary in ‘86 for continually buying cocaine but
avoided suspension
DH-Jose Canseco (1985-2001)
The bash brothers used to claims those massive forearms were the results of curling some massively heavy dumbbells. Turns out, there was a little more to the story. Conseco admitted to using steroids and claimed to have injected other players
with them, named in the Mitchell Report as doing so, arrested for
domestic abuse and battery
SP-Denny McLain (1963-72)
Convicted of laundering money from his own company (sentenced to 8 years
in prison), convicted of racketeering, extortion and cocaine possession
in ‘68, suspended by league multiple times
RP-Jason Grimsley (1989-2006)
Admitted to using steroids, HGH, and amphetamines, named in the Mitchell
Report as doing so, co-operated with officials to name other players who
allegedly used performance-enhancing drugs
Closer-John Rocker (1998-2003)
Made racist, sexist, and anti-gay remarks about New Yorkers in a SI Magazine interview and was forced to undergo psychological
testing
Manager-Billy Martin (1969-88)
Known for altercations with players and front office personnel while
managing, got into many fights outside of baseball including one with a
marshmallow salesman
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