02-09-2009, 05:51 PM
Griffey has almost been as vocal as Schilling about being anti-roids. He's also a string bean, and looks almost exactly the same as he did at age 20. The years when he hit all those homers were his ages 25-29, when practically ALL MLB players produce their best seasons.
There's also the story in the Bond's book about his roiding that points to a few conversations between Bonds and Griffey (lifelong close friends...their dads were both MLB All-Stars, and peers), in which Bonds expresses his frustration and jealousy at the media attention heaped upon McGwire and Sosa in 1998. Bonds rightly considers them inferior (to him) players who were getting massive love suddenly, simply because they were shooting roids. So Bonds tells Griff he's gonna do it, and Griff says he isn't.
Bonds vaguely denied this all later, but the fact that it was published in a best-seller, and never legally challenged, seems to point to its veracity.
Common sense would seem to indicate that Griffey is clean. Almost every single roider who has been unmasked...there were lots of anecdotal signs along the way. Lots. But I've never heard a single whisper about Griffey.
But I guess you never know.
There's also the story in the Bond's book about his roiding that points to a few conversations between Bonds and Griffey (lifelong close friends...their dads were both MLB All-Stars, and peers), in which Bonds expresses his frustration and jealousy at the media attention heaped upon McGwire and Sosa in 1998. Bonds rightly considers them inferior (to him) players who were getting massive love suddenly, simply because they were shooting roids. So Bonds tells Griff he's gonna do it, and Griff says he isn't.
Bonds vaguely denied this all later, but the fact that it was published in a best-seller, and never legally challenged, seems to point to its veracity.
Common sense would seem to indicate that Griffey is clean. Almost every single roider who has been unmasked...there were lots of anecdotal signs along the way. Lots. But I've never heard a single whisper about Griffey.
But I guess you never know.
There's nothing better than to realize that the good things about youth don't end with youth itself. It's a matter of realizing that life can be renewed every day you get out of bed without baggage. It's tough to get there, but it's better than the dark thoughts. -Lance