Monday, November 11, 2024

#4 - Rafael Palmeiro


My Two Cents- Three-thousand hits, five-hundred home runs, and a bunch of Viagra commercials. I best remember Raffy for wagging his finger in front of Congress proclaiming he was not a steroid user a year before he failed a steroid test, blaming the failed steroid test on a bad B12 shot he got from Miguel Tejada, and then returned to the field with ear plugs to drown out the boo birds. Palmeiro was a terrific player, but the last few months of his career absolutely ruined himself with me.  Sorry if you are a fan, I am not. This is the hard part about doing a set blog, inevitably you run across a player you do not like. Rafael Palmeiro is the first, but certainly will not be the last.  
The Card Back- Palmeiro was a really good player and stats bare that out. It appears he's massaging his backside in this photo, maybe he was on "B12" in 1999 too.


Video Highlight of Raffy- Raffy's son played baseball for NC State and had this crazy little league home run in an ACC Tournament game.  



1 comment:

  1. Pretty cool that he played in the second most games in the 90's.

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