Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Sports John Rocker, steroids and 'the juice'
Posted by Scott Freeman on Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Almost lost in the spotlight that's on Roger Clemens and his alleged steroid use is the news that John Rocker has admitted what the Mitchell report claimed: The former Braves closer took steroids and failed a drug test in 2000, his last full season with the Braves.
Not only that, but Rocker estimated that "between 40 to 50
I was around the Atlanta Braves clubhouse a lot during the Rocker era, and will always remember the huge poster of WCW wrestler Bill Goldberg hanging in Rocker's locker, shirt off and muscles bulging.
And former Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone told me once that Rocker was so muscular that if pitched past one inning, he'd have to lie down on the floor and have someone stretch his back to make him limber enough to go out for a second inning.
It also goes a long way in explaining the behavior that caused his career to implode. Rocker always seemed "juiced" when he pitched, in a figurative sense. This admission brings new meaning to the word in literal terms.
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