The league’s cherished single-season home run record (61), established in 1961 by Roger Maris, was being sought after by Cardinals’ Mark McGwire and Cubs’ Sammy Sosa during the 1998 MLB season. McGwire hit 70 home runs during the season, while Sosa hit just 66.
In 2001, Barry Bonds broke Mark McGwire’s record by slugging 73 home runs. It was later revealed that Barry, Mark, and Sammy resorted to steroids to boost their performance on the field.
Five years after Bonds’ record-setting home run, Jose Canseco came clean about Barry’s PED use during his home run pursuit in an interview with NBC News’ Keith Olbermann.
Canseco explained:
He added:
Jose also mentioned how MLB players in the infamous steroid era were just pawns, and the real culprits were the managers and owners who let the scandal happen without any protest.
Jose Canseco belongs to the list of players who used PEDs in the MLB steroid era
In June 2001, a month after he retired from the major leagues, former MLB outfielder and designated hitter Jose Canseco eventually admitted to taking PEDs after much speculation. He also disclosed that he had assisted other MLB players in getting them.
Next, Jose’s candid autobiography, “Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big,” was released in 2005, where he claimed that up to 85% of MLB players used drugs.
In the memoir, Jose Canseco also spilled the beans about MLB players who used PEDs, including Mark McGwire, Iván Rodriguez, Rafael Palmeiro, Jason Giambi and Juan González.
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