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Roberts: Pressure led to steroids

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Orioles star Brian Roberts said yesterday that his first direct exposure to steroids was when he saw teammates using them after he was called up from the minor leagues in 2001, but he never imagined he would succumb to the temptation to use the drugs. In an informal talk to high school athletes - and in an interview with The Sun - Roberts, a two-time All-Star and one of Baltimore's most popular athletes, described how he came to use steroids once in 2003, why he kept it quiet for years and why he ultimately admitted his mistake.

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April 19, 2008  09:08 AM ET
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BS! Youre a cheater and you wanted an easy way to make money like all the rest of the jackasses that cheated.

April 19, 2008  10:24 AM ET
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Give us a break. You figured it would make you better and you could get more money. Greed, that is all and nothing more...

April 19, 2008  01:37 PM ET
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Roberts, being the hayseed he is, thought they were talking about the pressure of "hemmroids" and what a pain in the ass they can be. So he figured that was why Palmeiro, Tejada, etc. were taking injections in their ass.

April 19, 2008  01:55 PM ET
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kaycee -Tejeda was not with Baltimore until 2004, so I dont understand your reference to him...

April 19, 2008  03:08 PM ET
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kaycee -Tejeda was not with Baltimore until 2004, so I dont understand your reference to him...

#1astrosfan | 04/19/08, 01:55 PM
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Was he or wasn't he a teammate of Roberts at some time ???

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April 20, 2008  08:27 AM ET
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How come all these guys who "admit" to using steroids only ever did it once?

April 20, 2008  02:52 PM ET
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good comment vikingfan; i was thinking that too

 
April 21, 2008  03:53 PM ET
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So why hasn't MLB called him in to find how who or which teammates he is referring to?

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