From the NY Daily News (hat tip to Was Watching):
But in "The Yankee Years," David Cone said the players had a good idea about who was juicing. There was speculation about players who worked closely with Brian McNamee, the trainer who told the Mitchell Commission, Congress and federal investigators that Roger Clemens used steroids and human growth hormone and that Andy Pettitte used HGH.According to the authors, players often joked about teammates who worked out with McNamee when he served as an assistant strength coach for the Yankees in 2000-2001, especially players who grew dramatically stronger, bigger and leaner in a short period of time. "He's on Mac's program," was the joke, or "He's on The Program."
"They were on his program, guys like Roger, Andy and maybe (Mike) Stanton," the book quotes Cone as saying. He says he thought McNamee "had some GNC stuff he was putting in shakes, maybe creatine or Andro or whatever you can get over the counter."
So are you as upset with Cone and Mussina's comments as you are about Torre's?Torre and Cone saw McNamee as an interloper in the locker room who got a job with the Yankees without paying his dues because of his relationship with Clemens...
"I didn't like McNamee," Cone said in the book. "Not that he was a bad guy. I never thought he was properly vetted."
Cone's ideal trainer would have worked his way through the minor leagues like the players, and Cone thought McNamee had taken a job from somebody more deserving.
6 Comments:
damn this is turning out to be a HUGE shit sandwich and there is plenty for everyone
It sure is.
Hopefully once people read the whole book it doesn't come off so badly. It just looks worse now cause all we're seeing is the bad stuff.
Actually I am pretty happy now knowing what actually goes on. It explains why we haven't won any world series since 2000. This supposed family is actually quite dysfunctional and needs to be put back on track.
I agree Anon.
What's apparent is that Torre, Jeter, Posada, and whoever else were unwilling to adjust and do what was necessary to win. Which includes adjusting to different personalities and attitudes. This book should be renamed the "Excuse Years, with Plenty of Room Under the Bus"
Basically the book is about how after 2001 everything was the yankees fault nothing Torre did wrong.
The Yankees built a very special team in the late 90's it is very hard to duplicate that team. I feel Torre was overrated if Buck was the manager with those players he would of won just as much if not more.
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