Wally Joyner took roids? What?

by Dex on Nov 8, 2005 11:44 AM PST in News

Apparently, everybody's favorite original baby faced bald first baseman has admitted to taking steroids. Joyner got them from Caminiti. The report will show up in ESPN the Magazine. Who would've thunk Wally of all people on the juice? What in the Wally World is going on here!?

The report uncovers numerous damaging facts including that Joyner admitted he asked Caminiti to help him get steroids during the 1998 season while they were with the San Diego Padres.

Caminiti, who admitted to using steroids himself in 2002, did honor the request and Joyner ingested pills for some time before throwing them away after regretting what he did.

I wonder if Leitner's going to wish death on the entire '98 team now, considering the fact that apparently, they all were cheaters.

Also, I've got my eye on Mark Sweeney. I don't trust any bald headed baby faced first basemen any more!

Thanks to secret source, aka Emcee Emmerson, for pointing this out to us.

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Shocking

Wasn't Joyner Mormon too? He can't even ingest caffiene right?

Who knows how many other secrets Cami took to his grave? Maybe he threated to say more and somebody had him murdered!

by jbox on Nov 8, 2005 12:02 PM PST reply actions

secret source confirms

Wally is indeed Mormon along with Kevin Towers.

by Dex on Nov 8, 2005 12:38 PM PST up reply actions

wally,wally,wally

I remembering hearing Wally on a 1090 interview earlier this season talking about how he resented firstbasemens like McGwire and Parlmeiro for taking steroids 'cuz it cost him a better shot for the Hall. Then it turns out he was mooching off Cammy all those times?

And the roids he took then must have been more for injury recovery than strength 'cuz...well,look at him.

by mato on Nov 8, 2005 1:18 PM PST reply actions

To give Wally the benefit of the doubt

It looks like the article's going to talk about how he tried them to recover from injury rather than strength gain as you point out. Still, injuries are part of the game. Can't be cheating your way off the DL if that's where you're supposed to be.

by Dex on Nov 8, 2005 1:21 PM PST up reply actions

Anybody remember this vision center?

Vision Center:

Greg Vaughn of the 1998 National League Champion San Diego Padres is also a supporter of sports vision therapy. The stated vision therapy before the 1998 season and has made considerable improvement from a disappointing 1997 season. In 1997, Vaughn hit .213. This year he hit .299 and although he was overshadowed by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, he finished the season with over 50 home runs.

Vaughn's success with the program encouraged Vaughn's teammate 1996 league MVP Ken Caminiti to start a vision therapy program of his own.

"The way I see it, this program has everything to do with me and baseball. It will make me a better player, " said Caminiti.

This always seemed sketchy to me. I saw it on the news and they would react to flashing red lights.

by jbox on Nov 8, 2005 1:50 PM PST reply actions

I did vision therapy

When I was in high school, I did vision therapy. It was amazing. I did it during the summer between my junior and senior seasons - when I was playing summerball too. It was unreal - the ball looked like a beachball and I hit really well.

It's much more than just flashing lights though. The theory behind it, and I did it awhile ago now, is that your eyes are a muscle just like any other and you need to exercise them to keep them in shape and/or improve them.

by mike42 on Nov 9, 2005 7:56 AM PST up reply actions

They didn't give you any...

"vision supplements" aka roids?

by jbox on Nov 9, 2005 8:58 AM PST up reply actions

Nope, no supplements

No roids. No nothing. Just a lot of visual drills. Some involved flashing lights. There was all kinds of stuff.

The doctor I worked with (this was in Arizona) also worked with a handful of baseball teams during Spring Training (Matt Williams - then of the Giants, was one of their high profile people), Arizona State's baseball team, and some Olympians who trained in Phoenix.

by mike42 on Nov 9, 2005 10:15 AM PST up reply actions

Joyner

I caught a few minutes of the Wally segment on Sportscenter this morning and I was disappointed in Wally. I wonder if he'd have had the "courage" to come forward like this if Caminitti was still around. Wally made it sound like he asked for them and tried them, but really didn't want to do it.

I lost a lot of respect for Wally this morning. Hopefully the whole story will be told in the article.

by mike42 on Nov 9, 2005 7:57 AM PST reply actions

ESPN

I saw that last night. Apparently Joyner saw guys like Canseco and Palmeiro doing well and he was injury plagued. He asked Cami for some roids. Cami gave Joyner a phone number to call. He called it. The guy said very little but included extra roids in Cami's next shipment. Joyner took them for a couple days then felt "dirty" and flushed the rest down the toilet.

Leinter brought up Joyner on the radio show but just sighed. He didn't wish death upon him like he did for Bonds.

by jbox on Nov 9, 2005 8:57 AM PST reply actions