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Getting beyond the "Steroid Era"

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Sunday, February 22, 2009

I've got a confession to make. Back in 2002, the year I won the League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR) NL-only experts league, I was juicing. Orange, grapefruit, whatever … if it was sweet, I chugged it by the gallon. What can I say? When I moved to Florida in 2001, the pressure was overwhelming. I was young. I was stupid. I was naïve. It was a loosey-goosey time, and I had easy access to an orange grove right down the street from my apartment. OK, so pardon my making a mockery of t ...

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