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Article: For White Sox, Palmeiro's baggage might be worth his bat.(Rafael Palmeiro; Chicago White Sox)
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- August 10, 2005
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Byline: Phil Rogers
CHICAGO _ Your team, whose players were among the first to take a stand against the use of steroids, hasn't needed a 500-homer hitter to build its .655 winning percentage. It certainly hasn't needed a hypocrite who was injecting himself with a wicked-hard steroid while at the same time serving on an anti-steroid task force going by the moniker Zero Tolerance.
Your team also hasn't been to the World Series since 1959, which was before its manager, general manager and most of its fans were born. Your team hasn't won a World Series since 1917. Heck, it has thrown one since it won one.
So, you White Sox fans, tell me: Rafael ...