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Transcript: Analysis: Rafael Palmeiro suspended for 10 days after testing positive for illegal steroids
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- August 1, 2005
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MELISSA BLOCK
All Things Considered (NPR)
08-01-2005
Analysis: Rafael Palmeiro suspended for 10 days after testing positive for illegal steroids
Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM
MELISSA BLOCK, host:
Major-league baseball star Rafael Palmeiro has been suspended for 10 days after testing positive for illegal steroids. Palmeiro is the Baltimore Orioles' first baseman. He's one of just four major-leaguers ever to have at least 3,000 career hits and 500 home runs. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, he is, by far, the most famous player yet to be suspended under baseball's new steroid policy.
TOM GOLDMAN reporting:
The irony couldn't be greater. Last March at a congressional hearing on ...