Mets Steroid-Link Won’t Go Away
May 17th, 2007 9:47 PM
(ESPN The Magazine)Via the Bergen Record’s Steve Popper:
The Mets had gotten the good news Monday that Guillermo Mota was back on the mound, pitching for the New Orleans Zephyrs, putting one public relations nightmare behind them.
But they had barely gotten one steroid-user back in uniform before word came down that Lino Urdaneta, who had spent 10 days on the major league roster before being demoted Monday night, tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
Ouch. The Mets have sure had their share of bad publicity lately. In March, we criticized the Mets clubhouse for embracing steroid-cheat Guillermo Mota. Then last month came the bombshell report that Kirk Radomski, a former Mets clubhouse gofer, is cooperating with baseball’s steroids investigation after pleading guilty to distributing steroids and other drugs to Major League players between 1995 and 2005. While Radomski no longer worked for the Mets organization during that time period, the story has nevertheless been a black eye for the team. ESPN The Magazine featured the …