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The man who finished second to Jose Canseco in voting for the 1988 American League Most Valuable Player award says he should have the award now that Canseco is talking publicly about his steroid use.
"Where's my MVP?" former Boston Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell told the Fort Myers, Florida, News-Press. "(Canseco's) an admitted steroid user. I was clean."
Canseco, in his book, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big," and in interviews with CBS's "60 Minutes" news program, says he injected former home run king Mark McGwire and former team mates Jason Giambi, Raphael Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez and Ivan Rodriguez with steroids.
All have denied the accusations.
Boston Globe reporter Gorden Edes, a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, said he did not believe the association would strip admitted steroid users of their awards.
"Like it or not, steroids were not a banned substance at that time in Major League Baseball," Edes told the News-Press.
Canseco told "60 Minutes Wednesday" that his steroid use was no secret to baseball officials.
"They knew what I was doing. They knew what the other baseball players were doing, if they were involved in taking steroids," Canseco said. "Owners knew it. Players Association knew it."
But Sandy Alderson, Major League Baseball's executive vice-president, said: "That's absolutely not true."
Asked on "60 Minutes Wednesday" did he think that Canseco was taking steroids, Alderson, the Oakland general manager when Canseco played there, said: "I had suspicions, over time, that he might be."
Source: AP
"Where's my MVP?" former Boston Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell told the Fort Myers, Florida, News-Press. "(Canseco's) an admitted steroid user. I was clean."
Canseco, in his book, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big," and in interviews with CBS's "60 Minutes" news program, says he injected former home run king Mark McGwire and former team mates Jason Giambi, Raphael Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez and Ivan Rodriguez with steroids.
All have denied the accusations.
Boston Globe reporter Gorden Edes, a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, said he did not believe the association would strip admitted steroid users of their awards.
"Like it or not, steroids were not a banned substance at that time in Major League Baseball," Edes told the News-Press.
Canseco told "60 Minutes Wednesday" that his steroid use was no secret to baseball officials.
"They knew what I was doing. They knew what the other baseball players were doing, if they were involved in taking steroids," Canseco said. "Owners knew it. Players Association knew it."
But Sandy Alderson, Major League Baseball's executive vice-president, said: "That's absolutely not true."
Asked on "60 Minutes Wednesday" did he think that Canseco was taking steroids, Alderson, the Oakland general manager when Canseco played there, said: "I had suspicions, over time, that he might be."
Source: AP