From the New York Post:
"And I walk into that office, and this happened while I was with the Boston Red Sox before this last regime, I'm sitting in the meeting. There's a doctor up there and he's talking about steroids, and everyone was like 'Here we go, we're gonna sit here and get the whole thing -- they're bad for you.' No. He spins it and says 'You know what, if you take steroids and sit on the couch all winter long, you can actually get stronger than someone who works out clean, if you're going to take steroids, one cycle won't hurt you, abusing steroids it will.'
Now, this is a bombshell. Baseball already has a giant black eye relating to steroids because everyone believes the league and the teams turned a blind eye to its players juicing. But to suggest a team actively encouraged steroid use? That takes things to a whole new level.
Reading further, however, it seems Lou Merloni is about as good at this revelation stuff as he was at hitting major league pitching.
From the same story:
Merloni said he couldn't remember the name of the doctor or what year the meeting took place.
Oh. Well...ahh, hmmm...are you sure you don't remember trivial details like when this eye-opening meeting occurred? I don't want to call you a liar, or claim you're trying to make yourself relevant in a way your playing career never could, but this does make it just a touch more difficult to believe you. I can understand not wanting to name names, but I don't think we're going to shun February 25th if it turns out that's when this meeting occurred.
Really, giving us these kind of specifics isn't going to taint anyone you're not already trying to taint with the information you've already given us. Since you won't, excuse me, "can't" give us these details, I'm afraid all you're accomplishing is making Dan Duquette into a sympathetic figure. That is quite the accomplishment, but I have a feeling it's not really what you were going for.
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