Chicago Tribune: Rogers: Canseco’s haymaker could floor Ordonez (RR)

Perhaps Triple-A hitting coach Von Joshua, who got Ordonez to stop changing his batting stance and approach on a weekly basis, wasn’t the only reason for Ordonez’s emergence. Could steroids and human growth hormone have helped even more?

Ordonez never has tested positive. But that’s just as likely to mean he cheated well as it does that he didn’t cheat.

It doesn’t look good when Canseco, a former teammate, has tried to make Ordonez buy his silence and Ordonez has responded by telling the FBI “no harm, no foul.” Ordonez could have put Canseco in the crosshairs of a serious investigation, but that would have meant allowing someone to look for skeletons in Ordonez’s closet, as well, so the man once honored with the “Oh-ee-oh, Magglio” chant is keeping the bat on his shoulder.

Fa-fa-funny...that a Sly “HGH is nothing. Anyone who calls it a steroid is grossly misinformed. Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older. Everyone over 40 years old would be wise to investigate it because it increases the quality of your life. Mark my words. In 10 years, it will be over the counter."* Stallone ad is running next to Rogers.

*ShysterBall.