Schilling? He's always willing to talk.

Shocker of shocks: It's Barry Bonds!

What's Curt know? The last time he tried talking about this stuff to senators he just couldn't recall anything. It'd be more fun if it was Manny just goofing around: "No, no, you called me. I wouldn't call you, man. I don't know anything about that stuff. "

I'm trying to think of active players other than Schilling who have made public comments opposing steroid use...

My money's on The Big Hurt.

I'm thinking Big Hurt as well. I don't think anyone has even remotely close to the same Fame + Number of Anti-Steroid Comments score as Frank. Ironic given his SEC roots (or maybe that explains a lot)...

I'm trying to think of active players other than Schilling who have made public comments opposing steroid use...

Smoltz...

I got my money on Frank Thomas. Either him or a no-name

Here's hoping for Frank.

Gamingboy, I think the "public comments" part pretty much excludes a no-name. It's not like the media were hovering around Jeff Keppinger's locker to see what he thought about Palmeiro's B-12 shots or whatever.

Schilling and Smoltz are probably the best bets. Both strike me as being me outspoken than Thomas and more willing to get involved on their own accord.

Happy Base Ball

EDIT: "me outspoken" = "more outspoken"

Smoltz...

"Senator, you simply cannot believe what some of these heathens are putting into their asses in the locker room..."

I also assume it's Thomas. Serious question: does anybody remember him, in any of his public comments, ever stating or implying he had firsthand knowledge?

I also assume it's Thomas. Serious question: does anybody remember him, in any of his public comments, ever stating or implying he had firsthand knowledge?

Yes, last September, according to this report:

OAKLAND, CA—After two seasons marked by nagging injuries and sub-par home-run totals, Frank Thomas credited his career rejuvenation and rediscovered power stroke "strictly to my weekly cycle of injecting myself with anabolic steroids."

Smoltz...

Also my first thought.

Thomas is also a good guess although I didn't immediately think of him for some reason.

OAKLAND, CA—After two seasons marked by nagging injuries and sub-par home-run totals, Frank Thomas credited his career rejuvenation and rediscovered power stroke "strictly to my weekly cycle of injecting myself with anabolic steroids."

I read the headline as Frank Thomas...not Frank as in his first name but "frank" as in not mincing words.

To provide a more serious answer, at least as late as 2004 Thomas stated that he had no direct knowledge of steroid use by other players:

The accelerated power pace has caused Thomas to wonder if players using steroids could be a factor. He suspected there might be a problem even before 5%-7% of players tested positive in anonymous surveying last year.

"I don't have any direct knowledge, but I just know what I put into a season year in and year out in the weight room," Thomas said in an interview before Commissioner Bud Selig's gag order was imposed on the topic of steroid use.

"I know I push myself to the limit, and I'm as strong as they come. But guys have been just blowing by my home run performance in the last six or seven years. I really thought the bar was 44 or 45 (homers). But you saw guys just start to blow by it. I thought, 'Hey, they might be outworking me in the weight room.' But now things are coming out. Maybe some of my thoughts were right."

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/whitesox/2004-03-22-frank-guillen_x.htm

And this is from 2002:

"I don't know who's on and who's not on,'' the two-time MVP with the Chicago White Sox said. "There is definitely more activity in the weight room nowadays. I was hoping that it was just old guys working hard in the weight room. I really think it's time for testing.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/0529/1388575.html

#16 - Yes, but that's the answer that clubhouse relations would require from him.

Must not be somebody who puts too much value on being a member of the Players Association. Maybe it really is Bonds.

Must not be somebody who puts too much value on being a member of the Players Association. Maybe it really is Bonds.

Millar. Mahay. Um, Pedro Borbon, Sr.

I'm really pulling for Bonds, but now that you mention it, I can settle for Kevin Millar.

" somebody who puts too much value on being a member of the Players Association. "

Kevin Millar?

Damn. That's what I get for flipping between posting, House & a replay of the Phillies / Mets game from August 30th.

My first thought was Frank Thomas as well. I remember after hitting his 500th HR, he commented about doing it "the right way." I'm guessing he's pretty irked that his records will be littered with other steroid users. It's really too bad for him assuming of course he isn't a user.

Ruben Rivera - he stole Jeter's vial as well.

Just listening to "Out of Bounds" on Fox Sports Radio this morning, and they said the player is Gary Matthews Jr.

Thomas and the rest of the White Sox were so aggressively and publicly anti-steroid, it seems unlikely that he would have any firsthand knowledge. I think any users would be smart enough to know that letting him notice anything would likely be the end of their career.

An E-X sighting. Outstanding. Just don't bring up Dusty Baker and you will be fine.