Good for him, I guess.
Just one look at the year+ long soap opera with his former teammate Clemens (let alone Bonds), that will drag out for years to come, probably influenced him coming clean like this sooner then later, even though he's denied it up until this point.
The constant dogging of the media and investigators etc maybe one thing when you're retired like Clemens, Bonds, McGuire, Palmero etc, but when you're still in the prime of your career with 5+ years left in a high level career, things get off track pretty fast with constant questions and scrutiny and distractions every city you hit.
That, and if his timeline is correct, he was well on his way to these type of power and all around stats when he played in Seattle, before Texas and whatever he took.
Baseball has no one else to blame but themselves...back in 2003, he technically was in a grey area with the rules by taking whatever it was he took.
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