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jw
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jw asked in SportsBaseball · 7 years ago

does anyone suspect that derrick jeter took steroids?

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  • Connor
    Lv 6
    7 years ago
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    There are likely some. There are probably a few people who suspect steroid user for every MLB superstar, but most of them are wrong. It's more about the evidence.

    And there is no evidence that Jeter ever used. He never gained a suspicious amount of muscle, he never had any major power spikes, his performance decreased as expected with age, he's never failed a test, his personality leads you to believe he never would, and most importantly, as the biggest face of baseball in a LONG time, Jeter has never been indicted by any "reliable" person in regards to use - Kirk Radomski, Jose Canseco, Brian McNamee, Jason Grimsley, Applied Pharmacy, the Mitchell Report, Rafael Palmeiro, PBRC, Carlos Stewart, the BALCO leak, Tom Boswell, SBRC, New Hope Health, Who Knew? ESPN, etc, etc.

    Some of these guys made big figures by revealing their inside information on steroid use in baseball. If they had proof that Jeter used, they would have, without a doubt, released that information. That would have significantly increased their book sales and media attention.

    So yeah, I'm sure there are people that suspect, but nobody has any proof that Jeter has ever used in his career, and based on his status as an historic baseball superstar, if he had, it would have likely been revealed by now.

  • 7 years ago

    Who's Derrick Jeter?

  • 7 years ago

    He never had more than 24 home runs in a year, and that's very low for a steroid user playing as a starter in the MLB. Often, you can tell someone took steroids because they went from thin to ripped in a short amount of time. Here you can see the noticeable change in Barry Bonds: http://www.barrybondssteroids.net/bondsbeforeandaf...

    Jeter never suddenly got bigger like that, so he probably never used roids.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Never heard of Derrick Jeter, sounds awfully like Derek Jeter. Then again, there are players with similar sounding names like Curt Warner and Kurt Warner (football).

    But there are two Pedro Martinezes and two Frank Thomases as well.

    EDIT: Wait a minute, I thought this question sounds familiar...Jandy, is that you?

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    I'm by no means a Jeter fan but he didn't have the physique or power numbers normally associated with juicers, and his big head came from all the simpletons in the media heaping praise on him.

  • 7 years ago

    *Derek Jeter

    ESPN moron Skip Bayless suspected Jeter of taking steroids because he hit home runs in three consecutive games in 2012.

  • 7 years ago

    first. i don't know of a derrick jeter. and 2nd, no

  • Snid
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    There's always someone who suspects. I'm not one of them. Skip Bayless is an idiot.

  • 7 years ago

    At least spell his name right

  • 7 years ago

    There's never been the slightest rumor about that ever.

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