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Baseball Bummer: No Steroid Subpoena for Kansas City Royals PlayersMar 16 2005 by Greg Kuhl
"It's just another example of how small-market teams get the shaft," said Mike Sweeney, the oft-injured first baseman and designated hitter who may be the team's only star. "My teammates and I are extremely disappointed and hurt that people like Sammy Sosa, Jason Giambi and Frank Thomas were asked to testify, and even former players like Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire," Sweeney said. "I'm a big strong guy, just like they are," Sweeney explained. "I've had nagging neck, back and side injuries, like juicers sometimes do - but nobody ever accuses me of using steroids. It's a bummer." Sweeney said he would have been happy "to have been subpoenaed to testify, then excused - just like Jason Giambi was. But he's a Yankee, he's big time. I'm in Kansas Ctiy, I'm nobody." Sweeney said he figured he deserved an invitation just for being a one-time teammate and even a housemate of Jeremy Giambi, the brother of Jason Giambi and a player who recently admitted using steroids. "But Jeremy's nobody, too," Sweeney said. "He played in Kansas City and Oakland, so who cares? Maybe it's because the Royals lost 104 games last year, and don't look a whole lot better this year. "Maybe the steroid dealers overlook teams like Kansas City, Cincinnati and Milwaukee," Sweeney said. "Who wants to hang with anybody from those ballclubs? "When you lose as many games as we did, it's hard for anyone - the fans, the baseball establishment or even steroids suppliers - to take us seriously. "Our only hope is if enough players from enough teams get suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs, maybe we'll make the playoffs and World Series. "Then," Sweeney said with a laugh, "those Congress members will be falling all over themselves to subpoena us for the next round of hearings!"
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