Former major league pitcher Eric Gagne has a history with performance enhancing drugs. He first admitted publicly to using PEDs in 2010 and has now released a book where he goes into a little more detail. Eric Gagne’s book is entitled “Game Over: Th

e Story of Eric Gagne,” and is also written in French.

In the book, Gagne claims that 80% of his teammates were using performance enhancing drugs while pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Beltre played for the Dodgers early in his career from 1998-2004 and with Gagne for most of his tenure there.

Beltre though confidently that there is no doubt he is part of the 20% that weren’t using and he wishes Gagne would’ve made claims, like Jose Canseco did, to clarify those who used and clear the names of those who didn’t.

“He should have mentioned names,” Beltre said. “I know for sure I’m not one of them. I haven’t read the book. I’m not interested in it. He should have come up with names instead of a percentage.”

Beltre though didn’t express any desire to read the book and maybe that’s partially due to the fact that it is written in French.

“My French is not too good,” Beltre said. “Everybody has the right to say whatever they say. If they feel the need to write a book about it, what can I say?”

Every player it seems like will have to address an issue like this as players look for post-career income with “tell all” books like this. I’m certain this won’t be the last one. MLB didn’t start testing for human growth hormone, which Gagne used, till 2006. And even now they only test for it before and after a season, not during.

Notably Robin Ventura, manager of the Chicago White Sox, also says he must have been part of the 20% of clean players and was unaware that this culture of juicing existed around him.

“Apparently, I’m the 20 percent,” Ventura told MLB.com. “I don’t, I mean, I was never around it. So it’s just one of those (things) that maybe he knows something I don’t.”

“Yeah, he was fine,” Ventura said when asked about his relationship with Gagne as teammates. “I think that’s different than what he’s talking about. But it’s just his own business and what he perceives. But I guess I’m going to have to go back and look at the roster.”

Washington Nationals’ Edwin Jackson also responded.

“I was just a puppy,” Jackson told MLB.com. “I was oblivious to everything. All I know was I was in the league. At that time, I was 20, 22. I was just worried about being in the league. I was just happy to be there. Everything else, I was out of the loop.”

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Former major league pitcher Eric Gagne has a history with performance enhancing drugs. He first admitted publicly to using PEDs in 2010 and has now released a book where he goes into a little more detail. Eric

Gagne’s book is entitled “Game Over: The Story of Eric Gagne,” and is also written in French.
In the book, Gagne claims that 80% of his teammates were using performance enhancing drugs while pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Beltre played for the Dodgers early in his career from 1998-2004 and with Gagne for most of his tenure there.
Beltre though confidently that there is no doubt he is part of the 20% that weren’t using and he wishes Gagne would’ve made claims, like Jose Canseco did, to clarify those who used and clear the names of those who didn’t.
“He should have mentioned names,” Beltre said. “I know for sure I’m not one of them. I haven’t read the book. I’m not interested in it. He should have come up with names instead of a percentage.”
Beltre though didn’t express any desire to read the book and maybe that’s partially due to the fact that it is written in French.
“My French is not too good,” Beltre said. “Everybody has the right to say whatever they say. If they feel the need to write a book about it, what can I say?”
Every player it seems like will have to address an issue like this as players look for post-career income with “tell all” books like this. I’m certain this won’t be the last one. MLB didn’t start testing for human growth hormone, which Gagne used, till 2006. And even now they only test for it before and after a season, not during.
Notably Robin Ventura, manager of the Chicago White Sox, also says he must have been part of the 20% of clean players and was unaware that this culture of juicing existed around him.
“Apparently, I’m the 20 percent,” Ventura told MLB.com. “I don’t, I mean, I was never around it. So it’s just one of those (things) that maybe he knows something I don’t.”
“Yeah, he was fine,” Ventura said when asked about his relationship with Gagne as teammates. “I think

that’s different than what he’s talking about. But it’s just his own business and what he perceives. But I guess I’m going to have to go back and look at the roster.”
Washington Nationals’ Edwin Jackson also responded.
“I was just a puppy,” Jackson told MLB.com. “I was oblivious to everything. All I know was I was in the league. At that time, I was 20, 22. I was just worried about being in the league. I was just happy to be there. Everything else, I was out of the loop.”
Does the fact that Gagne not name players make any of his claims less valid? Not necessarily. There will always be this cloud of PEDs over that era of baseball and people operate under the assumption that use was rampant.
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