SF Examiner: Bay Area stars pioneered steroid era

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Art Spander in BALCO, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Steroids, articles, baseball

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

SAN FRANCISCO — A few sniffles from Mark McGwire. Did someone say there’s no crying in baseball? Of course there is. Our pal, Barry Bonds, cried long ago on the Roy Firestone show.

And you thought the suspected (and, for one, acknowledged) use of steroids was the only thing that linked the home run kings.

Obviously, it’s the Bay Area influence. Not for teardrops, but for substance abuse.

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