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Report: Palmeiro still not sure why he tested positive
December 28, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) -- Free-agent first baseman Rafael Palmeiro still isn't sure why he tested positive for steroids, he told The New York Times for a story published Wednesday.
The 41-year-old Palmeiro was suspended in August for 10 days by Major League Baseball. His steroid test in May came up positive -- just six weeks after he testified in Congress that he had never taken the performance-enhancing drugs.
"I wish I could pinpoint exactly what happened," Palmeiro told the newspaper in his first public comments since last season ended. "I would think it was the B-12. I'm not certain of that; I can't prove it."
He has said former Baltimore Orioles teammate Miguel Tejada gave him vitamin B-12 earlier in the season, and suggested it might have been tainted with performance-enhancing drugs.
"I wish I could have turned in the vial for testing," Palmeiro said. "But when I found out, it was long gone and I couldn't come up with it. If something happened that I'm not aware of, an intentional act by someone else, I don't know. I can't rule out anything."
