Yankees former relief pitcher, Mike Stanton, who pitched effectively during “The Run” in the late 1990’s, caught my attention this morning as I was driving to the vet to pick up a script for Bella when the conversation turned to Starling Marte and why players continue to use illegal substances.
Speaking on XM Radio’s MLB channel (and I can only paraphrase what he said), Stanton suggested that Marte and others are doing it for the money. He further explained, saying that if he polled 100 players who played during his time and never used anything, a full 70 percent of them would say that, if they knew then what they know now, they, including Stanton himself, would have used.