Palmeiro speaks before HOF induction

Palmeiro speaks before HOF induction

Rafael Palmeiro spent some time reflecting before he was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame on Friday in Lubbock, Texas.

Palmeiro’s legacy shifted in the summer of 2005. On July 15, he got his 3,000th career hit and joined an exclusive club of players with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray are the only other players to have done both. On Aug. 1, Palmeiro found out he had failed a steroids test and was suspended 10 days by Major League Baseball.
“I made a mistake,” Palmeiro told ESPN’s Pedro Gomez on Friday. “I didn’t really understand what I was taking and I paid for it. I paid for it very dearly. Life goes on.”

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