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My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread

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Rafael Palmeiro
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 24
Baseball Player
Havana
Cuba
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Worked
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Line
Careers
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Everything
Life
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It was a hard time. It was something I would love to erase from my memory.
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Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind.
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I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face
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I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come over here and play the game, because I know Cuba has a very strong baseball history.
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I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.
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To snap my fingers and let it go away. Even if it takes the 3,000th hit with it, just let it all go away
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We're (Juan Gonzalez) like brothers. I'm sure he was very happy to see me get it done, and it's not very long from his day, so hopefully I'll see that and we'll be on the same team.
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The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.
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Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never.
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I don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took steroids intentionally, I'm never going to convince them. But I hope the voters judge my career fairly and don't look at one mistake.
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I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion
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I'm very happy for the Contreras family. They're out. Now they've got a chance to experience life the way I did as a kid. You know, his kids are going to have a real chance in life now, and the same way that I had it.
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There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.
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My dad was the force behind me early on. He was just infatuated with baseball. He was the one that basically taught me how to play the game. He gave a lot of his time working out with me, practicing and taking me to a lot of different games. It was hard work between both of us.
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I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also
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I love baseball, and the door remains open.
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My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition
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