I recently went to a Cards/Cubs game at Wrigley and every time Albert stepped to the plate, I heard people accusing him of being "on the juice". Now I realize too many great players have used steroids, HGH, etc in the past 1-2 decades, but unless Albert has been juicing since day one, I highly doubt he's using anything. From the day he came to the majors, he's been the same size and hit .300+ with 30+ homers and 100+ RBIs. Bonds, A-Rod, McGwire, Sosa, Canseco...all those players that have been accused or found guilty of using steroids had huge changes in performance. Bonds, A-Rod and Sosa were 30/30 or 40/40 players and then all of a sudden became 50+ HR sluggers. McGwire put on 30+ pounds and Canseco...well, he's his own story. Maybe I'm biased, but I say Albert is clean and definitely should be considered innocent until proven guilty.

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