I got bored and decided to make a tournament of the most well-known steroid-users (in baseball).
1. Barry Bonds
2. Jose Canseco
4. Mark McGwire
5. Jason Giambi
3. Sammy Sosa
6. Rafael Palmeiro
7. David Segui
8. Jason Grimsley
Round One-
1. Barry Bonds vs. 8. Jason Grimsley: Most people think Bonds advances right of the bat, but Grimsley was the guy that named players like Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada, Brian Roberts, and even David Segui (along with others) to be linked with steroids. But, Bonds is about to break the famous record in baseball history, so Bonds advances.
2. Jose Canseco vs. 7. David Segui: Is there really any competition in this one? C'mon, Canseco was the founder of this whole tournament, so I gotta let him advance.
3. Sammy Sosa vs. 6. Rafael Palmeiro: Sure, Sammy just hit 600, but his lame excuse of, well, an excuse, was that he couldn't speak english. Sure, I'll give him that he isn't fluent, but I mean, seriously, that is stupid. The same day, Raffa says that he hadn't used steroids...period. When in reality he had failed a drug test before the hearing. It ended up buying him some time for some more home runs. Close call, but Palmeiro pulls the upset.
4. Mark McGwire vs. 5. Jason Giambi: This one is almost as close as the 3-6 matchup, and again it will come down to they guy with the bigger cohones. McGwire also had a sad excuse: "I'm not here to talk about the past-I'm here to talk about the future." Giambi's recent come-out wins it for him.
Semifinals-
1. Barry Bonds vs. 5. Jason Giambi: Barry is arguably the best the hitter ever. The fact is, he hasn't been PROVED of using steroids yet. Giambi actually told the world himself that he's been juiced, where Bonds had his own his show about how he didn't use them. This tournament is for steroid users, not for the guys-who-said-they-didn't-but-probably-did. Giambi advances.
2. Jose Canseco vs. 6. Rafael Palmeiro: If it were by talent, I would give it to Palmeiro. One can assume that he didn't used steroids as long as Canseco did. But Canseco CREATED Raffa. He created his juicer legacy and all of the media that comes along with it. Canseco advances easily.
Finals-
2. Jose Canseco vs. 5. Jason Giambi: Let's match up the stats:
- Media: Canseco gets the edge here, I mean, seriously, he had a book.
- Talent: It's hard to tell here, but the edge goes to Giambi. He supposedly isn't using steroids anymore and he still he isn't slowing down...much.
- Accusations: Obviously, this has to go to Canseco.
In the end, Canseco comes out with the win, winning the first annual Tournament of Juicers.
If you have any comments on this then feel free to let your voice be heard on the comment board. Oh, and the reason that Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada weren't on this is because they were only accused. There hasn't been much evidence behind it.