Rafael Palmeiro: Former MLB Player Discusses Effect Positive Steroid Test Had on Life After Baseball

Former MLB slugger Rafael Palmeiro is one of four players to ever hit 500 home runs and collect 3,000 hits, yet he's not in the Hall of Fame. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Former four-time All-Star player Rafael Palmeiro, who retired from baseball somewhat unceremoniously following a 10-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancer while playing for the Baltimore Orioles in 2005 and has rarely been heard from since, opened up about life since he last played baseball in a report by Fox Sports.

[He was] booed during his final month as a big-leaguer—even by his home crowd—when he was, instead, expecting a Hall-of-Famer's sendoff.

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