Rafael Palmeiro of the Baltimore Orioles, recently a member of the elite 3,000 hit club (a milestone he reached against our very own Seattle Marinersbut then, who can’t hit against our boys?), has been suspended for steroid violations. He’s the first big name to be suspended under Major League Baseball’s new anti-steroid policy.

Palmeiro no doubt regrets his testimony in March before Congress, when he stated, rather forcefully, “I have never used steroids. Period. I do not know how to say it any more clearly than that.”