In the early afternoon of October 10, 2004, Caminiti was in the apartment of a friend in The Bronx, New York City. San Diego Padres. [18], Caminiti struggled with substance abuse throughout his career, as he had started drinking alcohol in middle school and smoking marijuana in high school. $69.99 $179.99. " Gonzalez said. Throughout his career, Ken Caminiti struggled with drug abuse problems. Ken Caminiti was born Kenneth Gene Caminiti on April 21, 1963, in Hanford, California. He admitted in 1994 to having a problem with alcoholism and checked himself into a rehabilitation center in 2000. Ken Caminiti admits steroid use | CBC Sports Among the first people he visited the day after his release were Albe and Deetta Ethington, Caminiti's friends and neighbors in suburban Houston. He might have had a completely different football career as he was invited to many all-star games after his season in high school. Reporter Jeremy Schaap and producer William Weinbaum gathered the above information for a report that originally aired on ESPN's "Outside The Lines. He disclosed that in 1996, when he had a shoulder injury and still wanted to play, he drove to Mexico and bought steroids and self-administered it, not aware of the cycles and how to use them. "He was sweating a lot, but he looked OK to me," Silva said, "We were laughing. There were 272, 239 home runs, and 983 runs batted in. He had the finances to help her and she took advantage of that," Burns said. Nearly 18 years after he died of a drug overdose, a possible source. After six full seasons in Houston, Caminiti was traded to the San Diego Padres after the 1994 season in a 12-player trade, along with Steve Finley, Andjar Cedeo, Roberto Petagine, Brian Williams, and a player to be named later (PTBNL), in exchange for Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutirrez, Pedro Martnez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley. Caminiti won three Gold Glove Awards while playing for the Padres in 1995, 1996, and 1997, and he was unanimously selected as the National Leagues MVP in 1996. He met Maria Romero, a mother of three, in 2000 when both were patients at the Smithers Center, a drug rehabilitation facility in Manhattan. The Cautionary Tale of Ken Caminiti: The Steroid Era's First Truth
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