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Former player for the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers claims MLB attempted to conceal his steroid use and kick him out of the league.

Gary Sheffield, a former player for the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers, says that the MLB commissioner at the time did not agree with his decision to speak out against the escalating steroid scandal as one of the game’s elite players, and as a result, the league attempted to gradually remove Sheffield from the game.

The steroids crisis in Major League Baseball from the 1990s continues to haunt the league even after decades have passed since its peak. An unexpected power surge engulfed the business just as interest in the league was beginning to dip to unexpectedly low levels, reigniting enthusiasm in the product.

Of course, players like Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds were the faces of the era as they destroyed legendary numbers, but home runs were on the rise across the league and players who were never known for the long ball all of a sudden became sluggers back then. While many players clearly dabbled in questionable substances to boost their statistics and earnings, not all of them were happy about the influx of steroids in the league.

One player who preferred to remain a top star naturally and was outspoken against the crisis was nine-time All-Star Gary Sheffield. Over 22 seasons he showed he was a gifted athlete by being an All-Star for the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, the then-Florida Marlins, and the New York Yankees. And recently, the league legend who shockingly has been kept out of the Baseball Hall-of-Fame added some interesting new layers to the ’90s MLB saga

“And I train like you wouldn’t believe in the offseason, and I was still hitting 30 and 40 home runs a year, and now he has 150 home runs more than me. That’s impossible. Then once I started speaking like that, Major League Baseball tried to hush me up. Bud Selig called me into the office and told me to stop it with the steroid stuff because I am drawing too much attention to the game in a negative way.”

The 55-year-old claims that going through the usual channels of speaking with the players’ union would not have gotten the necessary results, so going public was the optimal approach to address the situation faster. However, he feels that rubbed the league the wrong way and they then tried to link him to the scandal and push him out of the sport.