Cone takes some blame for lack of testing

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David Cone is taking part of the responsibility for baseball's steroids era.

The former pitcher was on the union's negotiating team during the 1994-95 strike, when management proposed drug testing and the players' association successfully fought it off.

"Certainly in retrospect, I think there's plenty of blame to go around. Certainly I share some of that blame as being involved with the players' association at that time," Cone said Wednesday. "It's something I'm not proud of. It's humbling. It's embarrassing."

Cone spoke during a news conference to announce that he's rejoining the YES Network as an analyst on New York Yankees broadcasts. Having played on four World Series championship teams with the Yankees from 1996-2000, he has seen many of his former teammates, including Roger Clemens, accused of using performance-enhancing drugs.

Cone wants to believe the allegations against Clemens aren't true.

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