Silent Treatment: When Teammates Don’t Speak

Mark McGwire says he wants nothing to do with Jose Canseco.

Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco - Jose Canseco accused Mark McGwire of using performance-enhancing drugs in his infamous 2005 book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big. Since then, Canseco has tried to apologize to his former Oakland Athletics “Bash Brother,” but Big Mac isn’t interested. "It's too late. I don't care to ever speak to him again," McGwire told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Wednesday. "What he did was wrong. I can care less what he does.” Like Canseco and McGwire, a falling out among teammates in sports is commonplace. Take a look at a few other examples.(Photos from Left: Otto Greule  /Allsport, Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) 
Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent - These two former San Francisco Giants didn’t like each other one bit. An already icy relationship hit a fever pitch during a 2002 game when Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent screamed and yelled at each other and had to be separated after Bonds shoved Kent. No surprise that these two aren’t on speaking terms, despite each being great hitters.(Photos from Left: Christian Petersen/Getty Images, Brad Mangin/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez - There was a point in time when Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez were good friends. But that friendship quickly went south when A-Rod told Esquire magazine that Jeter “has never had to lead.” That obviously rubbed Jeter the wrong way. Still, the New York Yankees teammates seemingly kept it at least cordial with each other. But when A-Rod wrapped himself up in performance-enhancing drug scandals, resulting in a 2014 full-season suspension, Jeter seemingly washed his hands of anything to do with Rodriguez. “For us, we don’t have to deal with it,” Jeter told the New York Post about A-Rod following the suspension. “It’s over and done with.” Something tells us that these two won’t be exchanging pleasantries anytime soon.(Photos from Left: Nick Laham/Getty Images, Kathy Willens/AP Photo)Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant - Yes, we saw Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant squash their beef — at the suggestion of Hall of Famer Bill Russell — on Martin Luther King Day back in 2006. But after all that went down between the Los Angeles Lakers teammates, from Bryant allegedly forcing O’Neal out of town to Shaq threatening Kobe, we think it’s safe to say that these two prefer to appreciate each other from a distance. Probably no Christmas card exchanges either. (Photo: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

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Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco - Jose Canseco accused Mark McGwire of using performance-enhancing drugs in his infamous 2005 book, Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big. Since then, Canseco has tried to apologize to his former Oakland Athletics “Bash Brother,” but Big Mac isn’t interested. "It's too late. I don't care to ever speak to him again," McGwire told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Wednesday. "What he did was wrong. I can care less what he does.” Like Canseco and McGwire, a falling out among teammates in sports is commonplace. Take a look at a few other examples.(Photos from Left: Otto Greule  /Allsport, Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) 

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