Say it ain't SO!
Never liked him. Frankly I don't care as he is a yankee and a pompous bastard. I'll just watch my Sox run train on these boys again come April.
As for the whole steroids thing. Who cares?
Say it ain't SO!
Never liked him. Frankly I don't care as he is a yankee and a pompous bastard. I'll just watch my Sox run train on these boys again come April.
As for the whole steroids thing. Who cares?
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Baseball is on its way out anyway. College football alone gets more viewers.
They seriously need a salary cap.
Professional athletes use performance enhancing drugs???
I´m SHOCKED sir....SHOCKED!!!![]()
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In other breaking news... observers around the globe make shocking observation... sky appears to be.... BLUE.![]()
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I'm supposed to be shocked or sadded because....?![]()
I love baseball, always have. My team won last year.
Baseball is really on a down cycle in public image these days. Sad, but true.
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See I don't think steroids are that big of a deal.
Wern't they legal and then the MLB went on this retroactive whichunt? Or am I remembering wrong.
Besides steroids don't make you better at the game nor are they some type of miracle cure.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
"Put 'em in blue coats, put 'em in red coats, the bastards will run all the same!"
"The English are a strange people....They came here in the morning, looked at the wall, walked over it, killed the garrison and returned to breakfast. What can withstand them?"
In a game like baseball one must have the elite hand & eye coordination to succeed at a major league level. Steroids can't help you there. However, baseball is also a game of endurance. The season is very long. 162 regular season games long, plus preseason/offseason leagues and daily practice, and constant long distance travel. Most players suffer injury, fatigue and weight loss . Steroids help players recover from injury & muscle fatigue quicker, and also help maintain muscle mass for those that lose weight over the course of such a long season. IMO pitchers are most helped by using these substances because of the stresses their arms are subjected to with all the throwing they do. Considering the amount of money involved in professional sports it's only human nature for some to try and find any edge they can to compete. Using steroids as a training regimen instead of a short term medication for specific injury is not only cheating, but dangerous to the health of the athelete because of the side affects of these substances when used long-term. The appearance of cheating taints the achievements & records of any athlete, and is not in the best interests of sport. Using these substances as a training regimen is illegal now, but wasn't in 2003; you are correct. Some people's witchunts are another's search for truth.
Besides, Babe Ruth dominated his sport despite employing a training regimen of beer drinking, pizza & pasta overindulgence and chainsmoking cigars. kinda gives hope to the rest of us average joes.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." *Jim Elliot*
Both valid points, but isnt this just the game evolving. Why are steroids any different from anyother substance that has come onto the market that is legal.
You still need skill to play steroids don't give you talent.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Yes, and to break many of the league records one must play at that high skill level for years, 15-20 years of stamina & good fortune to avoid a career ending injury. That's where steroid abusers will get an unfair advantage, and quite possibly damage their own future health in the process.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." *Jim Elliot*
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Sports are a run on rules. They are in fact a more constricted subset of rules then what is allowed in general society. So if the rules for a sport say that only one offensive player can move then it is a foul if two of them do so. If the rules say no chainsaws on field, that is the rules.
If steroids have no benefit... then why spend up big and use them?
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Maybe one day we will develop a neo-steroid that has no negative side effects and will make the body repair damaged nerve cells only the way up to a broken neck. It will also improve red blood count and the ability of the body to use the oxygen, give a reptiles ability to manipulate heart beat and countless other things. We might find that you need to be using this for at least 3 months to mitigate a broken neck.
If such a substance existed we would have insurance companies making such a substance mandatory. But until that day, if the substance is illegal within a sport then it is cheating.
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