Who's testing positive for steroids now...(3 More MLB Positives 2 in AL, One in NL for 'The Rocket?

The Reds Reporter ^ | 8/18/05

[gopwinsin04]

Something wrong with a 43 year old pitcher who has a 1.43 ERA and a .255 slugging average

[NathanBookman]

Yep, keep Clemens out of the Hall of Fame! Hey Rog, don't do the crime...

[Stellar Dendrite]

Uh oh...better call for more congressional hearings.
Steriods in baseball is a national crisis

[frankiep]

I read something about this on another sports discussion board earlier today. The rumor said that one of the other ones was a certain centerfielder for Boston (Johnny Damon).

[wrathof59]

...just like something was wrong when two guys were hittin em out like wiffle balls in 1998.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

Mike Schmidt was my baseball hero back in the day. I wonder what his stats may have been if he could have been on the juice. I consider all the records from the last ten or so years to be tainted.

[Rodney King]

I couldn't care less about guys who throw balls around, but I think a congressional investigation is a good thing. Any time they spend on useless crap is time they are not spending dreaming up new taxes and spending.

[nvcdl]

Rep. Tom Davis (R) will call for more hearings.

Meanwhile he supports the DC gun ban and thinks DC should have vote in Congress.

[thoughtomator]

I consider steroids baseball to be a different game entirely, and it's not one I enjoy at all. Thus baseball has gone the way of hockey on my used-to-but-don't-now follow.

It's a topsy turvy world when the cleanest major sport in the USA is football.

[jayhorn]

Ugh. Reason number 145,832 I no longer watch MLB.

[gopwinsin04]

Damon and the Rocket would be huge. It would confirm to the public that this is not just an isolated incident...

[SomeCallMeTim]

How do you know Schmidt wasn't "on the juice"? I saw him up close a few times.. he was pretty "bulky". Roids have been around a very long time....

[MikefromOhio]

I actually think that there have been MORE pitchers on the juice than hitters...

That said, the Rocket has had some back problems since at least mid-June and maybe earlier than that...

we will see what happens....

[frankiep]

...as if any more confirmation was needed

[konaice]

Take it with a grain of salt but it wouldn't suprise me in the least if this comes out in the next few days.

Things are beginning to look suspicious in the opposite direction as far as I can tell.

People who wouldn't need steroids are getting caught. People who Clearly know better and who _clearly_ know they can't get away with it any more.

It just sounds fishy to me.

[gopwinsin04]

[MikefromOhio]

How do you know Schmidt wasn't "on the juice"? I saw him up close a few times.. he was pretty "bulky". Roids have been around a very long time....

that's the problem. The MLB has been so WRONG in the testing policy for steroids, i.e. they didnt have one, that pretty much anyone that DIDN'T piss hot in this new policy (which still looks like swiss cheese to me) is more or less in the clear.

Now we can look at the character of each and every player and make a guess, but that is all it is. That said, I don't think Schmidt did any steroids.

[Stellar Dendrite]

Let the MLB take care of it themselves. We dont need grandstanding politicians who ignore more pressing issues....

[konaice]

the Rocket has had some back problems since at least mid-June

And that relates, HOW?

[Freee-dame]

If MLB was really serious about not having players use steroids, they would test every player every 2 months. It would end.