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Over %5 of MLB players test positive for steroids
Posted on 11/13/2003 3:15:31 PM PST by Az Joe
More than 5 percent of Major League Baseball players tested positive for steroids this year, triggering automatic testing starting next season.
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KEYWORDS: mlb; steroids
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:15:32 PM PST
by
Az Joe
To: Az Joe
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:16:00 PM PST
by
Az Joe
To: Az Joe
No more home run records broken in the near future I would guess. Rest easy Babe, Roger.
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:16:55 PM PST
by
Az Joe
To: Az Joe
In other news, Barry Bonds will miraculously regress to the slim doubles hitter he was for years with the Pirates.
To: Az Joe
Well this is no surprise. Baseball players call them "supplements" to their workouts. I call them performance enhancing steroids that make you hit the ball over the fence. It's no secret, most of these types of steroids don't necessarily make you bigger, they just load you up with testosterone, often more than the body can handle. As a result, it makes you much, much stronger. Taking this out of the game would be a plus, in my mind.
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:19:47 PM PST
by
rs79bm
(Insert Democratic principles and ideals here: .............this space intentionally left blank.....)
To: Az Joe
I'd like to know who these players are.
It can't be Bonds, though. His career peaking in his late 30's and his 40 extra pounds of muscle (along with his gigantic head) can be completely attributed to modern "nutrition" and workout methods.
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:22:41 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: rs79bm
I agree, but the problem is that the public has become used to games that end 9-7, rather than the old 3-1 classics. People will complain if the league leader in homers is hitting 37 or 38, which used to be the case.
To: Az Joe
I was prescribed a course of steroids for horrible wasp bite inflammation that took over my arm. Wow! No wonder athletes take the stuff. Never felt better, younger, stronger in my life. Tall buildings? Nothing to them!
Here, waspie, waspie...
To: Az Joe
Will the Players' Union file a grievance?
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:24:12 PM PST
by
GSWarrior
To: Mr. Mojo
I cannot stand Bonds. I will laugh so hard next year when he hits .310 with about 25 homers and all the experts stand around and find ways to not say what they all know is true.
To: Az Joe
I thought it would be more than percent 5.
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:30:48 PM PST
by
Consort
To: Consort
It is, but all they say is if 5% was exceeded; they don't have to release the actual figure. Smart of them to set the bar so low, since the actual figure would probably shock everyone.
To: diamondjoe
Yep, Bonds and Sosa (aka Corkie)
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:43:16 PM PST
by
glorgau
To: diamondjoe
I with ya. There's no doubt that the "natural" Bonds is a terrrific player -- one of the best of our era. But the dude is obviously a roided-up freak, and shows all the physical signs. And as you suggested, he's an A1 a-hole as well.
And for all sensitives out there who plan on answering my post with "show us the proof," I'll answer by asking you to show me the proof that Ted Kennedy drinks like a fish (which of course he does). One look at Teddy's red face and huge cratered nose is sufficient, don't you think?
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:44:01 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: diamondjoe
but all they say is if 5% was exceeded; they don't have to release the actual figure. Smart of them to set the bar so low, since the actual figure would probably shock everyone. Everyone but Jose Canseco, that is. What did he say, something like 80%? My guess is it's around 40%.
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:45:15 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Archie Bunker on steroids
Ping
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posted on
11/13/2003 3:48:12 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
Yep, Bonds is a total jerk. I was lucky enough to be a batboy at the young age of 16 for a team in the NL when Bonds was with the Pirates, and had to endure his abusive behavior on several occasions. So I wish him nothing but the worst. Great pure hitter (before the roids), but a total, total
@#$@#. And I think Canseco just said "over half," but that could mean 80% or 50%. In either case, I think it's pretty high. Probably not 50, but I would guess somewhere around 20-25.
To: Mr. Mojo
Watch a classic baseball game on ESPN from the early 80s. These guys look like high school kids compared to today's roid heads. Those guys worked out and lifted weights religiously.....whats the difference???
Kurt Shilling told Dan Patrick that if you even think a player is on them...he is!
If you saw Tiger Woods at the tour championship, you would call for mandatory golf testing.
To: GSWarrior
The union agreed to this figure. Maybe they thought (naive I know) that their membership was cleaner than it was.
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posted on
11/13/2003 9:03:30 PM PST
by
xp38
To: Archie Bunker on steroids
MLB players were just as skinny in the
early 90's as they were in the early 80's. The phenomenon of a large % of the league roiding up has been happening since the strike of '94, and was doubtlessly encouraged by the league to help boost players' individual power numbers with the intention of drawing the fans (and revenue) back. God knows where the league would be today without the McGwire/Sosa homer duels that shattered Maris' decades-old HR record.
You think Tiger is on 'roids? Could very well be. Sure didn't help his game in the Tour Championship last week though, where he finished close to the back of the pack.
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posted on
11/13/2003 10:55:29 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
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