Source: Roger Clemens, host of athletes pop Viagra to help onfield performance

NY Daily News ^ | June 10, 2008 | TERI THOMPSON, CHRISTIAN RED, MICHAEL O'KEEFFE AND NATHANIEL VINTON

[Fox_Mulder77]

He told little white lies ... and he took little blue pills.

Roger Clemens, whose claims he never took steroids are under federal investigation, has apparently discovered the benefits of another performance-enhancing drug sweeping the sports world - Viagra.

Clemens stashed the clearly marked, diamond-shaped pills in a GNC vitamin bottle in his locker at Yankee Stadium, according to a source familiar with the clubhouse, perhaps keeping the drug undercover to avoid the inevitable wisecracks about all the girlfriends he needed to please.

[Fox_Mulder77]

Among the off-label uses for Viagra, which first went on the market in 1998, it: Helps build endurance, especially for athletes who compete at high altitudes Delivers oxygen, nutrients and performance-enhancing drugs to muscles more efficiently Counteracts the impotence that can be a side-effect of testosterone injections

[theDentist]

There’s gotta be a joke about pitching balls and wood here, but I can’t think of one.

[library user]

Manager: Hey, we need you to pitch our opener, like really, really bad.

Roger: Not tonight, I have a headache.

[IncPen]

How long does a MLB game last?

Shouldn’t he call his doctor if he has priapism of the bat?

[Fox_Mulder77]

ROTFLOL!!!

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It’s just another way to cork their bats.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

It must be tough to pitch while you’re holding a notebook in front of your crotch.

[reagan_fanatic]

I would think that would slow him down when he runs the bases.

[PurpleMan]

Reggie Jackson once said that hitting a home run was better than sex.

I guess Roger thinks that a strikeout is better...unless, of course he was just getting himself ready to meet up with Mindy McCready.

[Tabi Katz]

Onfield performance? That I've gotta see!!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Looks as if they’ll be up against some stiff competition.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I wonder if the best golfer in the world uses it. After all, his name isn’t Tiger Floppy.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I guess the batter will always be up.

[Right Wing Assault]

From the article:

Catlin said he even wrote a letter several years ago to then-WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) chairman Dick Pound, notifying him that Viagra might be a doping agent.

Well, there's part of the problem! Dick Pound is probably abusing Viagra himself.

[Fox_Mulder77]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

[Manic_Episode]

I've been wondering what would happen if I took Viagra, Enzyte and Extenze all at the same time.

Remember the scene from the original Willy Wonka where the girl turned into a giant blueberry? I think it would be just like that except just in my pants.

[LottieDah]

Lends new meaning to batter up!

[Rummyfan]

Well, they are playing hardball.....

[LoneStarGI]

“I would think that would slow him down when he runs the bases.”

Well, they sure as hell ain’t going to be doing any belly slides into base. Ouch.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

(Obama take note.) Roger always stood at rigid attention when they played the National Anthem.