Thank goodness Bonds wasn't forced to show up or this thing would've turned into a three-ring circus. < / sarc >
Any word on what Schilling said this morning?
Doesn't Congress have anything better to do?
What record is that? Not the single-season HR record, and certainly not the career HR record.
Steroid King Barry Bonds that holds the former, and is well on his way to breaking the latter.
I'm convinced that all Congressional participants have Bush in their long term witch hunt goals. I'm just waiting for them to start building the bridge.
So are we supposed to feel sorry for this lying steroid taking freak for protecting his roid swilling buddies? Mark, man-up and admit it, or did you lose all of your manhood in that stall when you bared your ass for Jose.
""What I will not do, however, is participate in naming names and implicating my friends "
Ahhh...The "Ray Lewis" defense.
For those who don't remember, Ray Lewis is the Baltimore Ravens LB whose group of friends 'allegedly' murdered a guy in Atlanta, GA a few years back. Lewis refused to ever implicate any of his 'posse' while on trial and the murderer is still free to this day.
I'm trying to remember why I ever liked watching baseball....
How noble of him not to name his 'roid taking teammate. For those watching, how much weight has he lost?
How many of these lame Congesspeople, save for Bunning, were always the last one chosen when picking sides?
Come on get over it. Without him baseball is hockey without a following. Besides he was a slugger when he was a young player. Others were not and they now have surpassed him.
Cough, cough, bullshit cough, cough.
Like my BEST friend - me.
Between juiced balls, corked bats and steroids, basically the home run record has been meaningless since about 1989.
I have had it with Republicans. How can you sit there, knowing all the real crisis' this country is facing, and waste your time investigating steriod use in major league baseball. Also, i expect democrats to be involved in this kind of garbage but republicans? I just can't get over the fact the government has jumped in this issue. Government keeps getting bigger abd more powerful-- very bearish for the future of America. Anyone know of a place like Mulligan's Vally in Atlas Scrugged? I want to get the hell out of here.
"Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. I want to thank the Chairman and the ranking member for allowing me to make this statement. My name is Frank Thomas and I am a baseball player for the Chicago White Sox--a team I am proud to have been part of since joining Major League Baseball in 1989.
First of all, Mr. Chairman, let me say that as an outspoken critic of steroids, I would like to work with this Committee, Major League Baseball, and the Players Association to warn everyone – especially young people – about the dangers of performance enhancing drugs. Steroids are dangerous and the public should be educated about them, and in particular, parents should make sure their children are aware that steroids can be bad for their health.
I also believe the league and the Players' Association have done the right thing by reopening our collective bargaining agreement and strengthening our policy on drug testing. I support this new policy as a very good first step in eliminating steroid use from the sport I love.
I have been a major league ballplayer for 15 years. Throughout my career, I have not used steroids. Ever.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee."
I'm very proud "The Big Hurt" is part of my beloved Chicago White Sox.
The 2005 Chicago White Sox: The Hunt for White October - Under the Radar
Is there a text-symbol for rolling one's eyes? Because that's what I'm doing right about now.
These Congressmen are a bunch of transparent, petty grandstanders.
People who spew nonsense about "asterisks" need to think harder. (How many of his day's top black pitchers did Babe Ruth face, I wonder? How many ballplayers have used "uppers" for decades, with nobody knowing?)
I'm so glad our Congress still has time to conduct McCarthyite show-trials in the middle of a terror war.
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