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― John (jdahlem), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)
god damn, just when i thought this shit had really blown over.
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)
― The Original Jimmy Mod (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)
― Garrett Martin (Garrett Martin), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)
― Garrett Martin (Garrett Martin), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)
― maura (maura), Monday, 1 August 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 1 August 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 1 August 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 1 August 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)
Yeah, I knew he proclaims himself "a good friend" of Dubya and hoes for Viagra.
Speaking of which, Bob Costas (on the way to an erectile joke) said on The Daily Show last week that he believed Palmeiro's steroid denials, and I snorted. (At the TV, not over a few lines.)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 August 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 1 August 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 August 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 August 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 1 August 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)
at sosh a couple guys were tossing around the 'psychopath' label re palmeiro; i'm of that bent myself honestly. not a psychopath, i mean, but
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 1 August 2005 17:11 (twenty years ago)
all this means to me is that if Raffy's on the juice, then the list of fellow juicers probably includes(ed) everyone this side of Craig Counsell.
― gear (gear), Monday, 1 August 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 1 August 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 1 August 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 1 August 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)
And meanwhile, X players are taking HGH and there's no test. Round and round...
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 August 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)
i dunno gear, i am (at certainly was) ready to give anyone the benefit of the doubt. and i don't think this should hinder that - dude cheated and got caught, and that's a good thing.
i don't think anyone's going to buy it morbs.
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 1 August 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)
― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Monday, 1 August 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 1 August 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 1 August 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)
It's pretty easy to find out if the thing you're swallowing has steroids in it. All you have to do is take the list of banned substances and the supplement to a chemist and have the chemist run a check. But nobody in baseball does this because they just want to continue to cheat, and if they have to use the "WHOOPS" defense, they will.
I wish they would just ban Rafi for life.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 1 August 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 1 August 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)
If he didn’t take them intentionally, how did they get there?
If we accept Palmeiro’s statement that he did not intentionally take steroids, the most likely culprit would be that he took an over-the-counter supplement that contained a substance that metabolized into a substance that created the positive test. This is not unheard of, due to cross-contamination in some factories, lax testing procedures, and/or vague guidelines for what is and is not a banned substance.
Organizations like the IOC have bigass lists of disallowed medicines and supplements, some of which can be bought over the counter, precisely because of the reasons Carroll listed OR because they contain traces of banned substances. For instance, an amateur athlete who comes down with a cold or allergy attack right before a competition is generally screwed when it comes to medicinal relief because many over the counter medicines contain traces of various banned stimulents.
However, the IOC has their shit together in that every team coach and doctor has the bigass list so there is absolutely no excuse for giving your athlete something and using the "I didn't know they couldn't take that" excuse later on. OTOH, MLB still has their heads up their asses when it comes to this stuff. If this is what happened to Raffy, then it's still largely his fault (particularly in light of his advocacy for No Tolerance) but he's on a different level of guilt compared to somebody who juiced for years and bulked up huge (i.e. McGwire, IMO).
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 1 August 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 1 August 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)
I've always thought his denials were bullshit - just because a guy doesn't look like McGwire doesn't mean he wasn't juicing.
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 1 August 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)
Also, what Gear said -- the degree to which steroids improve performance (if at all) is presently unknown, we've argued about this before, etc. People have to figure this stuff out before attributing every post-1990 HOF'ers success to steroids.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 1 August 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)
Best OPS, RC27, and SECA in the AL. Just sayin'...
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 1 August 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2122193
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 05:37 (twenty years ago)
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 05:39 (twenty years ago)
he slugged below .425 once in his first few seasons and he hit a bunch of doubles w/ the cubbies in 1988, not to mention that the season BEFORE canseco arrived in tx, he hit 26 homers and 49 doubles.
i mean, maybe he was juicing all along, but it is not uncommon for players to start filling out as they move from their early twenties to mid-twenties just owing to regular mlb conditioning programs.
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 11:40 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)
Heard one of the WFAN hosts -- the usually harmless joker Steve Somers (?) -- speculating last night that Giambi could be BACK ON the stuff! (ie, that he's had his 2 annual tests -- it's 2, right? -- and has a bye for the rest of the year.)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)
Has anyone besides Carroll addressed the mystery of the 'hearing' Palmeiro got?
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=cnnsi-halloffameorhal&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)
and i've never bought it when ppl say this (ok, maybe it would've been different if i'd had to suffer watching him cheat against my team or something. and yeah, because i was raised on the juiced ball-whoops-no-juiced hitter game i'm biased toward the pitcher. but it IS different than injecting steroids into yrself, come on.)
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)
― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 05:59 (twenty years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)
― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)
Yeah, but I didn't say that, I meant "What if Babe was magically transported to modern times, spent a wacky week adjusting to newfangled technology and social mores, and then had to face up against Alan Embree?" I gotta think Al wins that.
Obviously Babe would be better with modern blah and ARod would be worse without it. My post was intentionally pointless.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 11 August 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)
They also take a lot of (read: are addicted to) painkillers.
― Leeeeeeee (Leee), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 11 August 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)
the idea of crazy legs hirsch squaring up against lavar arrington or ray lewis? laughable, maign.
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Friday, 12 August 2005 11:10 (twenty years ago)
What time will the caca hit the fan today, 3 or 4 ET?
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 August 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 12 August 2005 12:41 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 12 August 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 August 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Friday, 12 August 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 12 August 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 August 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)
― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Friday, 12 August 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)
imagine!
we could call him a-roid!
― mark p (Mark P), Saturday, 13 August 2005 00:08 (twenty years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 14 August 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Sunday, 14 August 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 15 August 2005 05:01 (twenty years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 15 August 2005 05:14 (twenty years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 15 August 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)
Derek in Iowa City: What's with the rumors about the two "superstars" that have tested positive for banned substances?
Rob Neyer: We're hearing the same rumors at ESPN, along with some actual names. But I don't have any interest in spreading rumors. We'll know when we know.
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Dan (Boston): Are you a Carpenter or Clemens man?
Rob Neyer: Clemens, although that could change soon.
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Thursday, 18 August 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)
― scrimhaw1837 (son_of_scrimshaw), Thursday, 18 August 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Friday, 19 August 2005 00:11 (twenty years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 19 August 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 19 August 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)
All homerism aside, I'm doubtful it's Damon; Damon's comments in this article certainly don't sound like those of somebody in the throes of an appeal. But if it's true? Yowza.
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Friday, 19 August 2005 00:54 (twenty years ago)
― maura (maura), Friday, 19 August 2005 01:25 (twenty years ago)
clemens is such an ass, god i hope it's him.
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 19 August 2005 12:37 (twenty years ago)
I don't know what to make of this quote in today's Hartford Courant, though:
"I just think people want to start something with anybody," said Damon, who entered Thursday's game against the Angels hitting .331, best in the American League. "I'd be more than happy to take any test. There's no way. If I tested positive for something, it's going to be because someone threw something in a drink or did something like that."
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Friday, 19 August 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)
(j/k...)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Friday, 19 August 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=250818118
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)
-- John, August 12th, 2005 2:33 PM. (later)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)
xpost
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 19 August 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)
none of yr examples hold any water w/ me. using steroids in this environemnt on the chance that you'll recover from an injury quicker is stupid, like preposterously stupid, unless the benefits are way more than i'm imagining. and using them because you're old isn't an excuse, are you kidding? as for the 'didn't know' excuse, i suppose i'm willing to consider it in cases where it might make a bit of sense. as far as i'm concerned there hasn't been one yet.
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 19 August 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 19 August 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 19 August 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 August 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 19 August 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 19 August 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 19 August 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 19 August 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)
― d4niel coh3n (dayan), Saturday, 20 August 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)
ha!
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Sunday, 21 August 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)