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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

IATMS: Rosenberg: They said it: Steroids in baseball

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Was having a baseball discussion last night and we were talking about some of the dumber, embarassing, silly comments made during a player’s admission to PED use.  My buddy gave me a few and I’ve added to that list below, expanding the list to include other people in the game of baseball, not just offending players.  See if you can match the comment with the offending party:

  1. “If I took steroids, I could dunk. Never mind baseball, I could play in the NBA.”
  2. “I don’t know if steroids are going to help you in baseball. I just don’t believe it. I don’t believe steroids can help eye-hand coordination [and] technically hit a baseball.”
  3. “There is no evidence andro does anything bad or good.”
  4. “If you want privacy go play semi-pro ball. drug use hurts baseball. Why should we pay millions of dollars to these guys and have them go on the disabled list?”
  5. “Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy.”
  6. “I have never intentionally used steroids. Never. Ever. Period.”
  7. “Who would do the testing? Will results be kept private? Or will they be leaked to the media? What about false positives? You think it’s going to be confidential? I laugh at that.”
  8. “Steroids don’t help you hit a baseball.”

And more…

Repoz Posted: January 27, 2010 at 06:19 PM | 7 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. My Grate Friend, Peason Posted: January 27, 2010 at 06:56 PM (#3447890)
8. “Steroids don’t help you hit a baseball.”


Duh. Steroids hit the baseball by themselves.
   2. Nasty Nate Posted: January 27, 2010 at 07:11 PM (#3447907)
1. Michael Jordan
2. Neifi Perez
3. Arthur Digby Sellers
4. Kevin Malone
5. Rod Blagoyevich
6. Wilford Brimley
7. Mark Fainaru-Wada
8. Roger Clemens
   3. The Nightman Cometh Posted: January 27, 2010 at 07:19 PM (#3447917)
Who would do the testing? Will results be kept private? Or will they be leaked to the media? What about false positives? You think it’s going to be confidential? I laugh at that.
I don't see what's so stupid about that. Seems rather sagely to me.
   4. bjhanke Posted: January 27, 2010 at 07:47 PM (#3447954)
Who would do the testing? Will results be kept private? Or will they be leaked to the media? What about false positives? You think it’s going to be confidential? I laugh at that.
I don't see what's so stupid about that. Seems rather sagely to me.

Isn't it also just about exactly what has happened?
   5. Srul Itza Posted: January 27, 2010 at 09:38 PM (#3448103)
3. “There is no evidence andro does anything bad or good.”


As near as I can tell, that is an accurate statement. Andro is a so-called steroid-precursor, but my recollection is that there was no evidence that it using just andro actually resulted in higher testosterone levels, or did any good.
   6. Srul Itza Posted: January 27, 2010 at 09:41 PM (#3448108)
I don't see what's so stupid about that. Seems rather sagely to me.


If you look in the comments, the author actually agrees:

That's exactly why I put that one in. It made sense then and even more prescient now.

Answer: Nomar Garciaparra
   7. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: January 27, 2010 at 09:48 PM (#3448117)
I thought this was going to be about the things columnists said at the height of the McGwire/Sosa home run contest that look stupid in hindsight.
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