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posted on February 26, 2013 at 11:07 PM by Der_K to diamondbacks, expos, minor leagues, peds, writing worth reading | 114 comment(s)

At Hardball Talk, Calcaterra said of this B-Pro guest piece by former journeyman pitcher Eric Knott:

We should spill way less ink about who we think “the real Home Run King” is — as if that matters — and think way harder about those frequent minor league suspensions and what they mean to the people who are faced with the choice to take dangerous drugs or wind up out of baseball.

Against that backdrop is this excellent column from Eric Knott. Knott pitched 11 years in the minors and ...

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1. Steve Sparks Flying Everywhere posted on September 01, 2011 at 05:47 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Apparently they watched too much Breaking Bad.

2. Gonfalon Bubble posted on September 01, 2011 at 06:10 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

But how's his breaking ball?

3. Tuque

posted on September 01, 2011 at 06:30 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Mmm...meth.

4. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on September 01, 2011 at 08:49 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

To paraphrase Artie Lange, meth is a great drug...if you need to walk to St. Louis one weekend.

5. RMc and His Roster of Rubbish posted on September 01, 2011 at 12:04 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Billy Lyle and Amber Sheree...talk about perfect names for meth dealers.

6. boteman posted on September 01, 2011 at 12:23 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Why are they complaining about him making meth a few hundred yards away from a school? Why, in my day we had to walk 10 miles, uphill, BOTH WAYS to get our crystal meth. Young whippersnappers!

7. ray james posted on September 01, 2011 at 12:24 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Or porn stars.

8. Lassus posted on September 01, 2011 at 12:34 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

"We need money. Let's make some meth."

"But we live near this school."

"Hmmm.... let me check the real estate listings, before we enact this somewhat desperate plan, we need to buy a new house."

9. Infinite Joost (Voxter)

posted on September 01, 2011 at 12:46 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I was at at least one US-Italy game in that Olympics, but (A) I have no idea if it was the 14 K game, (B) I didn't notice if it was, and (C) I have no real memory of it anyway.

10. zachtoma posted on September 01, 2011 at 12:55 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Didn't read article. Was it this guy?

11. Weekly Journalist_ posted on September 01, 2011 at 12:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

He's not in danger. He IS the danger...

12. Dock Ellis on Acid

posted on September 26, 2011 at 02:40 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This stands a good chance of turning into a Breaking Bad thread, so I will bow out since I've just begun the show.

13. Der Komminsk-sar posted on September 26, 2011 at 02:49 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well, it didn't 'til now - given 25 days of inactivity.

14. Misirlou is bad, he's nationwide posted on September 26, 2011 at 02:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

A former U.S. Olympic baseball star and his wife were charged with cooking methamphetamine inside a home they shared with their three children, just a few hundred yards away from Loxley Elementary School, police said.

The school thing doesn't bother me. I live a couple of hundred yards from a school, and so to 1,000 of my neighbors. God knows what goes on in some of those homes, given the law of large numbers, and in thousands of neighborhoods across the country. But these people really need to have their kids taken away.

15. Justin T is expanding the aperture of awareness posted on September 26, 2011 at 03:05 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well, it didn't 'til now - given 25 days of inactivity.

Hilaripus.

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