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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Eric Knott: Surviving Professional Baseball in the Steroid Era

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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. joshtothemaxx posted on June 01, 2007 at 11:57 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

If he fights Abdullah the Butcher I hope he doesn't mind bleeding his own blood and doing it a lot.

2. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on June 01, 2007 at 12:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Man, I hope they don't rename Warren Cromartie Secondary School if he becomes a bad guy wrestler.

3. Howie B. posted on June 01, 2007 at 12:42 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Now that's talkin' hardball with the 'Cro!

4. Mister High Standards posted on June 01, 2007 at 01:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Slugging it out in Japan was a great book written by Cromartie.

Check it out if you havent read it.

5. Posada Posse posted on June 01, 2007 at 05:11 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I can't believe Abdullah the Butcher is still wrestling. He's 70 years old according to Wikipedia.

6. Brandon in MO (Yunitility Infielder) posted on June 01, 2007 at 05:40 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This is building up to a Cromartie/Izzy Alcantara match

7. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy posted on June 01, 2007 at 05:46 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Somewhere, Gary Carter is laughing.

8. Pat Rapper's Delight posted on June 01, 2007 at 05:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

This is building up to a Cromartie/Izzy Alcantara match

... which would be really cool if they used the same barbed wire baseball bat as Pogo and Matsunaga in their epic series.

9. theboyqueen posted on June 01, 2007 at 06:18 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Tiger Jeet Singh is almost as old. Cromartie will be bleeding a lot with either of these guys. Singh may slash him with a sword!

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Eric Knott: Surviving Professional Baseball in the Steroid Era

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