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Watchdog: Best: LaTroy Hawkins is cool with hitters juicing up

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New Yankee LaTroy Hawkins appeared on Sirius Satellite Radio and had an interesting take on the steroids saga in MLB:

Host Jason Page: “You’re stepping into this Yankee fray. It’s going to be kind of an awkward time. You know in the pre-season especially there are going to be all the questions about what Roger Clemens did, Andy Pettitte did and all that stuff. How do you kind of side-step that stuff when the media comes to you on it?”

LaTroy Hawkins: “It’s not any of my business. First of all the thing is I don’t care. Only person cared about that was [Commissioner Bud] Selig. I don’t care about it. That’s just my own personal opinion.”

Page: “You don’t care if hitters are juicing up?”

Hawkins: “No, I don’t. That’s just my personal opinion. Still got to hit the ball, brother.”

Repoz Posted: December 29, 2007 at 01:56 AM | 18 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Tags: media, steroids, yankees

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1. robinred

Posted: December 29, 2007 at 03:21 AM (#2655934)

These statements make LaTroy Hawkins a:

a) fanboy
b) apologist
c) saberist
d) libertarian froot loop
e) juicer

(choose one)

2. Russ Posted: December 29, 2007 at 03:28 AM (#2655940)

f) all of the above

3. catomi01 Posted: December 29, 2007 at 04:26 AM (#2655981)

g) my new favorite yankee

4. rsmith51 Posted: December 29, 2007 at 04:31 AM (#2655984)

Welcome to the Yanks, LaTroy!

Love the 'tude!

5. Misirlou's got a busy day, he's wearing a vest Posted: December 29, 2007 at 04:34 AM (#2655986)

j) ?

6. Infinite Yost (Voxter)

Posted: December 29, 2007 at 04:39 AM (#2655991)

I'm going with f) all of the above as well.

7. scareduck Posted: December 29, 2007 at 06:56 AM (#2656099)

Good for him.

8. JMPH Posted: December 29, 2007 at 07:05 AM (#2656108)

Finally, we have found the anti-Schilling.

Thank you, LaTroy. You just made my night.

9. Jim (jimmuscomp) Posted: December 29, 2007 at 07:26 AM (#2656118)

Option J?

10. Gambling Rent Czar Posted: December 29, 2007 at 07:50 AM (#2656123)

Looking at the comments so far, I am guessing it is past the bed time of most Cubs fans ..

..

and, I agree with Hawkins.
who cares ... "Still got to hit the ball, brother"

11. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: December 29, 2007 at 07:57 AM (#2656125)

q) typical Union member... the real Union, that is

12. Steve Treder Posted: December 29, 2007 at 08:13 AM (#2656129)

When Hawkins spent a partial season with the Giants a few years ago, he didn't pitch very well. But the broadcasters Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper both made repeated mention of what a cool guy they found him to be, a serious student of baseball and an unusually engaging guy to talk with.

13. smileyy Posted: December 29, 2007 at 08:34 AM (#2656134)

Headline: "LaTroy Hawkins whips out opinion on steroids"

14. CFiJ Posted: December 29, 2007 at 01:56 PM (#2656157)

As a Minnesota-native Cubs fan, I can tell you exactly why LaTroy Hawkins doesn't give a damn about guys juicing up. Because when LaTroy's pitching the 7th and 8th, he can get even the most roided-up he-man slugger out. And when he's pitching the 9th, the AAAA'er who will never stay in the big leagues because he absolutely refuses to break the rules can and will take Hawkins deep when the game is on the line.

15. CiC Posted: December 29, 2007 at 02:50 PM (#2656161)

This will be fine and good until somebody hits the ball, brother in a really important game or something.

16. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige Posted: December 29, 2007 at 03:17 PM (#2656165)

I'd read a blog authored by Hawkins. He is the anti-Schilling in so many ways! He'd write one sentence posts that get right to the point. Hopefully, they'd always end in the word "brother".

I do think the interviewers asked him the wrong question. Perhaps, Hawkins would be less cavalier in his response if the he was asked about his feelings about other middle relievers juicing.

17. Traderdave

Posted: December 29, 2007 at 06:14 PM (#2656277)

When Hawkins spent a partial season with the Giants a few years ago, he didn't pitch very well. But the broadcasters Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper both made repeated mention of what a cool guy they found him to be, a serious student of baseball and an unusually engaging guy to talk with

.

How the hell did Hawkins get a word in edgewise against these two?

18. SouthSideRyan Posted: December 29, 2007 at 10:46 PM (#2656516)

I to this day feel bad about how things turned out for Hawkins in Chicago. I just think about how much it would suck to go to the team you rooted for your whole life and becoming the most hated man in the city. He to this day will bring out some of the most hated response from a Cubs fan if you bring him up.

The worst I felt for him was on his return visit to Chicago as a Giant. Was booed mercilessly from the second he came trotting in from the bullpen. Alou used him in all 3 games of the series, and in all 3 Hawkins either gave up the tie or the lead. It was brutal, and just cruel or clueless of Alou.

I also thought it was pretty cool during that windstorm this year that was blowing up the tarp that Hawkins was the one Rockie out there holding it down.

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