Steroids

Monday, October 15th, 2012

Steroid Cortisone Possibly Responsible For Jeter’s Injury

Seriously. Deadspin reports that Derek Jeter’s broken ankle tied to steroid use.

Steroids that allow you to play beyond your natural limits and return your body to a non-injured state are bad and illegal. Steroids that allow you to play beyond your natural limits and leave your body torn and fraying are good and legal. Alex Rodriguez is a cheater; Derek Jeter is a gamer. And one of them was face-down in the dirt with a blown-out leg the other night.

There is nothing I can possibly add to this continued glaring hipocrisy. Well maybe one thing.

by attackgerbil at 3:52 pm in Steroids · 7 comments

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Getting Testy

Bartolo Colon gets 50 games as the latest player to get caught.

by attackgerbil at 2:09 pm in Steroids · 1 comment

Sunday, August 19th, 2012

Cheating Cheaters

Melky, what have you done?

by attackgerbil at 1:43 pm in Steroids · 1 comment

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

“Got Melk?” Gets An Unpaid Vacation

Melky Cabrera has been suspended for testing positive for awesomeness horse semen something he shouldn’t have done. Crap. I really, really like Melky, and from way before he started hitting a lick.

by attackgerbil at 5:08 pm in Steroids · 1 comment

Monday, June 18th, 2012

Swing And A Miss

The Government strikes out. Does this mean Rocket gets in the HOF, first ballot?

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Monday, May 14th, 2012

Smells.

Shyam Das has been fired. He’s been MLB’s arbitrator for 13 years, but management gave him the boot for his decision to reinstate Ryan Braun. Something is lousy.

Update: oh yeah. This is still happening

by attackgerbil at 4:17 pm in Steroids · 1 comment

Pumpkin Eater

May 1, 2012

Just say it, Andy, and pitch already.

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What A Hot, Wet Mess

February 9, 2012

Please start the season, because personal lives of past and non-athletes leading the sports pages is so often tragic. The Boyd story is nothing compared to Cashman’s twist. Oh Brian, what did you get yourself into? Bob Lorenz is in trouble. At least people hate ARod less. Best of all, Derek Jeter, Dave Robertson, Phil [...]

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Bonds Sentenced

December 16, 2011

Mark Fainaru-Wada recently tweeted the Bonds results: “Judge: 2 years probation, 30 days location monitoring/home confinement; 250 hrs community service.” Bonds lives in a mansion on two acres in Beverly Hills. And I just think I read that the sentenced is stayed while Bonds appeals. I am certainly glad that all the time, money and [...]

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Manny has left the building

April 8, 2011

Manny Ramirez, one of the best hitters in baseball history, is retiring because he wants to see his children more. And what I mean by "wants to see his children more" is that he failed another drug test. Presumably, this makes it less likely that he gets into the Hall of Fame, and more likely [...]

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The Queue At The Hall

August 20, 2010

Sean Forman writes in The New York Times about the forthcoming logjam of Hall of Fame candidates.

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What is Old is New

March 2, 2010

Spring. The splendor of the grass. The crack of the bat. And a whiff of cow's blood. Commence with the circus. Ugh.

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Not Good for the Goose

January 13, 2010

Gossage lays into the dopers.

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Juicers

August 19, 2009

More tarnished athletes. Have they no shame? In his apartment outside Philadelphia, Frank Levine pulled a list of prescription medications from his refrigerator, his hands shaking slightly. There was metformin HCl and glipizide for his diabetes; lisinopril for his blood pressure; and Viagra. “I need it,” he said recently. Mr. Levine, who is 95 and [...]

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Fuzzy Reporting

August 11, 2009

As the steroid story continues, it seems we're losing track of important details. Could it be all the shoddy reporting? One of my favorites, Can't Stop The Bleeding, takes a critical look at Michael S. Schmidt's recent coverage of the David Ortiz revelations: Did Ortiz juice hardcore, needles and all, a la Mrs. Roger Clemens?  These days [...]

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Ortiz: I was ‘careless’ but ‘never used steroids’

August 8, 2009

Believe it or not: David Ortiz kicked off his press conference this afternoon by stating definitively that he “never used steroids” or bought them, but acknowledged that he was “careless” when he was “buying supplements and vitamins over the counter.” He said he did not know, however, if one of those vitamins or supplements — [...]

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