A-rod busted

[ClubberLangsUncle]

looks like he tested positive for Primobolan and testosterone in his MVP season of 2003. That just goes to show, when someone is that good,, ie,, Bonds, Arod, Mcgwire, Sosa. They are cheatin like crazy.

[D7M]

this is like the 3rd thread started on this...

and your logic is kinda wack: talent always=cheating.

[Brown Ninja]

A-rod and bonds are real baseball players not products of juice. Sosa and mcgwire are juice monkeys that would have been shit without the steroids . It is sad for the sport though. Is there anyone clean out there?

[quarry206]

honestly i have a different view, and i don't even do steroids

I played baseball, even for two years coached a 16 year old team.. and steroids really would not help to the level people are making it out to be. Yes i do believe steroids will help a pro be better.. but baseball has so much to do with rules, timing angles and studying, i'm sorry steroids are not going to make you great.

every player named in the steroid cases would have been all-stars without juice. even barry was a golden glove before he started getting bigger.

Also baseball has become a different sport over the past 15 years. it use to be if you struck out 100 times a year you would be cut.. now owners don't care if you strike out that much as long as you can promise them 40+ homeruns. so part of bonds great hitting streak was the pure fact SF only wanted him to hit home runs. because it filled the park. It was proven that they made more money off a home game that bonds was projected to hit homeruns and lost than a game they were projected to win, but had good pitching...

Ya they juiced, but baseball is not a power sport nor is it something that any bodybuildier or muscle guy can do.. there is too much pure talent in it.

juice helped pad their numbers. and probably gave them an extra year or two but was not the reason they were great.

[Brown Ninja]

^^^^Great points. The fact of the matter is that hitting is 90% hand eye cordination. Just becasue you can bench the weight room does not mean that you can step in and crush a slider or a splitter. Hell I know that I am stronger than A-rod and I would be willing to bet I couldn't even make contact with a pitch at that level.

[Brown Ninja]

The pitchers are a different story. I think the added velocity and stamina play a huge role

[J-41-sd]

Mcgwire hit 49 hr in his rookie year as a very thin guy, I agree he juiced later but so did everyone else. How many pitchers had an extra 3-5 mph on their fastball and didn't tire out in the 6th but rather the 8th. If you could make an extra 30-50 million over a career doing a few cycles you'd do it too. There were supposedly over 100 players to test positive, and results were to never be released.

[BTM0085]

A-Rod should be fuming at the Union...Werent the tests supposed to be anonymous tests from 6 years ago?

[ClubberLangsUncle]

^^^^Great points. The fact of the matter is that hitting is 90% hand eye cordination. Just becasue you can bench the weight room does not mean that you can step in and crush a slider or a splitter. Hell I know that I am stronger than A-rod and I would be willing to bet I couldn't even make contact with a pitch at that level.

I agree, but it ifs not an advantage, they why even take the risk of gettin caught and tarnish your reputation. There must be something more to it. I did hear somthing once about how it can help your depth perception and quicken the reflex.

[number twelve]

apparently he is gonna fess up to all of it. good for him i think this is the best way to handle it!

[quarry206]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/...iguez_steroids

article about his confession

i'm glad he was honest.. but i still believe it didn't make a major difference, his numbers before then, during that time, and even know are the same (within an avg). so i believe he him when he says it was just preasure

[FireGuy]

Good for him, I would have been pi$$ed had he played the "tainted supplement" card or gone Palmeiro and said he a fellow player gave him an injection that he thought was B-12.

[Brown Ninja]

He thought it was Xenadrine

[MuscleScience]

Steroids saved baseball after the strike.

[ClubberLangsUncle]

apparently he is gonna fess up to all of it. good for him i think this is the best way to handle it!

To bad he had to get caught to admit it, and he still looked like he was hidding something in his interview.

[Brown Ninja]

Are you suggesting he should have came clean on his own accord?