Giambi admitted taking steroids

[streetstang]

Steroids have become the norm for many sports. There is a way around the tests... theres always a way. But sooner or later it will come back to bite you. In highschool they were all over. Kids 18 years old were juicing and getting bigger and bigger with every passing week and making the "300 club" their freashmen year (300 club is a list that you get on when you bench 300)...
Fast forward to college...
Its the same as highschool, only now they know how to work out more efficiently, get every bang for their buck from each needle.
The few kids that I have seen get pulled out of my collage that went pro or were otw to being pro were massive. They juiced... My point is, I doubt there's many pro-players out there that haven't shot up at one point or another.

Oh and did i mention the prices are dropping everyday on the chit...?

[rpm]

Originally posted by hawker238
Oooooooh, over the line!

No, seriously. I saw an episode of NYPD Blue about it.

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by CAVY
I'm from the New York area and F**K this punk...same with Bonds too..That phony, pompass M**********R  can kiss my A** too. That steroid scum***. But I blame the press, these fems  are afraid to ask him anything..especially on ESPN..They all knew..SCREW ALL OF THEM...Phony M**********R's

Profanity is a crutch of ignorant M-F'rs.

[Airhead]

Originally posted by Hajo


Giambi should and I hope will lose his salary and contract with the Yankees.  

He's going to lose his life- he has liver or brain cancer, depending upon your source. If you have freshman kids juicing up just to make the Varsity it stands to reason you'll have professional atheletes juicing up to win a 70 million dollar contract.

[JBA]

Originally posted by Hajo
As a longtime Baseball Fan, and somewhat of a Historian  

Then you will like this, a good read.

And by the way my house seats in the infield where this park once was.

http://baseballguru.com/omi/littleworldseries.htm


THE “LITTLE WORLD SERIES” Attleboro vs. North Attleboro:1919-1920: And a Cast of Thousands

How would you have liked to have seen a World Series that featured, Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth, George Sisler, Hank Gowdy, Rogers Hornsby, Dave Bancroft, Carl Mays, Joe Judge, Rabbit Marranville, Jim Thorpe, Rube Marquard, Heinie Zimmerman, Frankie Frisch, Wally Schang, Stuffy McInness, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Zach Wheat, Eddie Collins, Bucky Harris, “Jumping” Joe Dugan, Harry Hooper, “Irish” Bob Meusel, Harry Heilmann, Everett Scott, etc. Impossible you say, it never could have happened! Well, it did & you could have seen it if you had lived in Attleboro & North Attleboro in 1919-1920. It all came about because of Dan O’Connell, &  local businessmen with big, big bankrolls.

[Hajo]

Some cool stories from baseballs earlier days.

Walter Johnson (The BIg Train) pitched his first game in the Pros against the feared Detroit Tigers, a team that included Ty Cobb.
Johnson had a very deceptive easy side arm motion when throwing the ball....judging by what you saw of his arm speed one would think the ball wouldn't be blazing fast.

During his warmups before the first inning.....the Detroit bench was licking it's chops to get at the Rookie.  They were riding him, telling him what they would do to him that day during his first start.

Can't remember exactly to which batter in the lineup this was, but he went to the plate.....ball goes by him like a rocket....STRIKE ONE! called the Umpire.....batter takes a few practice swings...says to self...wow....kid pretty fast....steps into the box...pitch delivered to the plate.....batter barely hears something go by...STRIKE TWO!  Batter turns around and walks to dugout....Umpire yells Hey!  You've got another one coming!
Batter says to Umpire "You take it.....it won't do me any good."

Story about the great Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals who hit .400 three times and hit as many as 40 HRs' a season during the 20's and early 30s'  Again....this story involves a Rookie pitcher making his first  start.

Mr. Hornsby steps into the batters box......sets himself up for the first pitch.  Rookie makes a good pitch he thinks catches the outside corner of the plate.  Ball One.....Rookie says to himself well...maybe...delievers his second pitch....looked better then first....Ball Two!  Rookie shakes head...looks momentarily in at Umpire as to say...Where was that pitch?  Rookie bares down....throws what he thinks is surely a strike    Umpire says Ball Three!  Rookie....flustered walks towards the Umpire who is removing his mask to meet with Rookie.  Rookie says...At least two of those balls were strikes, you want me to toss it underhanded?  Umpire says to Rookie "Son, Mr. Hornsby will let you know when the pitch is a strike."

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Airhead
Got news for ya- if they banned every player who yook steroids we'd be back to eight teams in eaxh league again.

true. But think about it. maybe that wouldnt be such a bad thing.

With the lack of all these so called superstars, Salaries would drop tremendously And perhaps make going to a game an affordable family activity again. Instead of making it affordable only to corporations and those with deep pockets

In essence  the league wold get a do over and bring along players kids can actually look up to again.

Not that the owners would do such an honorable thing.
But they would have the opportunity to.

[CAVY]

Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Profanity is a crutch of ignorant M-F'rs.

Yeah....Well....you should practice what you preech...A*****E

[JBA]

Bonds may face perjury charges for lying under oath about "not using Steroids". That would fantastic; the puke should go to jail.

The fans in San Fran should file a class action law suit against the Bonds and the league for using and allowing the use of steroids, on the grounds that his salary is reflective of his "performance” and therefore so are the ticket prices.

[SirLoin]

Bonds never took steriods...And neither did Carl "Mr Clean" Lewis.

Just think if they introduced drug testing in "Professional Wrestling"

[Hajo]

JBA!

Thanks for the link....great story...I saved and printed it.

[EN4CER]

Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) should be renamed TetrahydroGIAMBI.

[Furious]

I think all major league sports folks should be on steroids.  It's entertainment.  If bigger, faster, stronger folks make it more entertaining, then I am all for it.

[streetstang]

I agree with furious.

And with all the damage they do to thier body, they can use their huge payment contracts to buy new body parts.

[AWMac]

Profanity is a crutch of ignorant M-F'rs.

I'm thinking Sig Material.