Arod / Roids. How do You feel?

[inkblue]

i gRew up watChing tHis guy ...aLways wanted to do that signature kiCk of his

 

[jhale]

:tired: They are not role models, they are all overpaid baby's playing a kids game. Realize that and tell kids to have real role models that are real people who are good at heart and in mind and do good things for others without a need for compensation. Teach kids to idolize those types of people and not celebs and sports stars. Teach them to respect authority and others property and persons and they will be better off.

Word. QFT

 

[nycmat]

i could care less. does A-ROD pay my bills? hell no. does he care about me? hell no. so why should i really care about him and his roids. i wish he was still on it now. none of my business

 

[inkblue]

sadLy... the onLy 'roidS i got is...

 

[jacuglietto]

what I hate about this whole issue is that the media makes it seem like the steroids are hitting the ball for these players. I dont condone the use of steroids by anyone because they are illegal. not because i think it gives that much of a competitive advantage. it doesn't.

remember when we were going through growth spurts in those middle/high school days... remember how much it threw off your coordination. to take it a step further, if anyone played ball at any level above sandlot leagues, you know that you were never encouraged to lift weights during the season. why?? because it throws off your coordination. these athletes who can overcome the massive swings in coordination and reaction time that come about by enhanced growth are still able to hit the ball.

Im not saying they deserve medals for taking steroids, but even after all that they do to the body, these athletes can still hit 100mph fastballs and react to 12-6 curves. that comes not from steroids, but from god given talent and 1000s of hours of training, and i dont think its fair to write them off so quickly.

 

[duke62]

what I hate about this whole issue is that the media makes it seem like the steroids are hitting the ball for these players. I dont condone the use of steroids by anyone because they are illegal. not because i think it gives that much of a competitive advantage. it doesn't.

remember when we were going through growth spurts in those middle/high school days... remember how much it threw off your coordination. to take it a step further, if anyone played ball at any level above sandlot leagues, you know that you were never encouraged to lift weights during the season. why?? because it throws off your coordination. these athletes who can overcome the massive swings in coordination and reaction time that come about by enhanced growth are still able to hit the ball.

Im not saying they deserve medals for taking steroids, but even after all that they do to the body, these athletes can still hit 100mph fastballs and react to 12-6 curves. that comes not from steroids, but from god given talent and 1000s of hours of training, and i dont think its fair to write them off so quickly.

totally disagree with this statement by a long shot..anyone who makes it to the majors would disagree as well.you dont think these guys are in the gym 4 hours a day to get there strength up and better yet there are in the gym to protect them from injuryies.first off steroids give a huge advantage to someone with their hr numbers.a player hitting 20 to 25 hrs a season are now up to 40 and over.and it also helps them recover from injuries and stamina through the season.do u really think these guys are not taking them for performance,then why else would they be taking them for cause they are cool.and yes as a huge baseball fan and someone who thought "even though he is a yankee" alex rodriguez was the a incredible ball player i no longer do..i now put my hopes into another legitamate player such as wright, reyes..and this makes jeter seem like a more incredible ball player.

 

[jacuglietto]

all i'm saying is that they dont deserve to have all credit stripped. even if they go up to the plate with the needle sticking out of their pocket, they still need to hit the ball. and Im not going to take that away from anyone.

 

[duke62]

they probably also did amphetamines which gives you a tremendous advantage on just hitting the ball

 

[Killerdrgn]

they probably also did amphetamines which gives you a tremendous advantage on just hitting the ball

Hey thats what they used to do back in mickey mantle's days. Baseball has always been full of cheats, be it pine tar, "stealing" bases (by running across the field while the umpires weren't looking), to steroids and other drugs. Always one thing or another.

 

[Killerdrgn]

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/29149415/

This is pretty stupid, punishing him for an "anonymous" test that happened in the past.

 

[Domboski]

Bud Selig has some nerve even thinking of doing something like that. He acts like he is not also responsible for this mess. He is an arrogant piece of garbage IMO. Excepts all of the praise and deflects all of the fault.

 

[jacuglietto]

not to mention his 17 million dollar salary ( in 2008 only three players made more) and his sale of the brewers to his daughter in order become "impartial" and take the job as commissioner. you're right, arrogant piece of garbage.

 

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[Domboski]

This guy makes me sick! After the Fed's started to question drugs in baseball he turned on the switch and cleaned it up quickly and now wants all of the credit. He flat out says he is not to blame for the steroid era in this article. Quite the contradiction to his speech during the release of the Mitchell report :irked:.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3912702

 

[NYPDFrogman]

I heard a rumor that they might add "Gatorade" to the banned substance list
it 's said to, give you energy, stamina, replace electrolytes lost through exertion and lubricate joints to prevent failure oh and quench your thirst.

Nah they give too much $$$ to MLB for advertising never happen!

This whole issue regarding ARod is really sad... all this is a reporter attempting to make a name for herself. what happened to the rest of names on that list???
if she was a class act she would have wrote an article about everyone on the list and how detrimental to game it was,
the real detriment to the game is the media and article she wrote

 

[JHOV2324]

Good Interview....any of you guys think he should be punished and what type of punishment.

I dont think he should be punished or stats removed....i only agree on putting astericks* in the record books to those who were affliliated with steriod use and only for the time used...

 

[jackson6745]

What about HGH? Does this show up on steroid testing?

 

[Tangs Rule]

There is no test for HGH, it is undetactable right now.

I think Arod comes off looking good after the interview. An astericks should be placed next to all his records. And give Hank Aaron and Roger Maris their rightful records back.

Bud Selig is an ass, he is as much to blame as anyone. He says "I'm not to blame" and then "I wouldn't have done anything different." Well, if you wouldn't do anything different we'd still have this problem.

 

[NYPDFrogman]

There is way, way, way, too much concern over all this.
Major League baseball is a business, an entertainment business,
that's why minor leaguers refer to it as "the show"

do you think if this technology was around 30-40 years ago and contracts were then what they were now things would be different hell no!

do I condone drug use Absolutely not!
do I lose sleep over any of this( I am a big baseball fan and a Yankee fan)? NO!

is there a list and do actors and actresses get ripped apart like some players have for getting cosmetic surgery? reconstructive surgery? they do all this to look their best so they can work.
is it healthy? probably not. what's the difference both are doing it to get an edge to make the big $$$. is it right?

none of us are in a situation where we are competing for multi million dollar contracts so we cant really judge those who are.
Bud did to baseball what Gary did to the NHL he made it a show rather than a game

 

[Tangs Rule]

What sport isn't a show? The NBA is a show. If it was a game some teams might actually play defense. This is why I prefer NCAA basketball to the NBA.

I don't condone the use of performance enhancing drugs, I don't think plastic surgery is worth it unless you truly need it (burned in a fire or something like that) and I don't lose sleep over A-rod getting caught using steroids. But it is an interesting topic.