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Initial reactions from the Mitchell Report
I'll be honest, I didn't read the Mitchell Report (how could I in the past hour?) I just quickly skimmed through it looking for as many names as I could find, and my biggest question (besides the "Why God? Why?" about Roger Clemens, who is/was my favorite baseball player of all time) is why did so many players still stink after taking steroids?
Here's a few of the nobodies on the list: Marvin Benard, Jeremy Giambi, Randy Velarde, Todd Pratt, David Sequi, Larry Bigbie, Mike Lansing, Tim Laker, F.P Santangelo, and Todd Williams.
Those guys are terrible! Steroids clearly did nothing for them, except give them huge heads, a bad temper and a bunch of injuries.
Then comes the list of star players: Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Miguel Tejada (How funny is it that our old friend Ed Wade just traded for Tejada to come to his Astros?), Kevin Brown, Jason Giambi, Eric Gagne, Andy Pettitte, Gary Sheffield, Troy Glaus, Paul Lo Duca, Gary Matthews Jr., Jose Guillen, and a few others.
If what is said in the report is accurate, then steroids helped guys like Clemens, Bonds, Pettitte and Sheffield revive or extend their careers, and for guys like Eric Gagne, Jose Guillen (who just signed a 3 year/$36 million contract with the Royals), Troy Glaus, and Jason Giambi, steroids helped launch their careers.
For example, it was pretty obvious to anyone who watched a Dodgers game that Eric Gagne was on steroids. He stunk in 2000 and 2001, then he was dominating for the Dodgers from 2002-2004 at an estimated weight of 225-240 pounds, although still being listed on the roster at a svelte 190 (his current baseball card weight is 240 pounds). Then, like most steroid users, he suffered through a few seasons of injury and ineffectiveness. In 2005 and 2006, he played just 16 games due to injury.
Based on some of these names, one has to ask if steroids even work. Apparently, it can help some players become stars, and help extend the careers of good players, but it seems like a lot of bench guys took steroids to help them crack the starting lineup, but they appear to have wasted a lot of money.
Another question I have to ask is how Lenny Dykstra is only 1993 Phillie on the list? Come on! We all knew they were on more than t-bones and booze! More importantly, I could not be happier that David Justice is on the list. A few years ago I was watching a spring training game that he was announcing, and he said that "there were some monsters" on the 1993 Phillies. Guess that's a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black, huh?
Here's a few of the nobodies on the list: Marvin Benard, Jeremy Giambi, Randy Velarde, Todd Pratt, David Sequi, Larry Bigbie, Mike Lansing, Tim Laker, F.P Santangelo, and Todd Williams.
Those guys are terrible! Steroids clearly did nothing for them, except give them huge heads, a bad temper and a bunch of injuries.
Then comes the list of star players: Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Miguel Tejada (How funny is it that our old friend Ed Wade just traded for Tejada to come to his Astros?), Kevin Brown, Jason Giambi, Eric Gagne, Andy Pettitte, Gary Sheffield, Troy Glaus, Paul Lo Duca, Gary Matthews Jr., Jose Guillen, and a few others.
If what is said in the report is accurate, then steroids helped guys like Clemens, Bonds, Pettitte and Sheffield revive or extend their careers, and for guys like Eric Gagne, Jose Guillen (who just signed a 3 year/$36 million contract with the Royals), Troy Glaus, and Jason Giambi, steroids helped launch their careers.
For example, it was pretty obvious to anyone who watched a Dodgers game that Eric Gagne was on steroids. He stunk in 2000 and 2001, then he was dominating for the Dodgers from 2002-2004 at an estimated weight of 225-240 pounds, although still being listed on the roster at a svelte 190 (his current baseball card weight is 240 pounds). Then, like most steroid users, he suffered through a few seasons of injury and ineffectiveness. In 2005 and 2006, he played just 16 games due to injury.
Based on some of these names, one has to ask if steroids even work. Apparently, it can help some players become stars, and help extend the careers of good players, but it seems like a lot of bench guys took steroids to help them crack the starting lineup, but they appear to have wasted a lot of money.
Another question I have to ask is how Lenny Dykstra is only 1993 Phillie on the list? Come on! We all knew they were on more than t-bones and booze! More importantly, I could not be happier that David Justice is on the list. A few years ago I was watching a spring training game that he was announcing, and he said that "there were some monsters" on the 1993 Phillies. Guess that's a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black, huh?
posted by Matthew Fleishman, Yardley News Editor at
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