A-Rod under a cloud

Are they going to keep all these guys out for good? After some years will McGuire and Clemens get in? Will A-rod. And will it have to be proven, or just guys under suspicion be kept out?

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Here's the only Hall in his future...

Maybe Madonna is in his future.......seems he denied that too!

It is sad a lot of kids looked up to him, he was supposed to be the guy who saved baseball from all that garbage. But here we have the ullustrious A-rod going down in flames . The real question is what took selig so long to acknoledge that? 6 years? doesn't seem fair

But Victor Conte says that the drugs on A-Rod's test can be taken orally so ....

I won't be surprised when Scott Boras comes out and says that Alex was taking an over-the-counter supplement and didn't know that it would show up as steroids.

If it gets really bad, he'll drop something in about the pressure of justifying that HUGE deal he got from the Rangers.

Mr. Ratboy,

You scored a direct hit with the HUGE deal. Good Call!

How about the continued plugs for GNC, over and over....

I wonder if we will find out how much pressure these agents put on the players to inflate their numbers so they can get them these contracts.

The agents seem to be standing on the sidelines while the players,owners and the game itself seem to be taking all the blame.

a rod cries like billy copp when they lose to sucky teams!

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I certainly do not agree with anyone taking performance enhancing drugs. That being said why has who ever leaked this information only put out A-rod's name? Or did I miss the rest.
Since this was an anonymous survey who leaked it and will they be sued by A-Rod. I am not defednding the use but something sure smells funny here.

Canseco was . . . . . . .correct? Boy that is a tough one to have to own up to.

Here's a thought...let's march Bud Selig's hypocritical a** before Congress and let him explain away his annual 18 mil salary in return for the most disgraceful period of baseball history while under his watch. For him to now claim A-Rod's actions "shameful" is the most blatant example of the pot calling the kettle black. While I certainly do not condone the actions of these illegally-performance-enhanced athletes, it's high time that upper management step forth and accept their proportionate share of the blame. To now throw their cash cows under the bus for the sake of saving their own sorry butts is absolutely pathetic and borderline criminal...JMO.

I might not put all of this on Bud, but it would be a start. PED's have been around longer than just Bud's term - Kuhn, Ueberroth, Vincent, GM's, managers, coaches, less knowledgeable fans (those that don't appreciate the intricacies of the game) - all have some culpability for turning the blind eye or just their sheer ignorance.

If anyone listened to Buck Showalter on ESPN 1000, he danced around questions because he knows. And he is paid to give his insight!

HS kids (football players I knew) were juicing in the 70's. You can't tell me it started at that level and moved its way up - preposterous. You can't tell me baseball players didn't notice the enhanced strength and power of football players and didn't try to achieve those same levels.

I am in favor of every dirty little stone being unturned. It returns the game to every 5'9" ball buster out there - where it belongs.

S****r is referred to as the "beautiful game" and to some it is. I would disagree.

Baseball, in it's most purest sense, blows everything else away. It's a wonderful combination of intelligence, common sense, cunning, guile, balls, speed, strength, hand-eye, heart, attitude and any other platitude you can suggest. It's not about who can hit the longest most often.

I feel better now. Thanks for letting me vent.

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Originally posted by ballyall:
Canseco was . . . . . . .correct? Boy that is a tough one to have to own up to.

Unfortunately I think Canseco has been the most honest person in all of this.

Athletes are going to continue trying to get an advantage. You are never going to stop it.

Personally, I think we forget about what "happened" & try to focus on how to stay ahead of all the new designer drugs that will, no doubt, be coming out in the future.

Putting A-Rod & others on the front pages sell newspapers and makes us tune in to talk shows. Is there one person out there who REALLY believes that Barry Bonds/Mark McGuire was NOT juicing, after looking at those bodies? Hire a trainer, stay clean, play 200 baseball games a year & see if you can look like that without the help of PEDs. No way.

I don't need to follow some stupid trial to figure that out. Let's move forward and keep it cleaner for the current guys.....

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Originally posted by dustyone:
A-rod got his first steroids from Bergen Beach travel team. this is a fact and the the team is in trouble.

Puberty not agreeing with you?

what is wrong with this guy?