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MrPerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 09:18 PM
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So who else do you think was on steroids in baseball?
Edited on Sat Feb-07-09 09:19 PM by MrPerson
I say Albert Pujols.
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ReliantJ Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 09:22 PM
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1. I say
Rich Harden
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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 03:38 AM
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3. Where's your proof for that?
I love Rich Harden. Don't take away all my heroes.

I say everyone is on steroids except Juan Pierre.

And we know Duane Kuiper never took steroids. :rofl:
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ReliantJ Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 05:13 PM
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14. The
proof is in the pudding. j/k
I don't know
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MrPerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 09:33 PM
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2. I for one think that as a punishment for steroid use....
Anyone caught testing positive should be forced to play for the Pirates.
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Capt. America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 09:42 AM
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4. Sosa, Clemens, McGuire, Manny, Thome, Thomas et al.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 10:11 AM
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5. It s pretty easy to tell to me
anyone who suddenly got very good for a couple of years and then when testing was implemented had their numbers drop waaay off:Juan Gonzales, Miguel Tejada..etc..
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Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 10:59 AM
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6. Remember Brady Anderson of the Orioles?
In the late '90's, suddenly one year he hit 50 HRs..after never hitting more than 21 in any year before that.

Plenty of players were using, easily at least 50%....Bonds was far from alone.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 11:15 AM
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7. Thats the name I was thinking of and couldn't remember
I've never said Bonds was alone. I happen to think ALL the cheaters need to be punished.
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Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 12:36 PM
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8. I'm glad to see that you are calling for equal treatment
unfortunately Bonds' name has become synonymous with the use of steroids....for years he has been unfairly singled out, the whole thing is a travesty.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 01:37 PM
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10. I've always called for equal treatement
Bonds is singled out for one BIG reason..he broke Baseball's most sacred record under suspcious circumstances. I think it would be silly to expect him NOT to get slammed.
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riverdale Donating Member (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 12:47 PM
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9. Some educated guesses
Based on some combination of hunches, personality, physique, strange career trajectories, and anger issues.

Ivan Rodriguez, John Rocker, Benito Santiago, Gary Sheffield, Rob Dibble, Tim Raines, Sammy Sosa, Luis Gonzalez, Albert Belle, Jeff Bagwell, Juan Gonzalez, Moises Alou, Bret Boone, Rich Aurilia, Jeff Kent, Miguel Tejada, Jose Guillen, Andres Galarraga, Jeff King, Jack Clark, Jay Buhner, Raul Ibanez, Ruben Sierra, Bobby Bonilla
Randy Johnson, Kenny Rogers, Josh Beckett, Jeff Weaver, Armando Benitez, Eric Gagne, Rob Dibble
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 04:21 PM
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11. I agree with an estimate I heard by Peter Gammons.
He thinks possibly 1000 players used steroids. That's why I'm not all butt-hurt about it. I figure so many players were on them, that in many ways, the field was fairly level.

Let's just do what was done with "The Dead Ball Era". Call it "The Steroid Era" and judge all who played accordingly. As for the Hall of Fame, just judge the players of that era with their peers, not with the others in the Hall.
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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 01:54 AM
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12. but it's still unfair
to the players with enough integrity and self respect not to cheat. So everyone who has taken 'roids should be punished. MLB just waited way too long to crack down (i.e. making way too much money to want to crack down).
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 07:17 AM
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13. Um, it's by definition NOT unfair if pretty much everyone does it...
Remember the phrase "uneven playing field". Well, it's not uneven if they're all doing it.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 07:49 PM
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15. How many guys were on uppers throughout the years and how did that help?
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