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Still think Rays ask for Hutch for Zobrist. They want guys that will be cost controlled through their Arb years.

If it were a tryout it would be an amazing bet...filmed and posted of course.

This crowd is more likely to book the J-Force girls for their birthday party than having a hot girlfriend.

And this is how the govt. got everyone to ignore Iraq. WAR ON DRUGS, STEROIDS ARE BAD! Are steroids addictive? Do the effects of steroids linger after taking them (Answer to this is not in men)? Where do steroids rank on the drug scale?

Tom House gets quickly swept under the rug as a guy looking to make a buck. I think he predicted 25 to 30% were taking in one interview. He stops short of saying Hank Aaron but has always insinuated it Former major league pitcher Tom House used steroids during his career and said performance-enhancing drugs were widespread in baseball in the 1960s and 1970s, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. House, perhaps best known for catching Hank Aaron's 715th home run ball in 1974 in the Atlanta Braves' bullpen, said he and several teammates used amphetamines, and that he tried human growth hormone and "whatever steroid" he could find in order to keep up with the competition. "I pretty much popped everything cold turkey," House said. "We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses. That was the '60s, when nobody knew. The good thing is, we know now. There's a lot more research and understanding." House, a former pitching coach with the Texas Rangers and co-founder of the National Pitching Association near San Diego, is one of the first players to describe steroid use as far back as the 1960s. He was drafted in 1967 by the Braves and pitched eight seasons for Atlanta, Boston and Seattle, finishing his career with a 29-23 record and 3.79 ERA. "We didn't get beat, we got out-milligrammed," House, 58, said. "And when you found out what they were taking, you started taking them." House said he gained almost 30 pounds while using steroids, blaming the extra weight for contributing to knee problems. He said the drugs helped improve recovery time and conditioning but did not add velocity to his fastball. "I tried everything known to man to improve my fastball, and it still didn't go faster than 82 miles per hour," House said. "I was a failed experiment." House said he stopped using steroids after learning about the long-term harm they could cause. "I'd like to say we were smart, but we didn't know what was going on," he said. "We were at the tail end of a generation that wasn't afraid to ingest anything. As research showed up, guys stopped."

Not sure where you were confused here. I'll break it down 1. Loads of Zobrist to the Nats rumours (for Giolito) out there. Now I expect those to really take off 2. I ripped the Nats in the Souza deal, as I feel that Rizzo builds a starting lineup, not a 40 man. 3. 2 to 3 months from now...is Spring Training still. Hope this helps Spank! I really feel like I've got to get back to being more a sarcastic ass...even if it's to Spanky.

Was a painful game for me (although it was probably the drunkest I've been for an opener), this was before I'd completely turned my back on the org...but JPA playing well would have been a shot at my prospect cred. Although I think it was 2011

Adds more fuel to the Zobrist to Nats rumours. Also a good reason why dealing Souza was a really bad idea. Although it just looks like Werth will miss Spring Training.

That's cute, you say that like he'll ever play in the majors again. At least Norfolk is only about 800 miles from Nashville.

Steroids were prevalent in the 60's too.

$1.4M signing bonus too.

I think you can safely check out one...not the other.

I could have deleted my post (or his post)...but I figure people know I'm old, so repeating things is just expected of me. At least I wasn't stealing Silvergun's joke this time, I can take it being V-Dart.

Racist

little known fact, Bastardo is Spanish for Gray

Yes but only because McDaniel didn't reveal it. Ang lacks the respect to his sources. Honestly I'm just kidding around I love our Mexican contingent and his sources.

The good news is that there is only one legit name on the ballot next year (Griffey Jr., who is followed by a bunch of all star not MVP types and some relievers). This should get the momentum on Raines, Bagwell, Piazza & Schilling going. Hopefully 3 get in to clear up some of the backlog. Then we can hope for about 20% of the old f***s like Noble die off and eventually the process clears up.

actually if McDaniel had this reported in October...he still had it before Ang.

old and traveled to Montreal for at least 3 series a year.

Pavano and Armas Jr. Love my Expos trivia

Delino and Langston.

Player Votes 2015% 2014% Randy Johnson 534 97.3% 1st Year Pedro Martinez 500 91.1% 1st Year John Smoltz 455 82.9% 1st Year Craig Biggio 454 82.7% 74.8% Less than 75% of vote, but still on ballot. Mike Piazza 384 69.9% 62.2% Jeff Bagwell 306 55.7% 54.3% Tim Raines 302 55.0% 46.1% Curt Schilling 215 39.2% 29.2% Roger Clemens 206 37.5% 35.4% Barry Bonds 202 36.8% 34.7% Lee Smith 166 30.2% 29.9% Edgar Martinez 148 27.0% 25.2% Alan Trammell 138 25.1% 20.8% Mike Mussina 135 24.6% 20.3% Jeff Kent 77 14.0% 15.2% Fred McGriff 71 12.9% 11.7% Larry Walker 65 11.8% 10.2% Gary Sheffield 64 11.7% 1st Year Mark McGwire 55 10.0% 11.0% Sammy Sosa 36 6.6% 7.2% Nomar Garciaparra 30 5.5% 1st Year 15 yrs on ballot, will not be on next year's ballot Don Mattingly 50 9.1% 8.2% Less than 5%, will not be on next year's ballot Carlos Delgado 21 3.8% 1st Year Troy Percival 4 0.7% 1st Year Aaron Boone 2 0.4% 1st Year Tom Gordon 2 0.4% 1st Year Darin Erstad 1 0.2% 1st Year Brian Giles 0 0.0% 1st Year Jason Schmidt 0 0.0% 1st Year Cliff Floyd 0 0.0% 1st Year Jermaine Dye 0 0.0% 1st Year Rich Aurilia 0 0.0% 1st Year Tony Clark 0 0.0% 1st Year Eddie Guardado 0 0.0% 1st Year

Apple pie, history, dads and sons and all the other American things that baseball represents. Congress chose steroids as a distraction for other s*** they wanted to distract the public from in the mid-2000's. Baseball was the only place where the emotional appeal would work. It's a pretty simplistic answer to a complicated question but pretty accurate.

Our admin is very aware of this thanks for your input. This particular troll, despite their ethnic background, has not shown in the past that they bother trying to hide things. My main point is that people accusing people of being the "troll from the other board" is as annoying as having trolls. If you think someone is a troll of any kind do not reply or do what many do...reply with an intelligent post about baseball. That usually works.