A-Rod Juiced In '03 - Story At SI.com

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:04 pm

Brando70 wrote:
sportdan30 wrote:So, look who has manned up?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847
The irony is, if he had done that from the get go, he would have gotten much less flak. We hate liars even more than cheaters.

Yes we do...After murderers and other felons aint nothing worse than a liar.

I deal with them every day.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:18 pm

sportdan30 wrote:So, look who has manned up?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847

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Is it manning up after you are caught? I guess i have a different definition, right now, I call it positive spin control to salvage fans opinions of him.

Manning up would of been on the cbs interview, or coming forward on his own.

But that's just how I feel.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:37 pm

Well, he could have said I tried it once and realize it was wrong and never did it again. Kind of like the same B.S. Pettite gave. But heck, he admitted doing it for three seasons. While I don't condone it, at least he sounds like he was being as honest as can be.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:42 pm

At least he didn't go the Roger Clemens route.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:01 pm

sportdan30 wrote:So, look who has manned up?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847

Funny thing is that before I went to check your link, I thought automatically of M. Ramirez. Everyone is a suspect.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:12 pm

wco81 wrote:At least he didn't go the Roger Clemens route.

Not until today's revelation. But look how honest he was and claims he was too naive to know...he even admires Bonds.

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pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:13 pm

Only The Post, baby!

CLASSIC!

Take care,
PK

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:16 pm

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:50 pm

Brando70 wrote:
As for the comment about college recruiting, the point is that there are plenty of things to taint sports. College sports have gotten so ridiculous that "student athlete" is a punchline. These pampered little shits are an insult to everyone like me who had to balance full courseloads with working and going into debt to get a college degree. That bothers me much more than whether A-Rod used a Balco-provided d*****.

This is where you and I differ.. this isn't even close to players who take PED's to cheat the game in my book... and for me, it ruins my enjoyment.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:20 pm

You don't think college players are juicing?

Many kids are starting out in high school.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:25 pm

and many more will....

TY Bud Selig...TY ESPN

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:27 pm

wco81 wrote:You don't think college players are juicing?

Many kids are starting out in high school.

I know i've heard on sports radio that it's happening on the college level.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:30 pm

Rodster wrote:
wco81 wrote:You don't think college players are juicing?

Many kids are starting out in high school.
I know i've heard on sports radio that it's happening on the college level.

There have been suicides attributed to steroid use amongst HS kids.

Lets turn away...

EDIT: I keep going back and forth on it...Everyone does it and all that stuff but when I look at it this way...It sux ass.

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:28 am

wco81 wrote:You don't think college players are juicing?

Many kids are starting out in high school.

The old Duke coach was fired for forcing his guys to take PED's. I run The College Baseball Blog so I follow College Baseball in depth.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:47 am

I love how A-Roid remembers the exact morning he decided to stop taking steroids yet he has no idea what drugs he used. Yeah, right.

What a f*cking fraud.

Take care,
PK

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:09 am

pk500 wrote:I love how A-Roid remembers the exact morning he decided to stop taking steroids yet he has no idea what drugs he used. Yeah, right.

What a f*cking fraud.

Take care,
PK

No kidding. The really stupid thing is he had no real reason to take steroids. He is extremely talented and would have likely had almost the exact same career arc without them, with perhaps a few less HRs.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:39 am

Brando70 wrote:
pk500 wrote:I love how A-Roid remembers the exact morning he decided to stop taking steroids yet he has no idea what drugs he used. Yeah, right.

What a f*cking fraud.

Take care,
PK
No kidding. The really stupid thing is he had no real reason to take steroids. He is extremely talented and would have likely had almost the exact same career arc without them, with perhaps a few less HRs.

And from time to time, looks left, up, down, measuring carefully every single word that comes out of his big lips while waiting for crocodiles tears that just wouldn't come out.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:51 am

I just feel for Carlos Delgado. I knew that he deserved the MVP award that year more than A-Roid.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:35 pm

10spro wrote:

And from time to time, looks left, up, down, measuring carefully every single word that comes out of his big lips while waiting for crocodiles tears that just wouldn't come out.

lol...

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:39 pm

pk500 wrote:I love how A-Roid remembers the exact morning he decided to stop taking steroids yet he has no idea what drugs he used. Yeah, right.

What a f*cking fraud.

Take care,
PK

I agree. I dont know about you, but when someone comes at me with a needle, I want to know what's in there.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:39 pm

pk500 wrote:Only The Post, baby!

CLASSIC!

Take care,
PK

Love it!!!!

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:48 pm

pk500 wrote:
sportdan30 wrote:So, look who has manned up?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847
A classic case of CYA, a guy trying to restore his reputation and keep even the slightest sliver of endorsement possibilities while he still has many years of playing time left.

While an initial liar, A-Rod finally showed more stones than Bonds, Clemens and McGwire. The common thread among those three is that their respective careers were near the end or over when their steroid use was exposed, so they didn't feel the financial need to be honest.

I dont agree. They are all liars and didn't fess up until they were force to.
Just like Michael Vick. ARod had no choice but to say something after those "sources" reported their findings to S.I. How can you put ARod above Bonds and McGwire? All liars.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:11 pm

Brando70 wrote:
No kidding. The really stupid thing is he had no real reason to take steroids. He is extremely talented and would have likely had almost the exact same career arc without them, with perhaps a few less HRs.

Maybe his career overall but caught a brief bit of Sportscenter where they said in the years he admitted, his HR numbers were up by an average of 12.

In the ESPN interview, he's groveling so much. At this point, his career numbers are going to be under a cloud of suspicion so he might as well walk away and go off with Madonna.

He's got FU money so he doesn't need to do this.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:59 pm

Here's another liar/cheater.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3896877

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:42 pm

10spro wrote:Here's another liar/cheater.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3896877

Lying to Congress is some serious sh*t. He could so some hard time, but he will probably cop some type of plea.