Bonds and 'Roids

[skahound]

Beginning in 1998 with injections in his buttocks of the powerful steroid Winstrol, Barry Bonds took a wide array of performance-enhancing drugs over at least five seasons, according to "Game of Shadows," a book written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters. The authors describe in sometimes day-to-day, drug-by-drug detail how often and how deeply Bonds engaged in the persistent doping.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/03/06/news.excerpt/index.html?cnn=yes

[Lrn]

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^^^ no fucking shit

[runningman]

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he shouldn't be allowed in the hall of fame.. all his records shouldn't count.

[skahound]

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Some exerpts:

The authors, Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, describe in sometimes day-to-day, drug-by-drug detail how often and how deeply Bonds engaged in the persistent doping. For instance, the authors write that by 2001, when Bonds broke Mark McGwire's single-season home-run record (70) by belting 73, Bonds was using two designer steroids referred to as the Cream and the Clear, as well as insulin, human growth hormone, testosterone decanoate (a fast-acting steroid known as Mexican beans) and trenbolone, a steroid created to improve the muscle quality of cattle.

Depending on the substance, Bonds used the drugs in virtually every conceivable form: injecting himself with a syringe or being injected by his trainer, Greg Anderson, swallowing pills, placing drops of liquid under his tongue, and, in the case of BALCO's notorious testosterone-based cream, applying it topically.

According to the book, Bonds gulped as many as 20 pills at a time and was so deeply reliant on his regimen that he ordered Anderson to start "cycles" -- a prescribed period of steroid use lasting about three weeks -- even when he was not due to begin one. Steroid users typically stop usage for a week or two periodically to allow the body to continue to produce natural testosterone; otherwise, such production diminishes or ceases with the continued introduction of synthetic forms of the muscle-building hormone.

[thesightless]

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the big yellow one's the sun.

[thesightless]

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PS. pay attention to ESPN on this one. i bet pedro ""lapdog"" gomez doesnt even mention it. hell he hasnt even aknowleded it yet, just more of this "" barry bonds, on eof the most prolific hitters in baseball and generally misunderstood nice guy is chasing babe ruth's record, not because he already said he hates white people, but because it is a mark he wants to attain through hard and practice.""


seriously i hope he gets hurt a bit and has to pass ruth at shea stadium this year so 50,000 yankees fans can show instead of mets fans and throw shit at him.

[rubyraks]

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Which leads me to Jon Stewart in an interview with Sports Illustrated before the Oscars:

SI: If Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's record, what would The Daily Show present him with?

Stewart: I'd present him with Hank Aaron's integrity, class and humility. I'm not sure I can bronze that, but I'd love for him to have it.

[thesightless]

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seriously, look at espn website, not a single mention of this.

[skahound]

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On the CNN website, which was just updated a short time ago, in big, red letters it read:

EXCLUSIVE

Give it some time dude!

[3d_1200]

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baseball is a joke.

every superstar from the last 5 years has been a proven steriod user.

this wbc is a total waste of everyones time and there will be at least 1 or 2 substantial injuries that will royally piss off an owner (stienbrenner).

i played ball for over 10 years, i went to cal ripkens 2131 and now...baseball is just a joke. quite sad.

[Lrn]

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^^^ well then dont watch, more tickets/better baseball conversations for the rest of us, i cant fucking wait till opening day

[3d_1200]

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i don't need to watch to know more then you ever will

[Lrn]

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yea, these are the kind of sarcastict baseball conversations that i will not miss from people fed up with baseball. i personally think baseball is on a somewhat of a renaisance expesually since no one can use roids anymore.

[skahound]

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i personally think baseball is on a somewhat of a renaisance expesually since no one can use roids anymore.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch. I'm not as much of a fan as I used to be but I don't dislike it. I would wait to pass judgement on the dawn of a new era until MLB has had a few clean years under its belt.

[Lrn]

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yea thats true, but all the big time juices are gone or supposedly clean ie palmaero sosa giambi

also seeing the whitesox win last year really got me stoked on mlb baseball.