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Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 3:50pm
revbob wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 2:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 11:45am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 11:12am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 6:38pm

I know it's formally inconsistent, but I don't have a problem with players doing blow or taking greenies, but I'm firmly opposed to steroids, HGH, and other muscle-building drugs. I know that they're all performance enhancing, but I just don't place amphetamines in the same objectionable camp.
I am all for performance enhancing dope for ballplayers, particularly HGH and the types of drugs that promote quick healing. I'm cool with letting a bunch of millionaires be petri-dishes for the rest of use. When I'm 70 I'd like to be loaded up with HGH on the regular.
:lol: I'm an old-fashioned moralist on this kind of stuff, a rare dip into romanticism.
Me too but Dave makes a persuasive argument.
I guess if I want to make a serious push back at what he says is that if that becomes the standard for pro performance, it'd necessarily filter down to younger and younger ages. A twelve-year-old who seems kinda talented might feel pressured to start doping to have a chance to compete at higher levels. It's already a destructive race of abuse as kids are expected to build muscle at earlier ages, with kids who have no chance of reaching the pros fucking themselves up on that dream.
You may have won back over...

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 10:10pm
revbob wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 9:41pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 9:30pm
I did a lot of coke.
You're no Met!
I can see Dave legging out a triple, but missing and first and second in the process.
In Mets history, that's already been done.
"Marvelous" Marv Throneberry, 1962, Mets' first season.
Taken from the Wikipedia page of Marv:
In one famous story, on June 17, Throneberry hit a triple against the Cubs, but was called out after Ernie Banks took a relay throw and stepped on second base. "Didn't touch the bag, you know, Dusty," Banks told umpire Dusty Boggess. According to the legend, Throneberry was called out at second and Stengel came out to argue the call, but he was told by the umpire "Don't bother arguing, Casey, he missed first base, too." (In another version of the story, Stengel was told this by his first-base coach.) Stengel, after a pause, supposedly replied, "Well, I know he touched third base because he's standing on it!"
The next batter, Charlie Neal, hit a home run, prompting Stengel to come out of the dugout following him and pointing at all four bases.
From what I see there's still a little hope
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weller259 wrote:
15 Jan 2022, 2:28am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 10:10pm
revbob wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 9:41pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 9:30pm
I did a lot of coke.
You're no Met!
I can see Dave legging out a triple, but missing and first and second in the process.
In Mets history, that's already been done.
"Marvelous" Marv Throneberry, 1962, Mets' first season.
Taken from the Wikipedia page of Marv:
In one famous story, on June 17, Throneberry hit a triple against the Cubs, but was called out after Ernie Banks took a relay throw and stepped on second base. "Didn't touch the bag, you know, Dusty," Banks told umpire Dusty Boggess. According to the legend, Throneberry was called out at second and Stengel came out to argue the call, but he was told by the umpire "Don't bother arguing, Casey, he missed first base, too." (In another version of the story, Stengel was told this by his first-base coach.) Stengel, after a pause, supposedly replied, "Well, I know he touched third base because he's standing on it!"
The next batter, Charlie Neal, hit a home run, prompting Stengel to come out of the dugout following him and pointing at all four bases.
Yup, legendary story. Love it.
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weller259 wrote:
15 Jan 2022, 2:28am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 10:10pm
revbob wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 9:41pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
13 Jan 2022, 9:30pm
I did a lot of coke.
You're no Met!
I can see Dave legging out a triple, but missing and first and second in the process.
In Mets history, that's already been done.
"Marvelous" Marv Throneberry, 1962, Mets' first season.
Taken from the Wikipedia page of Marv:
In one famous story, on June 17, Throneberry hit a triple against the Cubs, but was called out after Ernie Banks took a relay throw and stepped on second base. "Didn't touch the bag, you know, Dusty," Banks told umpire Dusty Boggess. According to the legend, Throneberry was called out at second and Stengel came out to argue the call, but he was told by the umpire "Don't bother arguing, Casey, he missed first base, too." (In another version of the story, Stengel was told this by his first-base coach.) Stengel, after a pause, supposedly replied, "Well, I know he touched third base because he's standing on it!"
The next batter, Charlie Neal, hit a home run, prompting Stengel to come out of the dugout following him and pointing at all four bases.
Two Dusty's in one story.

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revbob wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 4:29pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 3:50pm
revbob wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 2:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 11:45am
BostonBeaneater wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 11:12am


I am all for performance enhancing dope for ballplayers, particularly HGH and the types of drugs that promote quick healing. I'm cool with letting a bunch of millionaires be petri-dishes for the rest of use. When I'm 70 I'd like to be loaded up with HGH on the regular.
:lol: I'm an old-fashioned moralist on this kind of stuff, a rare dip into romanticism.
Me too but Dave makes a persuasive argument.
I guess if I want to make a serious push back at what he says is that if that becomes the standard for pro performance, it'd necessarily filter down to younger and younger ages. A twelve-year-old who seems kinda talented might feel pressured to start doping to have a chance to compete at higher levels. It's already a destructive race of abuse as kids are expected to build muscle at earlier ages, with kids who have no chance of reaching the pros fucking themselves up on that dream.
You may have won back over...
There will always be stupid kids looking up to even stupider adults.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
15 Jan 2022, 12:49pm
revbob wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 4:29pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 3:50pm
revbob wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 2:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 11:45am


:lol: I'm an old-fashioned moralist on this kind of stuff, a rare dip into romanticism.
Me too but Dave makes a persuasive argument.
I guess if I want to make a serious push back at what he says is that if that becomes the standard for pro performance, it'd necessarily filter down to younger and younger ages. A twelve-year-old who seems kinda talented might feel pressured to start doping to have a chance to compete at higher levels. It's already a destructive race of abuse as kids are expected to build muscle at earlier ages, with kids who have no chance of reaching the pros fucking themselves up on that dream.
You may have won back over...
There will always be stupid kids looking up to even stupider adults.
Hello,

There has been research into steroid use in kids as young as 8th grade. The point about it trickling down is correct. Additionally, kids generally won't be able to afford the "good" PED's - instead going to shady dealers online or elsewhere.

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BostonBeaneater wrote:
15 Jan 2022, 12:49pm
revbob wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 4:29pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 3:50pm
revbob wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 2:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 11:45am


:lol: I'm an old-fashioned moralist on this kind of stuff, a rare dip into romanticism.
Me too but Dave makes a persuasive argument.
I guess if I want to make a serious push back at what he says is that if that becomes the standard for pro performance, it'd necessarily filter down to younger and younger ages. A twelve-year-old who seems kinda talented might feel pressured to start doping to have a chance to compete at higher levels. It's already a destructive race of abuse as kids are expected to build muscle at earlier ages, with kids who have no chance of reaching the pros fucking themselves up on that dream.
You may have won back over...
There will always be stupid kids looking up to even stupider adults.
Casey Stengel supposedly said that his secret of management was to keep the guys who hated him from the guys who were undecided. So, sure, there's always going to be bozos and cheats, but normalizing it—encouraging it—is to normalize shitty behaviour. I mean, that's part of the wretched ongoing legacy of Trump, right, that he's normalized and encouraged the worst behaviour in people who weren't down that road or at least felt some reluctance about expressing it in public.
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
15 Jan 2022, 12:49pm
revbob wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 4:29pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 3:50pm
revbob wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 2:01pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jan 2022, 11:45am


:lol: I'm an old-fashioned moralist on this kind of stuff, a rare dip into romanticism.
Me too but Dave makes a persuasive argument.
I guess if I want to make a serious push back at what he says is that if that becomes the standard for pro performance, it'd necessarily filter down to younger and younger ages. A twelve-year-old who seems kinda talented might feel pressured to start doping to have a chance to compete at higher levels. It's already a destructive race of abuse as kids are expected to build muscle at earlier ages, with kids who have no chance of reaching the pros fucking themselves up on that dream.
You may have won back over...
There will always be stupid kids looking up to even stupider adults.
There will but I think there's more to it then that. Im feeling a bit too lazy to mount my counter point right now though especially with my thumbs.

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tepista wrote:
18 Jan 2022, 7:04pm
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Fucking 'roid monster. None of his 154 home runs in 2003 should count.
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Papi is the only member of the Class of 2022 Hall of Fame. Bonds, Clemens, and Schitler all drop off the ballot. Pretty good result all around. :cool:
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
25 Jan 2022, 7:50pm
Papi is the only member of the Class of 2022 Hall of Fame. Bonds, Clemens, and Schitler all drop off the ballot. Pretty good result all around. :cool:
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I did laugh at this.
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Wolter wrote:
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I did laugh at this.
Lmao, awesome
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Flex wrote:
28 Jan 2022, 4:51pm
Wolter wrote:
28 Jan 2022, 4:50pm
I did laugh at this.
Lmao, awesome
Seconded. :lol:

edit: Slightly more seriously, he has undoubtedly worn that stuff and looked at himself in the mirror and smiled—that's 100% certain.
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