Between Ryan Braun’s Urine and the PED-Infested Miami Baseball Program, Does Anyone Think the Brewers’ Outfielder is Clean?
Ryan Braun, Dec. 2011: Someone leaked his failed October urine test to ESPN. The tests (ESPN reported he failed two) showed he had excessive testosterone in his system. Busted. Looking at a 50-game suspension. But Braun got lucky – the guy who collected his urine thought Fed Ex was closed on Saturday, so the urine sat in his fridge all weekend, and Braun escaped on a technicality. Did Braun cheat to recover from an injury? We’ll never know.
Ryan Braun, February 2013: Yahoo reveals that Ryan Braun’s name is in Anthony Bosch’s black book. Braun says he simply paid Bosch as a “consultant” during his appeal for the positive test. Right. A week prior, the Miami New Times dropped an explosive report linking A-Rod, Gio Gonzalez, Nelson Cruz and others to steroids/PEDs, and Bosch was their supplier. Of all the consultants in the country, Braun just happens to reach out to the guy who was allegedly injecting A-Rod?
Today: The New York Times writes about the Miami baseball program and how the school’s strength and conditioning coach is all over Bosch’s black book. Ryan Braun played for Miami from 2003-2005. From the Times: “Two of Braun’s Miami teammates, including one who was his roommate, were tied to the clinic in a report by Yahoo Sports on Tuesday.”
Milwaukee’s Spring Training begins February 23rd in Phoenix. That should be fun.
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February 7th, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Keep fucking that chicken, chief.
/ Banhammer splits head open
February 7th, 2013 at 1:04 PM
No related links?
/ducks banhammer
February 7th, 2013 at 1:04 PM
To be fair to TBL, the guy did get away on a technicality.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:05 PM
Looks like conclusions have been jumped to and drawn.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:06 PM
Due process is now a “technicality?”
February 7th, 2013 at 1:08 PM
Ryan Braun’s go-to beer is Sam Adams Imperial White
February 7th, 2013 at 1:08 PM
He didn’t deserve to get suspended but he sure as fuck took roids.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:08 PM
Does anyone really fucking care? Aside from media/blogger gasbags? This is so dumb.
The NFL is slathered in HGH.. nobody cares – nor should they.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:09 PM
Guilty and then more guilty is the only way justice as seen in the public/TBL’s eyes.
Let’s continue jumping to conclusions prior to letting everything coming to pass.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:09 PM
to be fair, he couldve showered this morning.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:11 PM
If we posted about what people care about, this would be a craft beer blog focusing on sanctimony.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:11 PM
Yawn.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:11 PM
yall have been trying to drive me away for years and the answer’s been under your nose the entire time!
February 7th, 2013 at 1:12 PM
If we posted about what people care about, this would be a craft beer blog focusing on sanctimony.
That would certainly be a more entertaining read than faux outrage over PED use in sports.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:12 PM
Keep fucking that chicken, chief.
Life gives you chickens; make chicken salad
February 7th, 2013 at 1:12 PM
CFB would sneak in there. That and titties.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:12 PM
I think TBL has seen Primal Fear too many times
February 7th, 2013 at 1:13 PM
But don’t put any god damn grapes or strawberries in my fucking chicken salad. Shit pisses me off.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:13 PM
Racist.
Also, I think it was reported yesterday that the Yankees are behind this.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Nice link dump.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Of all the consultants in the country, Braun just happens to reach out to the guy who was allegedly injecting A-Rod?
I don’t know how much interaction you’ve had with lawyers but it’s typically not the client choosing the consultants.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:14 PM
He’s clearly not clean. He failed a drug test. That part has never been disputed just that it was handled improperly.
Also, who cares? More steroids for everybody.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Great movie.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:14 PM
as Nate predicted, this comments section would be fun.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Is it just me or is that the 4th baseball (related) post in a row?
/looks forward to division by division breakdowns and previews in mid to late March
//is still waiting on July 1
February 7th, 2013 at 1:15 PM
“No one will ever convince me that Mariano Rivera didn’t take steroids. And you know baseball would never go after it because it’s the Yankees.”
- Coworker, yesterday. Anyone hiring?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
If we posted about what people care about, this would be a craft beer blog focusing on sanctimony.
Does anyone do this blog? If not, I’m looking at 7 figures TBL-style and am quitting the day job.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
CFB would sneak in there. That and titties
Don’t forget BBQ
February 7th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Don’t forget porn/washed-out porn stars.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
The year of chicken fucking continues unabated.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Golf. Don’t forget golf. Y’all love yourself some golf.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
He’s cleaner than Albert Puljos.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
I don’t know how much interaction you’ve had with lawyers but it’s typically not the client choosing the consultants.
Unless they’re instructing their attorney to have the defendant try on the bra, that is.
/Stan the Caddy’d
February 7th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
I didnt realize anyone thought a guy who was caught doping and got off on a weak technicality was clean to begin with. This is just further confirmation.
SVP talked about this yesterday and raised a good point. Why on earth would you “consult” someone running a shady aging clinic out of a shack?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
I wish players were allowed to take whatever legal drugs they chose, prescribed or not, just like all the old-timey hall of famers could. It’s not fair for the new guys.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
This doesn’t include that Carolinas crap, does it?
/ Throws rocks at Mole’s beehive
February 7th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
That part has never been disputed just that it was handled improperly.
Link to the appeal transcripts?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
If we posted about what people care about, this would be a
craft beerroad beef blog focusing onsanctimonyhats./sign me up
February 7th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Who the fuck is Nate?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
The only thing not making me 100% on Braun is that his name isn’t under any PEDs like the other names for the regimens the guys were on so it makes the accounts receivable story plausible. Not necessarily true, but I can see how its possible given that.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
bckaw
February 7th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
I get steroids and what not being a big deal in baseball, but damn I’m happy I don’t give a fuck about either of the two. This issue really seems to piss off baseball fans, and it doesn’t seem like it’s ever going away, The Drs. will be ahead of the testers and play this game of cat and mouse for years and years.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
4 days until pitchers and catchers. Getting giddy over here.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
He’s cleaner than Albert Puljos.
Nearly 20 years younger, too.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
why do you think the MLB media looks into HGH, but NFL reporters dont?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
Klosterman made a good point yesterday in Simmons’s podcast that fairly soon players will be able to make genetic modifications to themselves that are undetectable. With this and other advances that are sure to come, a lot of people need to start realizing that this is just a transition period that will have to eventually end with the acceptance of performance-enhancing measures because they are not going to go away.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
I wonder how much of Internet sports arguments break down the lines of people who listen to sports talk radio versus those who don’t. I bet it’s pretty strong.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
how could i ever forget golf? sinner.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
Business as usual.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:19 PM
Milk – A for effort on “due process.”
Also, Braun never challenged the test …
February 7th, 2013 at 1:19 PM
probably because NFL writers aren’t bored to tears with the sport they cover.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:19 PM
I thought the same thing.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:19 PM
He’s cleaner than Albert Puljos
So I’m not the only one pushing this agenda?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
I may be a gasbag, but I actually care a bit.
I live in a pollyana world when it comes to baseball, and would like records, stats, etc. to be on as even a footing as possible throughout the generations.
That said, I know it’s going on all over the place, and I would say that a lot more of it goes on in football, but we hear next to nothing about it.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
This issue really seems to piss off baseball fans
Well, the PEDs piss off sports writers more than fans. I think that’s true in every sport. There is a large portion of baseball fans that really are sanctimonious about it but the much larger majority is just like any other fan base/Jay Cutler: DOOOOON’T CAAAARE!
February 7th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Wait, and dont forget workout/weightloss tips
February 7th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Queefer – Don’t forget that Bosch wasn’t just shady … he had been linked to A-Rod a few years ago (2009 i believe).
February 7th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
I listen to SVP’s podcast daily. Highly recommended. Intelligent commentary, funny takes, good guests. These guys are the only ones who do it right.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Side note: It seems whoever takes over for Lane Kiffin once they shit can his ass will have a nice OL class to work with.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Why on earth would you “consult” someone running a shady aging clinic out of a shack?
Yeah, I would expect a MLB player to get a more qualified consultant. But this could be why there was a dispute to payment (I think Braun or someone for him said they felt the info provided was useless) and Braun’s name was in the book for money owed. I know I’m being Devil’s Advocate.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:21 PM
PEDs matter in baseball more because records are such an important part of the game.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:21 PM
The NFL doesn’t have a shitbag group of old fat white guys like the BBWAA that keeps a “doing it the right way” narrative going after years of willingly turning a blind eye.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:21 PM
I live in a pollyana world when it comes to baseball, and would like records, stats, etc. to be on as even a footing as possible throughout the generations.
So what do you do with the fact that blacks couldn’t, you know, participate until Jackie Robinson? Records are shit.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:22 PM
ive said this before…if anyone should be using PED’s it’s genetic freaks with access to the best medical care and consulting on the planet. drugs make shit better yo.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:22 PM
The test for which chain of custody couldnt be proven? Why go to the second step when all you’ve gotta do is point out the first.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Because one of the better NFL reporters, Glazer, probably supplies half the guys in the NFL with HGH.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:22 PM
why do you think the MLB media looks into HGH, but NFL reporters dont?
1. MLB media is beyond retarded
2. NFL media is lazy See: Peter King/Mike Florio
February 7th, 2013 at 1:23 PM
No, I definitely think there a potential legitimate excuse here. Braun is just seems to frequently be in close proximity to a lot of smoke. There’s gotta be a fire there somewhere.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:23 PM
Why WOULDN’T you go to someone who specializes in the exact thing Braun got caught doing?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:23 PM
Why on earth would you “consult” someone running a shady aging clinic out of a shack?
“Expert witnesses” on PEDs would tend to be guys whose life work is understanding how PEDs work. And it’s not like the lawyer would only go to this one guy. He probably consulted other guys that are equally shady because they are the experts in this field.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:23 PM
Because exposing rampant PED use in the NFL would further jeopardize it’s existence
Go on
February 7th, 2013 at 1:23 PM
Ha.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:23 PM
He does look kind of greasy.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:23 PM
PEDs matter in baseball more because records are such an important part of the game.
The king of all moronic PED statements.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:24 PM
Hot chicks I would kick out of bed is another popular topic. Can’t forget that.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:24 PM
You idiots who keep with the “nobody cares” line about cheating ass bitches in sports… …speak for yourselves.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:24 PM
as Nate predicted, this comments section would be fun.
Who the fuck is Nate?
I thought the same thing.
The name of the mouse that Spencer keeps in his pocket.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:25 PM
Sorry you don’t understand how the world works. The bums lost. Get a job, sir.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:25 PM
HGH is da bomb.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:25 PM
Here’s your list.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:25 PM
Double ellipses was unnecessary.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:25 PM
Poor Tennessee fan
February 7th, 2013 at 1:26 PM
You idiots who keep with the “nobody cares” line about cheating ass bitches in sports… …speak for yourselves.
Speaking for myself, nobody cares.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:26 PM
Were there really already six TNCOWBOYs signed up here?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:27 PM
They had better, considering this class has three linemen total, on both sides of the ball
February 7th, 2013 at 1:27 PM
What is with Texas kids committing so damn early, by the way? Texas and Texas A&M already gave 7 kids lined up for next year.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:27 PM
You idiots who keep with the “nobody cares” line about cheating ass bitches in sports… …speak for yourselves.
Ronnie Lott cared so much about playing in a playoff game that he cut his fucking finger off… but GASP!.. Ray Lewis slathering some horse antler shit on his arm so he could come back sooner is just caring a little TOO much. So ridiculous.
I say that as a person who absolutely cannot stand Ray Lewis.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:27 PM
Who the fuck is Nate?
I bet his last name is Dogg.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:27 PM
we are yo.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:27 PM
Sharon is a place name in the Bible.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:28 PM
Okay, that was funny. Well played.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:28 PM
Sorry you don’t understand how the world works. The bums lost. Get a job, sir.
I don’t understand what this means.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:28 PM
Albert Pujols says nothing to see here
//Brett Boone’d
February 7th, 2013 at 1:28 PM
I have to say, I really don’t care if all of them are using. Sports is entertainment and I am usually entertained. I’m tired of baseball being the only sport that gets talked about in regards to PED’s. The one sport that requires so much skill that you almost never go right from high school/college to the majors is the only sport where PED’s matters? But the sports where you are clobbering people and banging bodies left and right, nobody blinks an eye at? Seriously, WTF?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:28 PM
Nate Silver nails another prediction.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:28 PM
Horse antlers… ha. That’s a trip.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:29 PM
I’m sorry you smell like spoiled fruit.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:29 PM
The space in between indicated a dramatic pause, so it was wholly necessary.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:30 PM
Sorry you don’t understand how the world works. The bums lost. Get a job, sir.
I don’t understand what this means.
He thinks people do so care about baseball records. Also, he’s seen The Big Lebowski. It is a popular film despite its poor box office.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:30 PM
Also sctrojans how excited are you about the NBA coming out today saying that HGH testing might start next year?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:31 PM
that’s not necessarily true…OLmen dont typically play as frosh and soph in college, and outside the freaks, the young ones usually struggle in their first cracks in the NFL where DLmen have WAY more technique and moves.
also…golf requires more skill than baseball, but you see young kids win all the time because golf’s the greatest sport/competitive activity in the entire world.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:31 PM
Not sure that has anything to do with skill.
Again, people care about PEDs more in individual ad record-intensive sports like cycling and baseball because there aren’t many moving parts. Some people can use PEDs in football, but so much goes into winning that even an entire team of roided freaks wouldn’t guarantee success.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:31 PM
Not excited at all. I’m pro PED, but the testing will likely be a facade, so we’re all good
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
My sources are reporting that TNCOWBOY7 is Nate
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
horse antler shit
Like a fucking unicorn magical beast shit?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
This is someone who just told someone else they don’t understand how the world works.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Terry Bradshaw won multiple titles.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Not scrotums…but I think this is terrible. I want my basketball players in peak physical condition. I think the NBA should administer HGH.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Again, people care about PEDs more in individual ad record-intensive sports like cycling and baseball because there aren’t many moving parts.
of roided freaks wouldn’t guarantee success.
The bridge, it is too far.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
They generally have most of their classes filled by the beginning of the season. They pressure recruits into taking hte early offers. It’s been biting UT in the ass teh last few years as they can’t yank a kids offer if he sucks and they can’t develop anyone. aTm will be interesting to see tho.
So can we say Jewess now?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
White Russians are insanely good if you use half and half.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
I believe Stern once said that steroids don’t help in basketball. C’mon now, David!
February 7th, 2013 at 1:33 PM
I just figured you’d be pumped to see Wade go down.
But yeah, let’s be real, there’s no chance it does anything.
I love Lebron to bits, but bull shit is he 100% natural.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:33 PM
The space in between indicated a dramatic pause, so it was wholly necessary.
But the ellipses indicate a dramatic pause to begin with. So that’s like 3 dramatic pauses in a row. After that many pauses nobody remembers what came before
February 7th, 2013 at 1:33 PM
The endless war between PEDs users and testing is one of the best ever examples of the Red Queen Theory. Users find a drug, testers develop a test, users find another drug, testers find another test. You have to run as fast as you can just to stay exactly where you are.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:33 PM
I started caring about what steroids can do to a person after I watched this in middle school.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:34 PM
And you never will be.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:34 PM
I love Lebron to bits, but bull shit is he 100% natural.
He’s got fake tits?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:35 PM
PEDs are rampant in HD football. The only testing that is done is if a team makes the postseason, then it’s like one dude (or Holly Mangold).
February 7th, 2013 at 1:35 PM
I love Lebron to bits, but bull shit is he 100% natural.
He’s got fake tits?
Him and the Rock.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:35 PM
True story. Although it was just his line that juiced. All the time.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:35 PM
I love Lebron to bits, but bull shit is he 100% natural.
But it’s different if you start taking HGH at age 4. You get grandfathered in
February 7th, 2013 at 1:36 PM
Part of the Stern mystique is how willingly and gleefully he lies
February 7th, 2013 at 1:36 PM
I just checked and saw where 55 kids from the 2014 250 have verbaled already. I’d love to know how many of those kids will go elsewhere. I bet 65% of them do (if not more).
February 7th, 2013 at 1:36 PM
I know, I’m saying that a team of roided out freaks can lead Terry Bradshaw to multiple titles.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:37 PM
+1 rogue official acting alone
February 7th, 2013 at 1:37 PM
How dare you rip off WWOS
February 7th, 2013 at 1:38 PM
30 years ago? Perhaps. Now? No chance. Football is too complex a game with too many moving, interconnected parts now for drugs to make a wholesale difference. Baseball is a lot simpler, essentially a one-on-one game.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:38 PM
honestly, i still dont believe that steroids actually help in golf. not the debate, and there are other drugs that’d be more considered PED’s than roids in the game.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:39 PM
Anyone else have a hot boss? Mine is pretty hot and I would appreciate her not coming in all dressed up with her FMBs every day. Never had a hot boss until now. Not really a fan of it.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:39 PM
Baseball is a lot simpler, essentially a one-on-one game.
Yes, because if you’re on steroids, hitting a 98 MPH fastball is so much easier than just being a bigger, faster running back in the NFL. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:39 PM
Baseball is a lot simpler, essentially a one-on-one game.
Like the way football was back when steroids worked. Now the players are too muscular and interconnected for drugs to do any good.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:40 PM
30 years ago? Perhaps. Now? No chance. Football is too complex a game with too many moving, interconnected parts now for drugs to make a wholesale difference. Baseball is a lot simpler, essentially a one-on-one game.
I just tried to think like you. I did not enjoy it.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Looks like he was inspired by Mel Gibson…both the Lethal Weapon version (the shoulder thing) and real-life crazy.
I’m assuming he took home an Emmy.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:40 PM
UT has a Junior Day that is cult-like. Everyone commits at it, even if they don’t want to. Now other schools are trying to lock juniors up, so the practice is growing…
February 7th, 2013 at 1:40 PM
As in other games like chess and scrabble, I would think adderall would help golfers play their game.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Is cheating totally out of the question? Just kidding. Sorta.
But yeah, that would suck.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Anyone else have a hot boss?
No and I’ve always wanted one. Perhaps the saddest thing about being president
February 7th, 2013 at 1:42 PM
Is it more Demi Moore-Micheal Douglas or a Jennifer Aniston-CharlieDay situation?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:42 PM
I feel so terribly sorry for you.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:43 PM
Is it more Demi Moore-Micheal Douglas or a Jennifer Aniston-CharlieDay situation?
One is a comedy and one is a less intentional comedy?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:43 PM
??? Wha ???
Get NFL players to give up steroids/PEDs across the boards and see what kind of difference it makes. Players get smaller, slower, and the game changes back closer to what it used to be. Injuries decline as well.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:44 PM
/faxes LOI to alabama
February 7th, 2013 at 1:44 PM
Oh, poor you.
/boss is my dad and 2 other fat men in their 50s
February 7th, 2013 at 1:44 PM
Best bit I read about this topic was how a once-a-week free newspaper in Miami didn’t think the Braun link was strong enough in terms of being accused of taking what the clinic was selling to report on but it was good enough for Yahoo
February 7th, 2013 at 1:44 PM
funniest comment in this site’s history. well done, spencer.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:44 PM
Yeah I remember when I first played with KINEX, too.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:45 PM
And it looks like you were right TBL, the “who gives a shit” crowd is really letting it go.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:45 PM
Bullshit. Michael Crichton was ahead of his time in pointing out reverse sexual harrassment, evil japanese businesses, and the dangers of dinosaur theme parks.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:45 PM
I’m gonna be a big ignorant homer for a second…
But Bosch’s notebooks do not link Gio Gonzalez to any banned substances. Everything he is mentioned with was legal.
He will probably be implicated when more details come out…but it bother’s me to see his name lumped in with the other guys who had much more incriminating evidence.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:46 PM
/boss is my dad and 2 other fat men in their 50s
Go on…
February 7th, 2013 at 1:47 PM
Was also ahead of his time in life expectancy.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:47 PM
Oh, pkiguy is Nate.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:47 PM
If they did, I’d look more like Mark McGwire than Craig Stadler.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:48 PM
I wonder how alcohol would function as a supplement in golf. Say Furyk takes a nice double shot of JD before that duck hook, does that calm the nerves enough to put it in the fairway? Apply that to any of the guys who shoot 80 in a late Sunday major grouping
February 7th, 2013 at 1:49 PM
Not Jennifer Aniston at all. She’s not grinding on desks and shit. She’s just hot and dresses well.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:49 PM
That’s weigh-cess.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:49 PM
No chance. Football is too complex a game with too many moving, interconnected parts now for drugs to make a wholesale difference. Baseball is a lot simpler, essentially a one-on-one game.
I have a theory that the NFL will soon follow MLB’s strict enforcement of steroids. The more these lawsuits keep popping up, the NFL can’t ignore the fact that the use of PEDs is creating faster stronger players creating concussions. Is this the SOLE reason? No, but it is an easy way for the NFL to say that they are doing something to curb these concussions and perception is a big thing.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:49 PM
Ironically, McGwire is likely a better golfer than Stadler at this point
February 7th, 2013 at 1:50 PM
Jimenez smoking.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:50 PM
Plus it keeps people thinking that concussions are the problem, the NFL wins again
February 7th, 2013 at 1:51 PM
related
February 7th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
I have personal experience in this matter.
I can also safely say that three hits off some outstanding Humboldt product makes it very difficult to keep the cart on the cart path.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
why is it a problem?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
Yup, and Cabrera chain smokes like an Asian. Daly’s diet coke would seem to have the opposite effect. Wait…but he was drinking when he won majors. Consider my theory proven!
February 7th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
Yeah…that’s awesome.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:53 PM
What I learned:
Sports that PEDs don’t help:
Football
Baseball
Golf
Sports that PEDs do help:
Basketball
Pro Wrestling
February 7th, 2013 at 1:54 PM
Maybe. But nothing will change. The games will still be competitive. No one will have a wholesale advantage. There’s been a measurable decline in home runs, BA, and runs scored since steroid testing was implemented in baseball. Annual combined ERAs are down league wide.
Do you think a slower running back will suffer if he stops taking PEDs? No, because the defenders will also be smaller, slower and more fatigued. And much of a QB, RB, WR success is dependent on a thousand other factors: scheme, blocking, opponent, playcall, progressions, etc.
I know people like to pretend baseball is a super complex sport on the level of football, but its just not. Football has an exponentially larger number of interconnected activities taking place on every single play. Any one can dramatically affect success. PEDs dont provide enough of a difference to alter that complex an equation.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:54 PM
I found Nate!!
/Detective JMac…at least give me an internship at your firm. I’ll make copies.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:54 PM
No they do help in baseball. Because it is less complicated.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:55 PM
Dead on. My alcohol use to performance graph is a parabola. Pot use, an immediate downward trend
February 7th, 2013 at 1:55 PM
I know people like to pretend baseball is a super complex sport on the level of football, but its just not.
I know I do.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:55 PM
I should also add that I think a large majority of NFL players take PEDs. at least 75 percent.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:56 PM
What happened to that intern?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:56 PM
Spends too much time masturbating in the bathroom, I’d imagine.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:57 PM
What about your huffing habit?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:57 PM
I’ve built up an immunity by now. I thought we’d established that…?
February 7th, 2013 at 1:58 PM
as someone who played all of 3 rounds non-potted up last year, let me tell you they were also my three lowest rounds of the year.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:59 PM
I have no interest in sports blogging…I want in where the real money is. Big Lead Investigations.
February 7th, 2013 at 1:59 PM
/slides McNair file across the table
February 7th, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Not so much of a problem as an annoyance. It’s easier to have a boss who you don’t want to bang, ya heard?
February 7th, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Football, the sport most reliant on pure athleticism and strength, isn’t benefited by PEDs in a tangible way…my god in heaven
February 7th, 2013 at 2:02 PM
Girl intern musta got speared by Chief Osceola since all she wrote about was Florida State
/No pageviews in that
February 7th, 2013 at 2:02 PM
you’re married arent you
February 7th, 2013 at 2:03 PM
Just think of that awkward moment when one of you thinks the other one wants to bang but they really don’t.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Yup.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:04 PM
And Michigan just got a verabl from a junior QB…
February 7th, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Touche.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:06 PM
If Morris pans out and plays at all this year he might think twice. UGA is going after a stud next year. They don’t generally recruit dual-threat kids, but this guy is going to be awesome. Gotta get him away from Clemson first though.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:07 PM
On an NFL-related sidetrack … time to shut it down?
February 7th, 2013 at 2:08 PM
Pretty much describes my entire dating history.
/ The one who didn’t want to bang not being me
February 7th, 2013 at 2:09 PM
Pretty sure OSU already offered Bosa’s bro.
/2016
February 7th, 2013 at 2:09 PM
call me naive or a pussy or whatever, but i couldn’t see wanting to bang anyone other than my girlfriend/wife
February 7th, 2013 at 2:11 PM
Not like, ACTUALLY wanting to seek it out. More like, if I could do this in a vacuum and would only remember it while in the moment sort of thing.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:13 PM
youre a liar, howabout that?
February 7th, 2013 at 2:14 PM
Wait…what? “Wanting to” is different than following through. So you’ve never seen an attractive lady, and thought “I’d want to have sex with that woman”?
/Based on your comment…I’m guessing you’re a missionary-only guy.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Exactly right.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:16 PM
OK I gotcha. Fair.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:18 PM
LOLz
February 7th, 2013 at 2:19 PM
call me naive or a pussy or whatever, but i couldn’t see wanting to bang anyone other than my girlfriend/wife
You have one of each?
February 7th, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Not like, ACTUALLY wanting to seek it out. More like, if I could do this in a vacuum and would only remember it while in the moment sort of thing.
I completely understand and agree with this statement.
/married
February 7th, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Seems like Recall or whatever they were doing in Minority Report are actually fantastic business ventures.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:27 PM
Life gives you chickens; make chicken salad
with your penis
February 7th, 2013 at 2:27 PM
low sample size.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:30 PM
the MLB media looks into HGH
link from 1998, 99, 2000?
February 7th, 2013 at 2:33 PM
PEDs matter in baseball more because records are such an important part of the game.
gag. sanctity of the game. unwritten rules, yada yada.
you talking records before PEDs, in the bennies era, or when blacks couldn’t play? pre-free agency or post? pre designated hitter or post? before saves became an ‘important’ stat?
February 7th, 2013 at 2:35 PM
I wonder how much of Internet sports arguments break down the lines of people who listen to sports talk radio versus those who don’t.
i listen to it a lot, whereas i watch sportscenter only for scores on the crawl mostly (gambler). i would never argue with what i learn from radio, but i certainly bring up subjects/stories that i hear
February 7th, 2013 at 2:45 PM
Anyone else have a hot boss? Mine is pretty hot and I would appreciate her not coming in all dressed up with her FMBs every day. Never had a hot boss until now. Not really a fan of it.
chill. remember she’d have to like you too for anything dangerous to happen
February 7th, 2013 at 2:51 PM
I don’t think you know what this word means.
February 7th, 2013 at 2:53 PM
This comments section has turned into a clusterfuck.
But I’ll jump in.
1. Don’t care if Braun is on steroids or not. Would like it if he gets suspended because it would help the Cardinals.
2. Athletes in all sports are using. Even TBL’s treasured NBA…even the ass clown Bill Simmons admitted as much in a recent article.
3. Christ, when is Opening Day so we can talk about something other than PEDs?
February 7th, 2013 at 2:54 PM
Making it different from most TBL comments sections how?
February 7th, 2013 at 2:55 PM
even the ass clown Bill Simmons admitted as much in a recent article.
if simmons is using he needs to consult bosch stat