Grim Forecast
Well, the Slate guy is apparently right. As I'm sure you all know, bulldog Jason Grimsley is spilling his guts to the Feds, and the names on that list are the usual suspects: Orestes Destrade, Dave Kingman, and Bob Tewksbury, among others.
Jason Grimsley, you might remember, logged some serious innings in long relief for the Yankees in 1999 and 2000, filling in for the injured Ramiro Mendoza in 2000 as the primary middle man.
Jason Grimsley, you might remember, logged some serious innings in long relief for the Yankees in 1999 and 2000, filling in for the injured Ramiro Mendoza in 2000 as the primary middle man.
posted by Anthony at 10:33 AM
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I'm just an Ordinary Guy but....
It's about time they caught a pitcher using. Too bad it had to be Grimsley though. I always admired his grittiness on and off the field. But, this should take some of the heat off of Bonds.
What about Clemens, hasn't anyone given him a once over? Here's a guy who's 42 years old, and still throwing fire balls. At least with Randy Johnson everyone can see the dip in velocity.
I'd like to see MLB really start some vigorous blood testing. Of course the players will be completely opposed. But fans like myself are beginning to lose faith in this glorious game of baseball.
-OG
I'm just an Ordinary Guy but....
It's about time they caught a pitcher using. Too bad it had to be Grimsley though. I always admired his grittiness on and off the field. But, this should take some of the heat off of Bonds.
What about Clemens, hasn't anyone given him a once over? Here's a guy who's 42 years old, and still throwing fire balls. At least with Randy Johnson everyone can see the dip in velocity.
I'd like to see MLB really start some vigorous blood testing. Of course the players will be completely opposed. But fans like myself are beginning to lose faith in this glorious game of baseball.
-OG
Hey, it's like Van Morrison said, man:
Ordinary people they just don't seem to comprehend/
No they don't/
Ordinary, everyday people just don't, just don't seem to comprehend/
No they don't/
Then you feel they don't, they don't, they don't even
That said, Ordinary might be onto something. He's obviously a Kansas City Royals fan, or at least sympathetic to their cause, as evidenced by his love of Grimsley. But we shouldn't dismiss his words on that basis alone.
If I knew some html, I'd set up a poll. So what do you fellas think?
Is/Was Roger doping?
Roger and Schilling need to be examined.
But, I do feel that Roger is a result of vigorous training throughout his career. He's always had that reputation.
Pitchers should be held in the same light as position players, however. I'm sure steriods and HGH can improve velocity. How you may ask?
Leg strength. Good pitchers use there legs as an explosion point. Explode toward the plate and velocity increases. Just watch how Roger Clemens throws the ball. His power is derived through his legs.
I don't know. As with some of the others, if you look at Roger when he was young and now there are big differences. He's much thicker now. It's not as big a change as with Bonds, of course, but it's there. I really don't know. It's sad that we have to suspect.
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I don't think Roger is doping because:
1) He has a reputation of using a strict workout regiment
2) If we look at some of Roger's early photographs we can see that he's very broad shouldered. He was never skinny. This makes him the perfect candidate to put on weight.
3) He gradually bulked up didn't he? I'm trying to remember him with Boston, Toronto, and New York.
Now Bonds woke up one day and had gained 25 lbs. That's some serious weight gain over an offseason. And he was skinny, 175 lbs his rookie year. Now he's 230.
When boxers try to jump up in weight class, they struggle to gain ten pounds (and normally do not). This may be because the sport demands more cardio activiites.
Yes, people gain weight over the course of their lives. They "fill out" so to speak.
But, Bond's head looks like a watermelon. His chin got bigger. How does he work out his chin and the back of his skull?
I think that's a good point. Roger always was very broad, had a big neck, etc. He looked like a guy who could naturally put on weight, and it's not like he's immense like Bonds.
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