Hobbit83 wrote:
Non capisco perchè tanta gente metta la mano sul fuoco per gli Ortiz, i Jeter, i Pujols.... cosa vi fa credere che siano puliti?
Senza polemica, vorrei capire.
Dichiarazioni di Ortiz 3 giorni fa:
Ortiz, who believes baseball belongs “to the families,” wants the steroids cheaters tossed out of baseball.
“I would suggest that everybody get tested,” he said. “Not randomly. Everybody. You go team by team, you test everybody. Three, four times a year.”
And if they test positive?
“I think you clean up the game by the testing,” he said. “I test you, you test positive, you’re gonna be out. Serious. And period.
“Ban ’em for the whole year.”
Using himself as an example, Ortiz said, “Believe me, if somebody is using steroids, it will show up. The way they test you, it’s not a joke. I mean, I have problems peeing in front of people, and I have to.
“I know that if I test positive, using any kind of substance, I know that I’m going to disrespect my family, the game, the fans, and everybody. And I don’t want to be facing that situation. So what I will do is, I won’t use it. And I’m pretty sure that everybody is on the same page.”
He later added, “I just want to go out there and make sure that people are not looking at you like, ‘Oh, look at this guy, he’s big. What’s going on?’ ”
Using teammate Dustin Pedroia [stats] as an example, he said, “Look at the way he plays the game. Look at the way he does everything on the field. Because people are watching for steroids, steroids, steroids, every, every, every, every day, it’s going to be on some people’s minds: ‘Is this guy playing clean?’ You know what I mean?
“That’s how you hurt the game. Because in people’s minds when they keep on watching the steroids thing going on, they don’t know who’s playing clean and who’s not.”
So test everybody, Big Papi says.
su Arod : “If I’m a fan and I had to judge the guy, I would put that in the past and move forward.”
c'è il fatto che l'ormone per la crescita non è rilevato dai test mi pare, ma le frasi sono piuttosto chiare
poi Oswalt 7 giorni fa: If Astros’ pitcher Roy Oswalt had things his way, any player who admits or is caught using performance-enhancing drugs would have all of his numbers erased from baseball’s record books.
That includes Alex Rodriguez, who on Monday admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs after a Sports Illustrated report revealed he had failed a drug test in 2003.
“A-Rod’s numbers shouldn’t count for anything,” Oswalt said in a phone interview with MLB.com. “I feel like he cheated me out of the game.”
“It does bother me,” Oswalt said. “Especially for the guys that went out there and did it on talent. We’re always going to have a cloud on us, and that’s not fair at all.
“The ones that have come out and admitted it, and are proven guilty, [their numbers] should not count. I’ve been cheated out of the game,” Oswalt continued. “This is my ninth year, and I’ve done nothing to enhance my performance, other than work my butt off to get guys out. These guys [who took PEDs] have all the talent in the world. All-Star talent. And they put times two on it.
“I’m going out there with the ability God gave me. They have that ability, too, and they’re putting something on top of it.”
Oswalt said he considers Henry Aaron to be the all-time home run leader, despite Barry Bonds’ official place at the top of the record books in that category.
anche queste piuttosto chiare
...e poi Damon 2 giorni fa.... Johnny Damon speaks to the media today in Tampa following A-Rod’s presser: “Yeah he did some bad things. He took a steroid. Definitely do not condone that, at all, but there could be a lot worse things he could have been doing out there. He hasn’t done a crime. So there’s worse things that he could have done but you know I’ve known Alex since he was 15 and he’s always been super nice to me and so I’m going to support him and try help him through this time. (Reporter: Johnny, what would have been worse?) Murdering someone… There’s plenty of things that could be worse than what he did. (Reporter: In your mind, is what he did cheating?) For part time in his career, perhaps, but you know what, the pitchers that were facing him too at the time were doing it.”
e anche qui è chiaro il concetto....