Comments on: Juan Gonzalez on steroids: "I never used any of that stuff"

By: Libservative

Libservative — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:06:57 +0000

These conversations are a waste of time. We’ll never know for sure who used and who didn’t back then. MLB could have caught the cheaters early if they’d simply tested. They should have then, and should now, test every single player once a week. No exceptions.
But Bud will never do that. Why? He’s too afraid of the union, and another strike. As long as baseball makes money and there’s no labor problems, Bud will never upset the apple cart.

By: ssweeps

ssweeps — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:48:05 +0000

Juan, how did your conversation go with Roger Clemens? Like this?
Hey Roger, how do I handle this??
Juan, just DENY, DENY, DENY (Or just lie) no one will find out…
YOU WILL NEVER MAKE THE HOF UNLESS YOU BUY A TICKET! BUM!

By: Rays fan

Rays fan — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:25:27 +0000

There you go again, Craig, defendin’ those cheatin’ bast… oh, wait…
I agree with every point, although I guess he COULD be telling the truth about only letting doctors use needles on him since there’s been more than one doctor alleged/found to deal PEDs illegally.

By: George Roumain

George Roumain — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:23:12 +0000

That is because they are using HGH or steroids. Even Jose Canseco and Ken Caminitti said that 75-80% of the league was cheating yet you idiots still keep looking the other way. Basketball, football and baseball are all full of cheaters and for some reason they refuse to actually get tough on them.

By: Modifier

Modifier — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:49:40 +0000

Response to Craig Calcaterra…I totally agree with you!
Just because a person is an athlete and built strong doesn’t mean they are on drugs.
It seems those athletes get labeled by out-of-shape people looking to blame their own flabby self for not using drugs like athletes.
Do I believe that athletes use drugs, yes. But not all. The only person that I am completely convinced that used drugs is Brett Boone for the Seattle Mariners. He was pretty much an over-night change.
It’s almost like women saying that a female model is built the way she is due to surgery…not always the fact. I know many women who work their butt off with jealous results.

By: Dball

Dball — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:37:48 +0000

Juan, your pants are on fire.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:59:25 +0000

LOL. The facts paint a much different picture. It’s one thing to say that you didn’t take steroids but you were aware of their existence in the clubhouse and availability”. This is expected at this point of anyone in the Rangers clubhouse during that time frame. Outright denial of any awareness is laughable though. See you never again!

By: Jack Meoffer

Jack Meoffer — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:55:02 +0000

What still amazes me is now that the “users” are coming out of the closet (really cesspool) they all claim it did not help them hit one homerun. Really ? Who was that going from 20 homeruns to over 50 in a year (Anderson, Gonzalez). And those hitting in the 40′s were going past 50, 60, and 70 homeruns. 500 foot homeruns were being hit more consistenly in the history of baseball. And now that the “steroid era” appears to be over, you are not seeing guys coming out of nowhere with huge homerun totals or the distances that were once being hit.
They were cheaters all over. Pitchers and hitters alike. I only understand with one point. If the hitters were getting all juiced up then what were the pitchers to do ? Just sit there and watch the ERA’s go to 10 and get their butts kicked every outing ? I guess it is over because you are not seeing many 38 year olds having amazing seasons like the suddenly had in the 90′s and early 2000′s.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:52:18 +0000

That’s not necessarily true. All people — not just athletes — are larger and more productive in physical endeavors today than they were several years ago. Nutrition and training methods leads to bigger and stronger athletes.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:49:32 +0000

Unless we can see a noticable reduction in these players size and output, they are probably still using something.

By: Jval13

Jval13 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:10:17 +0000

Gonzalez has long been one of the guys I have included as one of the more obvious guys to have taken roids that hasn’t admitted or been completely proven. Pretty much everyone on those Texas teams is looking pretty bad. Pudge took them too, he went from a 10 homer guy to a 30 homer guy, then back to 10. That gives you Gonzalez, Canseco, Palmeiro and Pudge from that team, who else over there was using? The whole team?