Getty Images Or the freakiest. Guy is like 5’10″. How this can work is somewhat perplexing:
Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney put on 20 pounds of muscle over the winter to try to avoid the second-half slump he experienced last year in his first full season. ”I’m a little bit overwhelmed from watching him (while coaching in Milwaukee),” manager Dale Sveum said. “He’s a lot stronger and a lot quicker than I thought.
Because we all know how well that works.
Oh well. He has two home runs in 656 major league plate appearances. Let’s see if he can double that this year.
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- marshmallowsnake - Mar 2, 2012 at 1:32 PM
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Does this fall under his natural selection/survival of the fittest theory?
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- chap6869 - Mar 2, 2012 at 2:03 PM
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Was he hanging with Braun this past winter?
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - Mar 2, 2012 at 2:37 PM
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Any word on whether he’s going to hit like an MLB player?
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- foodstamp69 - Mar 2, 2012 at 3:04 PM
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so now were all gonna have to read was that guy hangin wit braun this winter cuz they add 10-20lbs muscle but yet brauns being accused of peds but hasnt added much if any weight/muscle since being called up 6 or so years ago
. give it up people if the giy was using roids wouldnt u think he’d of added all kinds of muscle n went up a few hat sizes over the years like proven roid users like bonds, clemens, sosa, mcguire, palmero,
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - Mar 2, 2012 at 3:20 PM
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YEAH CUZ IZ GUD TO MAEK ARGUMINT OUT UF NWOHERE AN SPELL NOT GUD TO
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- vivabear - Mar 2, 2012 at 3:21 PM
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foodstamp – depending on the substance, doseage, etc…someone could easily use PEDs on a regular basis and not add noticeable size. If someone’s trying to be inconspicuous about thier usage, this is exactly what they’d do. Yeah it’s a cheapshot at Braun to say Barney was hanging out with him this winter, just b/c Barney added some muscle. Braun’s inviting cheap shots with his defiant behavior – there are people, like myself, who believe he used PEDs – at the same time I can live with him not being punished b/c it seems as though proper procedure was not followed. That’s debateable too, obviously.
BTW – ESPNChicago has a story about how some Cubs players have mentioned the collector has always been a professional when taking samples from them. Barney was not one of the players in the piece.
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- chap6869 - Mar 2, 2012 at 3:34 PM
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I was only messin when I posted that earlier but Brauns such a touchy subject here, any little thing sparks a debate.
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- WhenMattStairsIsKing - Mar 2, 2012 at 3:59 PM
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It is a very touchy subject.
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- foodstamp69 - Mar 2, 2012 at 4:01 PM
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it just urks me man cuz from here to sports radio most of the time its bout peds n braun im just so sick of hearing bout it. n u make a good point bout usage of the stuff wat u said made me think back to andy pettite n he admitted to it while using to help the healing process from a back injury a few years back.
