Comments on: Three-time All-Star Carlos Guillen announces retirement

By: mydadyourmom

mydadyourmom — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:15:23 +0000

Roids. I was thinking it too. Who knows but be honest, you thought about it.

By: dwrek5

dwrek5 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:08:28 +0000

Your statement is incorrect.

04 had Pudge starting and 06 had Pudge, Polanco, and Mags starting. So he wasn’t the obligatory Detroit selection.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/guillca01.shtml

By: nategearhart

nategearhart — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:59:21 +0000

Again, you’re being coy. You knew what you were saying then, and you know it now. I’m sure you were joking, and that’s fine, it just wasn’t funny. But at least own up to it because you’re not fooling anybody.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:52:25 +0000

How am I backpedaling exactly? I said I never mentioned steroids- and I didn’t. If I didn’t include the second sentence, your mind still would have went to steroids.

By: nategearhart

nategearhart — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:30:51 +0000

“A sequence of events caused by some sort of external stimuli…”
And we weren’t supposed to think of steroids when you said that? Don’t be coy; you knew exactly what you were doing, and now you’re back-pedaling. You’re not only a troll, you’re a coward.

By: stratomaticfan

stratomaticfan — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:28:49 +0000

“Three time All-Star”….he was a mediocre player. If it wasn’t for the fact that every team needed to be represented and that the All Star team has like 40 guys on the roster, he never would have sniffed it.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:30:06 +0000

Well, if I pulled up in a Rolls Royce, I’d fully expect them too. Seriously guys- do I need to buy Kleenex? And I didn’t insinuate anything- I said that sequence of events sounded familiar- if your minds went to steroids, then maybe deep down, you were thinking the same thing.

By: hasbeen5

hasbeen5 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:10:37 +0000

How would you like it if someone at work accused you of embezzling because you bought a new car?

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:09:20 +0000

But only after insinuating he took PEDs. “Good Luck” doesn’t make baseless accusations go away.

Looking at Guillen’s career, in 2004, 2005 he’d have been in his age 28 and 29 seasons. Exactly when its predicted that ballplayers peak. Nothing about that suggests ‘roids.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:02:10 +0000

Wow- are you guys like his grandparents or something? Take your panties out of a bunch and take a deep breath. I said, “Good Luck, Carlos.”

By: The Baseball Idiot

The Baseball Idiot — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:41:51 +0000

The guy’s retiring. Show him some respect for achieving something you couldn’t.

By: nategearhart

nategearhart — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:10:49 +0000

You mean like Alan Trammell?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trammal01.shtml
Quit trolling.

By: dracko19

dracko19 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:00:12 +0000

always a tiger. godspeed carlos

By: dwrek5

dwrek5 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:59:03 +0000

Dang, was hoping to see him give it one last shot. Loved watching him, Mags, and VMart playing for Venezuela during the Baseball Classic.

By: hasbeen5

hasbeen5 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:57:33 +0000

That’s ridiculous. As far as I know, he’s never been accused or linked to steroids. There a ton of reasons a hitter improves, why do you people insist on assuming the worst?

By: ezthinking

ezthinking — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:56:33 +0000

With that attitude, why do you even watch baseball?

By: tigers182

tigers182 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:52:41 +0000

Yes, because we all know a player in his mid-to-late 30′s blowing out his knee is a symptom of steroid use…

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:32:43 +0000

“Guillen had a remarkable career, transitioning from light-hitting shortstop to an impact bat who played all over the diamond, but injuries limited him to just 81, 68, and 28 mostly ineffective games during the past three seasons.”

Hmmmmm, it almost seems like a sequence of events that we’re heard before… A sequence of events caused by some sort of external stimuli… Oh well, can’t think of what it could possibly be. Enjoy retirement, Carlos.