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Steroid Gut Check

AG/DC Jan 24 2008 08:26 AM

First poster names a jock, and the next one gives a gut impression regarding whether he ever juiced. You don't need to be 100% convinced he did or didn't, and you don't need to qualify your answer (though some may challenge you to). After answering yes or no, the name a jock for the next guy to baselessly speculate on. Nolan Ryan.

AG/DC Jan 24 2008 09:30 AM

Yeah, dumb idea. I'm just suddenly tremendously curious about Ryan.

soupcan Jan 24 2008 09:48 AM

Don't think so about Ryan. Never thought about him when thinking about steroid guys. Maybe because he's just been away from the game for too long. Jeff Kent.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 24 2008 09:55 AM

AG/DC wrote: Yeah, dumb idea. I'm just suddenly tremendously curious about Ryan. I think he's guilty! GUILTY! GUILTY! Remember how "remarkable" it was how he was pitching so effectively deep into his forties? How his fastball still had most or all of its juice? It's not at all remarkable anymore.

sharpie Jan 24 2008 10:13 AM

I don't know whether or not Ryan used steroids but he doesn't wanna talk about it. http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=341706

Benjamin Grimm Jan 24 2008 10:28 AM

Because he doesn't want to get a subpoena from Congress.

AG/DC Jan 24 2008 10:42 AM

Jose Canseco was a teammate. Jose Canseco has another book coming out.

Nymr83 Jan 24 2008 02:12 PM

getting back to the game i'll say "No" to Jeff Kent and the next name is Brady Anderson.

DocTee Jan 24 2008 02:17 PM

Brady? Yes Next: Kyle Farnsworth. (Team-mate of Sosa, Clemens, Pettitte, Sheffield...)

metsmarathon Jan 24 2008 02:38 PM

yes, but kyle stopped. i tend to think that ryan just doesn't want to get involved in commenting on other players like that, moreso than that he personally has anything to hide. albert pujols

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 24 2008 04:15 PM

Pujols, Big time. Robin Ventura

Nymr83 Jan 24 2008 04:34 PM

i disagree on Pujols. I think he's clean. No to Ventura. Derek Jeter?

Gwreck Jan 24 2008 06:25 PM

Nah. Not enough power. Maybe he used HGH that one season when he got hurt early in the year. Ken Griffey Jr.

SteveJRogers Jan 24 2008 06:55 PM

No, injuries are more freakish in nature rather than tweaks, or muscle falling clear off the bone the way they don't under "normal" conditions. Speaking of which... Mike Piazza

AG/DC Jan 24 2008 08:08 PM

Gut says yeah. Heart says no. Gut yes. Strawberry.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 24 2008 08:36 PM

No. This is kinda silly isn;t it?

SteveJRogers Jan 24 2008 08:46 PM

Not really if you stop and consider the health (not the demon ones) issues Straw faced in his career. Yes he still is as chiseled as he was coming out of Crenshaw, but if you want to question Ryan, why not question Strawberry. Speaking of why nots Reggie Jackson

DocTee Jan 24 2008 08:53 PM

A bit early, no? When was the first suspected/documented use of PEDs. I know amphetamines were rampant in the 1970's but I think anabolic steroids came about AFTER Reggie's days.

SteveJRogers Jan 24 2008 08:59 PM

Fran Tarkenton's SNL appearance would beg to differ [url]http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76msteroids.phtml[/url] 76m: Fran Tarkenton / Leo Sayer, Donny Harper Singers Sugar-Coated Anabolic Steroids .....Fran Tarkenton Wife.....Jane Curtin [ open on Fran sitting at the kitchen table ] Fran Tarkenton: Hi, I'm Fran Tarkenton. You know, it takes strength and stamina to play pro football. You need to replace lots of lost muscle tissue fast, and sometimes your metabolic system just can't pull it off alone. That's why I start each day with a big bowl of Sugar-Frosted Anabolic Steroids. This cereal is a delicious synthetic derivative of male hormones, and in one eight-ounce bowl I get more than my body would provide in three years.

AG/DC Jan 24 2008 09:00 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 24 2008 09:17 PM

Yes, it's silly. It is important to note that Kirk Radomski didn't invent the shit. We knew they were all over the NFL and boxing and the Olympics before I graduated high school in 1985 --- heck, Ivan Drago was getting injected right there on screen in Rocky IV --- so we've got to assume a handfuld of users were out there in the eighties. Straw had an awesome physique in his Yankee days.

DocTee Jan 24 2008 09:01 PM

Learn something new every day-- thanks Steve.