tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post8703884599106747228..comments2023-06-17T08:53:42.643-04:00Comments on ShysterBall: SuperstitionsCraig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-32969239384659095002008-02-13T18:22:00.000-05:002008-02-13T18:22:00.000-05:00Well, of course that's not what I meant at all, se...Well, of course that's not what I meant at all, sej. Wearing a bracelet is rad, regardless of race or sex or orientation. Wearing a bracelet because you hang out with a dude in tight pants who is really into bracelets and he gives you a bracelet to wear, which you then do because your friend is really into bracelets and so now you are too because you have heterosexual man love for your friend and think his ideas about magnets and possibly astrology are interesting and maybe even a little sexy...sej, my friend, that is rock hard gay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-64407504813931346472008-02-13T12:44:00.000-05:002008-02-13T12:44:00.000-05:00PONCH said... "I remember when Darren Erstad was w...PONCH said... <BR/>"I remember when Darren Erstad was wearing a magnetic bracelet because Steve Finley was big into that. Doesn't get much gayer than that."<BR/><BR/>Except for equating homosexuality with wearing a bracelet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-11173344187727734842008-02-12T22:54:00.000-05:002008-02-12T22:54:00.000-05:00I remember when Darren Erstad was wearing a magnet...I remember when Darren Erstad was wearing a magnetic bracelet because Steve Finley was big into that. Doesn't get much gayer than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-82644116371882550462008-02-12T16:40:00.000-05:002008-02-12T16:40:00.000-05:00Sure, monkey see monkey do.I've long thought many ...Sure, monkey see monkey do.<BR/><BR/>I've long thought many players didn't know what they were taking nor did they care. They cared about one thing only, the results.<BR/><BR/>I betcha there have been 100's of conversations along the lines of. <BR/>" Man, you look pretty big, are you takin anything? " <BR/><BR/>" Yeah, I'm taking ____, it's awesome. " <BR/><BR/>" Can you get me the hook up? " <BR/><BR/>" Sure ".<BR/><BR/>These guys don't know stanozalol from deca durobilin from winstrol ( I know I misspelled the first two ). This is where the Anderson's & Radomski's & McNamee's of the game come in.Eric Tomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632341548970196518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-69676955431513389262008-02-12T15:30:00.000-05:002008-02-12T15:30:00.000-05:00I love that point. Jim Caple, while describing his...I love that point. Jim Caple, while describing his experience in a fantasy camp <A HREF="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=3232393" REL="nofollow">in a fun little zany ESPN article</A>, actually made the most profound point about PEDs that I've yet heard. It's long, but I hope you don't mind if I quote it all:<BR/><BR/>"The last time I played baseball competitively was on a Minnesota town ball team in the mid-90s, and after pitching seven-plus innings the first day of games at fantasy camp, I swallowed aspirin and ibuprofen as if they were M&Ms, occasionally forgetting how many doses I had taken or how far apart. And I wasn't the only one.<BR/><BR/>When suspected steroid users claim that they assumed the substance they took was B-12 vitamin or flaxseed oil instead of steroids, I used to roll my eyes and say there is no way an elite athlete earning so much money would put something in his body without knowing exactly what it is. I'm not so sure now. At one point, a player offered me a pill from his prescription bottle and said it would relieve the pain in my shoulder. He said it was a triple dose of ibuprofen, but the sad fact is, he could have handed me just about anything -- and as long as he said it would either make my shoulder stop aching or help me play better, I would have swallowed it and held out my hand for more.<BR/><BR/>And this, remember, was just for a meaningless fantasy camp game. Lord knows what I would have been willing to take if there were multimillion dollar contracts available."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com