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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Two most common responses I've gotten on unnamed players are "please be Ortiz" and "please be Jeter."</p>— T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) <a href="
">August 5, 2014</a></blockquote>

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Oh, for it to be Jeter! That would be delicious!!

After all, it's not like he hasn't done roids...

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Witch hunting is disrespectful to the players, in my opinion.

I'd be very disappointed if Jeter, or any particularly notable player, was named in this report. I like to cackle at the Yankees as much as the next Orioles fan, but it's bad for the game.

I agree. I don't think there will be any players named anyway.

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Evidently, and this is going to be hard to believe but bear with me, Tony Bosch may not have been totally forthcoming in his dealings with MLB.

Shocking I know, with him being such a fine, upstanding sort.

I am sure he was not forthcoming and much other foul stuff will be unearthed.

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Cosign on there being no "smoke" for Manny. In fact he looks like he hasn't lifted weights whatsoever since getting called up. He's downright boney.

The very first MLB steroid suspension back in 2005 was a 5-10, 180-pound guy.

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Cosign on there being no "smoke" for Manny. In fact he looks like he hasn't lifted weights whatsoever since getting called up. He's downright boney.

Jeter looks that way on TV, too. I happened to be walking behind him on my way into a bar in Manhattan c. 2003, and I was shocked at the size of him. Tall dude; huge shoulders. Massive guy, which absolutely surprised me; he looks wiry on the screen. Manny's about the same size as Jeter. "Boney" is not how I'd describe either one of them.

Mind, I'm not speculating one way or the other about either of them and any potential involvement in shady dealings and physique-enhancing substance abuse. I don't think Jeter ever used and I hope like hell Manny didn't. Just an anecdotal observation on the actual size of these ballplayers, which is not accurately discernible by the eye as it sees from a living-room sofa, and which may or may not be colored by the fact that I'm 5'9" and a buck-fifty.

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