PED Suspensions Coming

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Orioles GCL outfielder Trey Whitley has been suspended 50 games without pay for his second positive test for a drug of abuse.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Orioles GCL outfielder Trey Whitley has been suspended 50 games without pay for his second positive test for a drug of abuse.

So recreational use.

 

[Can_of_corn]

 

[SteveA]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

 

Red Sox bullpen could be somewhat questionable this year.

[Enjoy Terror]

He spent 15 games on the restricted list last year for domestic violence.

He’s a role model for sure

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Why does a knuckleball pitcher need to be on performance enhancing drugs?

[Legend_Of_Joey]

13 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Why does a knuckleball pitcher need to be on performance enhancing drugs?

Speculation I've read: His knee surgery wasn't healing as fast as he had hoped, so he tried giving it a bit of a boost to try and get healthy.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

5 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Speculation I've read: His knee surgery wasn't healing as fast as he had hoped, so he tried giving it a bit of a boost to try and get healthy.

Thanks, that makes sense.

[Frobby]

29 minutes ago, Enjoy Terror said:

He spent 15 games on the restricted list last year for domestic violence.

He’s a role model for sure

Knucklehead knuckleballer.   

[Moose Milligan]

Good.  F the Sox.  

I know we're not gonna compete with them this year but whatever, I'd love to see them fail miserably in every aspect.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Good.  F the Sox.  

I know we're not gonna compete with them this year but whatever, I'd love to see them fail miserably in every aspect.

How about that player that matters to the Red Sox tests positive?  Funny how David Ortiz leads the American League in OPS in his last season at age 40.

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

How about that player that matters to the Red Sox tests positive?  Funny how David Ortiz leads the American League in OPS in his last season at age 40.

I hated Ortiz as much as anyone else, but he was a great hitter, PEDs or not.  I know the cynical, sarcastic Orioles fan out there will say that he was on them his entire career.  I don't know how true that is, but it's sure fun to think that, isn't it?

Anyway, I've done a 180 on PEDs, I don't really care anymore.  I'm sure the Orioles have had guys on them too over the years.  Doesn't take any schadenfreude away from seeing anyone on the Sox get busted.

[El Gordo]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

I hated Ortiz as much as anyone else, but he was a great hitter, PEDs or not.  I know the cynical, sarcastic Orioles fan out there will say that he was on them his entire career.  I don't know how true that is, but it's sure fun to think that, isn't it?

Anyway, I've done a 180 on PEDs, I don't really care anymore.  I'm sure the Orioles have had guys on them too over the years.  Doesn't take any schadenfreude away from seeing anyone on the Sox get busted.

It seems crazy to me that a substance that aids in healing should be illegal.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, El Gordo said:

It seems crazy to me that a substance that aids in healing should be illegal.

Agreed.

I dunno, Sandy Koufax took cortaid shots to pitch through pain.  I think there's a thin line between performance enhancing and performance allowing.  But one could argue (and I would) that Koufax's use of cortaid was enhancing, or else he couldn't have done what he did.  

It's when the drug names get really weird looking and hard to pronounce that people start having issues.  

 

[Enjoy Terror]

24 minutes ago, El Gordo said:

It seems crazy to me that a substance that aids in healing should be illegal.

I’m wrestling with the concept that it wouldn’t be “performance enhancing”. Even if that only meant that you were artificially increasing your counting stats by being able to play more games.