Bonds' use revealed

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?cnn=yes


An upcoming book is supposed to reveal the usage of various anabolics employed by Barry Bonds beginning in 1998

[Jeff]

testosterone decanoate (a fast-acting steroid known as Mexican beans)

decanoate is fast acting?

[StanChampion]

I am soooo happy.

If Bonds was not such an arrogant ass with everyone I could feel some sympathy for him. However, since his attitude has always been "F You!" and constantly lying about his steriods use, I hope they wipe all his stats away and relegate him to the dustbin on bsaeball history. Ban him for life!!!!

[CDB]

decanoate is fast acting?

Yeah, that's what I thought. Probably not the most reliable article in the end.

[dertynasty]

Best part of the whole thread ..."Steroid users typically stop usage for a week or two periodically to allow the body to continue to produce natural testosterone;..."

hahahahahaha

[GRosk1234]

"I was fatigued, just needed recovery you know, and this guy says, 'Try this cream, try this cream,'" he said. "And Greg came to the ballpark and said, you know, 'This will help you recover.' And he rubbed some cream on my arm ... gave me some flaxseed oil, man. It's like, 'Whatever, dude.' "

I wonder if the sale of flax went up after all of his comments. It's pretty clear to me he knew what he was doing. What multi-million dollar athlete would not want to know what is going on or into his or her body? I mean really how do you just let someone do whatever to your body and say "whatever dude." I'm really tired of his attitude.

[judge-mental]

you're telling bonds used other things?

so shocked.

[gixxman]

"I was fatigued, just needed recovery you know, and this guy says, 'Try this cream, try this cream,'" he said. "And Greg came to the ballpark and said, you know, 'This will help you recover.' And he rubbed some cream on my arm ... gave me some flaxseed oil, man. It's like, 'Whatever, dude.' "

I wonder if the sale of flax went up after all of his comments. It's pretty clear to me he knew what he was doing. What multi-million dollar athlete would not want to know what is going on or into his or her body? I mean really how do you just let someone do whatever to your body and say "whatever dude." I'm really tired of his attitude.

...maybe becouse it was his trainer?

[BOHICA]

They should ban the people who don't use steroids to make it an even playing field.

[gixxman]

"I was fatigued, just needed recovery you know, and this guy says, 'Try this cream, try this cream,'" he said. "And Greg came to the ballpark and said, you know, 'This will help you recover.' And he rubbed some cream on my arm ... gave me some flaxseed oil, man. It's like, 'Whatever, dude.' "

I wonder if the sale of flax went up after all of his comments. It's pretty clear to me he knew what he was doing. What multi-million dollar athlete would not want to know what is going on or into his or her body? I mean really how do you just let someone do whatever to your body and say "whatever dude." I'm really tired of his attitude.

...maybe because it was his trainer?...who cares its baseball...the sport sucks nuts anyways...i don't feel his records should be banned since there was no steroid policy before this, was there?...so u could do anything within ur power, within the rules to get an adventage and he did

[jmh80]

I seriously don't think that any anabolics caused Barry to win a batting title.
Sure, they might add 5 feet to a hit, turning some into HR's. But, they won't cause you to turn your hips faster to get around on the inside fastball. Or to transfer your weight properly.

Dude is a hitter - anabolics or not.

[not_big_enuf]

It probably did help him. I guarantee you he has a quicker bat now. A quicker bat means more time to wait on a pitch and thusly a better/longer chance to judge pitches.

Also take into account that he surely recovered much faster and was less fatigued due to his usage. A long season became more bareable because of his supplements.

Sure, he's a great great hitter, but you give an already great hitter an extra advantage and look what it can do. All of the sudden he has even more time to wait on pitches. Instead of hitting a ton of fly ball outs, those are homers now....

Regardless, it'd be nice if the playing field was equal, but that will never happen. Some guys will always have access to better equipment, better trainer, etc... but it'd be nice to even the playing field as much as possible.

Also notice the literally dramatic dropoff in HR numbers since the ban. I'd love to say it was because of so many other things... and I defended MLB players tremendously throughout the season last year, but the numbers were shockingly down... I'd love to know how many players really were using. I'd suspect that half were... truly....

[Guest]

its ridiculous how much credit people give steroids in sports... i am not arguing at all that the increased muscle mass is an advantage in most if not all sports, but it will not improve all your skills directly....

if you juiced up tiger, the quick increase in muscle mass would more than likely throw off his swing, because of the exact almost perfect motion that is in tune with his body....

You train harder, longer and recover faster. The more you train the better you get..simple.

[not_big_enuf]

Muscle mass don't make you a hitter, that's for sure. Still, it'll make players with already amazing skills that much better.

Canseco once stated it makes good players great and great players out of this world... I'd have to agree.

Still... it can't make your eye/hand coordination any better...

[not_big_enuf]

i want to blow the media up. it's so ridiculous how they've blasted steroids and the bodybuilding lifestyle. i'd love to see a few good articles come out, explaining the OTHER side. i know there was a documentary done, but it's not widely available and shown to the public. you don't see it in print, etc.

[tedtickle]

Has anyone actually read this book? From what it sounds like, most of the "cited" evidence is from a copy of the leaked grand jury testimony that was obtained by one the the Chronicle reporters. Until this sealed grand jury testimony becomes public, we really dont know what is accurate and what isnt because none of the citations are viewable to the public. I would really like to read this book but will definitely check it out from my local library because I dont think it will be worth paying the authors to read something that may or may not be credible.

Do I think that Bonds used steroids? Yes he absolutely took steroids. Should we take his records away? An emphatic no because of a little reported fact (even though facts dealing with major leaguers who used and didnt use are more or less hearsay but indulge me) that a large number of pitchers with arm injuries and older pitchers were using these steroids to recover from injuries and the like so this may have leveled the playing field to an extent. I think that we must call this the steroid era just like the early 1910's were the dead ball era and lament the fact that baseball did not take more appropriate action and let our stars accomplishments dim a little bit due to association and rumors of performance enhancing substances. So everyone hold your breath and hope that we can come up with a good test because gene doping is coming and one day 73 homeruns may seem average for a defensive 2nd baseman.

[UnicronSpawn]

IMO, they shouldnt take his statistics away.
FACT: a lot of other players (many of whom were allready talented) supplemented with AAS and GH, who DIDN'T break long standing records or in some cases didnt even put up particularly remarkable numbers. We no AAS can help to train a bit harder and recover a bit faster, but their boundaries are still quite finite. Even a person with slightly above average genetics and who is well studied in training and nutrition can hit a point where their gains are coming a little slow during a cycle. They work well but the media makes it sound like they are some sort of comic book super performance enhancers that induce growth beyond measure. You can still overtrain on AAS, you can still under recuperate, or underestimate your caloric and macro nutrient needs. Bonds excelled beyond the other AAS users in MLB because he had natural gifts and heart as well as chemical assistance.
The only way any sport will have a TRUE level playing field is to genetically clone a whole league of the same player, same genes, same training equipment, same instructional quality, same nutritional and supplement regimen and (possibly) the same drugs. Who would REALLY want to watch that anyway? People want to see athletes that slightly supercede the abilities of an opponent, they dont want clones battling in a 0-0 game in extra innings. They think they want a level playing field, but they dont know what a REAL level playing field is. (Just IMO).

[anabolicrhino]

its ridiculous how much credit people give steroids in sports... i am not arguing at all that the increased muscle mass is an advantage in most if not all sports, but it will not improve all your skills directly....

if you juiced up tiger, the quick increase in muscle mass would more than likely throw off his swing, because of the exact almost perfect motion that is in tune with his body....

Steroids are really "training" enhancers not "performance" enhancers. You don't take steroids before the big game to give you an edge. You take steroids to enhance your training goals. Bond was the best player of his generation. Even if he retired in 1998 his career would still be hall of fame. My opinion is that the steroids extended his career another five years. He was able to train like a 25 year old. The combination of a highly trained body and a keen mind with 15 years experience was no match for what ever pitching he has faced. The article does not mention that Bond switched bats in 1998 from ash to a harder type of wood ( oak, pine? ).The greater density of the bat added distance to the batted balls. Most players followed suit. I not sure why MLB plays down this change. It would seem like a good counter to the juice stories. Maybe they think it lends less credibility to the statistics.

...I heard that Tiger Woods benches 300lbs!

[Iron Warrior]

Why do these baseball writers have such a hard on for who used steroids ? Baseball didn't have steroids on the banned substance list so even if Barry used (which I believe he did) then HE DID NOT CHEAT, yet the writers are calling him a cheater It just makes no sense for some of the crap these moronic writers say, I can't keep track of how many have said they won't vote Bonds into the Hall because he used juice. #1 They don't have any tests that reveal him testing positive, #2 Juice was not against MLB rules during the times those writer allege Bonds used juice.

[Kato]

could care less what any pros pit in there bodies

juice em all up. i wanna see longer, faster and more of it! mortals bore me!