Davis definitely has a urine fetish. There's no other way to explain his obsession with this issue. He should just hire a hooker to pee on him already.
cicero | Homepage | 09.21.05 - 2:29 pm | #

And do you really think Bonds gives a crap about the "other stuff?" Sorry, but it's just a way to try to deflect attention from his chronic cheating.
kevinP | Homepage | 09.21.05 - 4:26 pm | #

The correlation between steroid use and increased HR performance is unsubstantiated. While there are arguably those who would benefit from a "harder" swing, bat speed and pitch selection are more dispositive.

As for Barry Bonds, this Dodger fan hates him -- with or without performance-enhancing dietary supplements.
Nikos A. Leverenz | Homepage | 09.21.05 - 8:29 pm | #

Nikos, if performance enhancing drugs don't improve performance why would professional atheletes take the risk of ingesting them?
Matt in Cincy | 09.22.05 - 8:00 am | #

PEDS enhance performance to be sure, but every professional athlete is really a "genetic freak" to begin with. What is the appropriate baseline, and which entities or individuals have the requisite knowledge to impose one?

I was arguing that steroids do not necessarily contribute to increased HR prowess. Clearly, they contribute to the formation of leaner muscle mass. But the fact remains that someone of Craig Biggio's physical stature is never going to get to Frank Thomas territory.

Another thing that isn't raised enough is that the anti-drug hysteria in the professional sports context is still largely centered around marijuana, which can be considered a PEDS only insofar as it helps the muscles to relax.

We should demand that the pro leagues differentiate between marijuana and other arguably recreational substances, and those that fall under the PEDS penumbra (which seems to grow daily). The medical privacy of athletes has already been compromised when a suspension announcement is made.

Arguably, amphetamines are the most time-tested performance enhancers -- and many of our troops are using them in the battlefield right now (as we casually type about the vicissitudes of the politicization of sports).
Nikos A. Leverenz | Homepage | 09.22.05 - 1:28 pm | #