tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post8443480070715923990..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: The Mighty Casey Has Shot UpRon Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-46600195978427747702007-12-16T23:32:00.000-08:002007-12-16T23:32:00.000-08:00i've not noticed sycuan on the padre uniforms...li...i've not noticed sycuan on the padre uniforms...<BR/><BR/>link?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-17866737881577884432007-12-15T10:10:00.000-08:002007-12-15T10:10:00.000-08:00The Mitchell Report has its flaws and so does base...The Mitchell Report has its flaws and so does baseball's management of this "crisis" and I find your reasoning sensible here. We love to see the long ball don't we and during those recording breaking home run frenzy days of McGwire and Bonds fans paid little attention to how they were doing it. As you point out in your illustration with Pete Rose there are lots of contradictions when it comes to sports morality. Thank God Tiger Woods isn't a question mark. A gent in England said of drug testing for golf, "just test Tiger, then if he's clean, it doesn't matter about the rest." I think when we herald that Tim Tebow at 12 years old could throw a football 80 yards from down on one knee, we're telling kids you need to find a way to do that. So why not performance enhancing drugs with no side effects?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322233540154130798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-66957476327885498752007-12-14T22:34:00.000-08:002007-12-14T22:34:00.000-08:00debo,Thanks for stopping by R World. cce & Saint N...debo,<BR/>Thanks for stopping by R World. <BR/><BR/>cce & Saint Nick, <BR/>I sort of agree. This drug use makes it difficult for players to excel and stay healthy. But I guess I'm stupidly optimistic (cynical?) about the progress of drugs and such and suspect that in less than 50 years, these side effects will be eliminated. At that point, it'll be a less a question of risk return than what we mean by potential.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-40838281288266089462007-12-14T19:24:00.000-08:002007-12-14T19:24:00.000-08:00You make some excellent points, Ron. There is a qu...You make some excellent points, Ron. There is a question of justice in all of this. My prime concern is the kids who would decide to take the steroid route, which is not only dangerous to their growth and health, but can also be deadly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939152657551690867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-67898744483267128182007-12-14T16:22:00.000-08:002007-12-14T16:22:00.000-08:00I'm torn about this one. I think it's a sad, sad s...I'm torn about this one. I think it's a sad, sad state of affairs when a person feels he or she must dope to stay competitive. Incredible talent and determination not being enough in and of themselves. And while NPR, like all other news organizations, did 24 hour coverage of the Mitchell report, I did hear a very sad interview with a father whose son killed himself after spiraling into a steroid induced depression. I suppose I think of pro players as freaks (like celebrities, nothing they do can surprise me), but when high school students are compelled to dope in order to make the team, I think there's a huge problem - a dangerous trickle down effect.ccehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867069792357056649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-38140527838102221432007-12-14T12:56:00.000-08:002007-12-14T12:56:00.000-08:00I personally don't think this doping business will...I personally don't think this doping business will mean too much of anything because like you said, many of today's current radio hits depict drug use in some form or the other.<BR/><BR/>And besides, we like people who party like Rock Stars, right?Debo Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17870178701012520680noreply@blogger.com