Friday, August 19, 2005
Making my job easy!
Fire Joe Morgan has the latest dissection of Joe Morgan's Friday chat session. No need for me to elaborate on what has already been picked apart so well.
But there is one matter I'd like to address.
But forth comes Tom House, ex-Rangers pitching coach and former MLB pitcher in the 1970s:
But there is one matter I'd like to address.
First, no, that was some other T.J. And no, I doubt Ken Tremendous will send me 5 c-notes in the mail (although I wouldn't refuse it either).
TJ (Los Angeles, CA): Do you think that anybody was doing steroids during your era Joe?
Joe Morgan: No. The reason is they just weren't aware those things could help you. Same reason players didn't really lift weights before my era. They just didn't think it would help them.
KT: I will give anybody who reads this five hundred dollars for proof that somebody on the 1975 Reds did steroids, or anything of the kind. Go.
But forth comes Tom House, ex-Rangers pitching coach and former MLB pitcher in the 1970s:
Take Tom House's word for it. Or not.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former major league pitcher Tom House used steroids during his career and said performance-enhancing drugs were widespread in baseball in the 1960s and 1970s, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday.House, perhaps best known for catching Hank Aaron's 715th home run ball in 1974 in the Atlanta Braves' bullpen, said he and several teammates used amphetamines, human growth hormone and "whatever steroid" they could find in order to keep up with the competition.
"I pretty much popped everything cold turkey," House said. "We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses. That was the '60s, when nobody knew. The good thing is, we know now. There's a lot more research and understanding."
House, 58, estimated that six or seven pitchers per team were at least experimenting with steroids or human growth hormone. He said players talked about losing to opponents using more effective drugs.
Comments:
During the winter, I think around the time of the congressional hearings, ESPN radio's Mike $ Mike In The Morning, in their weekly interview with Former NFL'er Bill Curry, asked Curry about steroids.
BC basically said that around the time he was in high school/college, that steroids were attainable, and that, lucky for him, his father was hip to them and made sure Bill stayed clear of them.
This is Bill Curry we're talking about.
Without looking it up, I know that Curry played for the Packers and also the Colts in the SIXTIES. Meaning, that he played at Georgia Tech in the early sixties. Meaning, of course, that hew as a prep player in the late 1950's.
Of course the whole thing got me wondering about Roger Maris himself. Sudden power surge, sudden loss of hair (which was explained away as having been due to "stress"), and an early death from cancer. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'....
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BC basically said that around the time he was in high school/college, that steroids were attainable, and that, lucky for him, his father was hip to them and made sure Bill stayed clear of them.
This is Bill Curry we're talking about.
Without looking it up, I know that Curry played for the Packers and also the Colts in the SIXTIES. Meaning, that he played at Georgia Tech in the early sixties. Meaning, of course, that hew as a prep player in the late 1950's.
Of course the whole thing got me wondering about Roger Maris himself. Sudden power surge, sudden loss of hair (which was explained away as having been due to "stress"), and an early death from cancer. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'....
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