There have been three more names mentioned in the list of guys who have taken performance enhancing drugs, Troy Glaus, Jay Gibbons, Rick Ankiel. This is bad news for baseball. These aren't just minor league guys they can slap a suspension on and no one cares, these are pretty high profile guys.
Jay Gibbons had a couple of big years for the Orioles a few years back and his power has clearly diminished. According to the report, Gibbons received shipments of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) among other things from 2003-2005. Gibbons had his best season in 2003 with 23 HR and 100RBI. Gibbons is the smallest fish in this pond.
Troy Glaus (right) was the MVP of the 2002 World Series and has been a serious power threat the past decade. Glaus, according to this same report had steroids shipped to him in the mail from 2003-2004. Glaus is currently being paid around $12 million a year by the Blue Jays, this investment is blowing up in their faces. All Glaus has had to say to defend himself so far is "No Comment". Not exactly the words of an innocent man.
Rick Ankiel was posted about a week or so ago on this very blog, a really great "feel good" story. Ankiel battled back from all kinds of problems to explode onto the scene this year with some great power numbers, now word is coming out that he took HGH. Ankiel has at least attempted to explain himself. He said, in so many words, that everything he took was prescribed by a doctor and that he did nothing that violated the rules of Major League Baseball. This can include HGH since it was not made illegal by MLB until 2005.
The really troubling part here is that the only way to find out if a player is injecting HGH is by testing their blood, something MLB does not do to its players EVER. You've got to think that at some point the Players Union is going to have to let MLB test their blood to help save the game. However, it isn't know that MLB has even asked to test players blood yet, if this is the case, MLB hasn't gotten the point yet. If baseball continues to ignore this problem and players continue to perform under this huge cloud of suspicion, it will sink the game eventually. Hopefully, as more names come to the forefront, MLB and the players union can take some strides in the right direction.
4 comments:
I hate the MLBPA. I support unions to an extent, but when you start doing anything to protect your players to the point that you're destroying your industry, it's ridiculously short-sighted. Sure, Barry Bonds and Troy Glaus may be better off, but the players 10 years from now won't be when people consider baseball the same as pro wrestling. Though I guess pro wrestling makes plenty of money, so they probably don't care.
Anyhow, I still like Ankiel, whether he's on HGH or not.
Also, the Tigers are not going to catch the Yankees. I think that their only chance at making the playoffs is to sweep the Indians next week and then pick up the extra 2 or 3 games on them elsewhere. I just don't see the Yankees collapsing like that. The Indians? Maybe.
The big reason the the players association okd the testing is because they knew about HGH. They had to know. Im sure the talks went MLBPA"we will let you test us for steriods becuse no one has injected anything into their butt in ten years, we are into designer drugs now." Bud Selig "ok, sounds good, oh can I give a huge suspension for the few dumb players that havent heard of designer steriods."
-Kenny
It just seems like Selig and the players union should have learned their lesson by now. I mean, it still has to get worse before it gets better. Everyone who following baseball knows they don't test for HGH so there's the possibility that all kinds of guys are "cheating". It's bogus. I feel like they should cut their losses and just get it over with. The longer it drags out the worse off the league is. That's just my opinion.
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