by Friends of the Program on December 13 at 3:40PM
Here's another post from PJ Barnes, who wanted the headline on this post to be: 'Tejada, Clemens, and Bonds, oh my!'', but i overruled him. We only
reference Star Wars or T-Formers on this site, everyone knows that.
Alright, Rickhouse gave me another shot at his website, and it could not have come on a more perfect day. George Mitchell came out with a 300+ page book of short steroid tales that included 85 current and former ballplayers. While many by now are aware of that Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada, and Barry Bonds highlight the list, I could not help but question some of the names that were mentioned. Some of these guys either made me feel ashamed that I rooted for them at one time, others made me laugh hysterically that they had tried to use the juice. Below, I have a list of those players that stick out.
9. Paul Lo Duca- Lo Duca is one of the better players on my list of questionables. Don’t get me wrong, this guy is ripped, but looking at his stats, his power numbers did not impress. Lo Duca had been affiliated with steroids from the beginning of his career until 2005, according to the report. During that stint Lo Duca had only one season that would indicate use, with the other having consistently low homeruns and RBI’s.
8. Matt Franco- Franco’s story does not show symptoms of steroid use… at all. Franco lasted eight seasons, which is solid, but by no means puts him in the journeyman category. This guy hit a career 22 homeruns, a career 117 RBI’s, and a career .266 batting average, which leads me to think, How did this guy last eight years in the bigs? Did he use steroids as a way to be looked-up at? Franco reminds me of a late-teen who smokes cigarettes so people would think he’s cool. You’re not fooling me Matt.
7. Andy Pettitte- No Way! In my eyes, this is one of the classiest guys in baseball. I do not believe it. This ace had no less than 12 wins in any of his 13 seasons, with an exception of his 2004 injury-plagued year. I guess it shouldn’t come to much of a surprise considering he followed Roger Clemen’s every step.
6. Jeremy Giambi- This does not come as much to a surprise, and it was pretty well known he had been using, but this still makes me laugh. I do not blame Giambi, who had be jealous as all get out, of his older brother, Jason, who was ripping homeruns left and right, while Jeremy is best known for chugging around third and eventually getting tagged out at home by Jorge Posada, in the most overrated play of all-time, where Derek Jeter, for no reason other than to be on TV, cuts off a throw during the 2001 Yankee playoff run. But my opinions on that are for a different time.
5. Nook Logan- I feel bad enough as it is that he is nicknamed Nook, then to see his numbers makes me feel worse, but I had pity for Logan once I read that his name was in the report. This guy had a total of two (2), home runs. Logan, only a four-year MLB player, must have gotten confused when he talked to teammates about “the juice,” when in actuality he was referring to poured himself some purple drink for breakfast that morning.
4. Jerry Hairston/ Jerry Hairston Jr. – The Giambi’s aren’t the only family combo on the list. While Haiston Sr. did it clearly to stay in the game for as long as he did, 14 seasons, Hairston Jr. has had a career highlighted by being traded in the Sammy Sosa deal, and overall, sucking, only averaging three homeruns and 21 RBI’s a season.
3. Mo Vaughn- Alright, here’s where it gets good. Vaughn was the guy who needed to use HGH least on my list. This man was enormous, and I don’t mean muscular. But that did not keep him from hitting dingers early in his career before being associated. I can only imagine Mo injecting himself, then eating the syringe for dessert. He is currently competing with Mark Mangino as world’s fattest man and will be on Shaq’s fitness show in June.
2. Chuck Knoblauch- Chuck is the only guy in the baseball who had an immediate negative effect when using steroids. The former Gold-Glover gained so much muscle it became difficult to accurately throw the ball to first baseman Tino Martinez, as well as the entire first row of fans at Yankee Stadium.
1. Fernando Vina- This is a joke right? Vina on HGH? Fernando Vina is a smaller than Paris Hilton recovering from mono. The 5-foot-9, 165 lbs. second baseman must have gotten a batch of the cream laced with 2% milk. The only thing I am curious about is whether or not he started using before or after Albert Belle dis-MANTLED him while running to second base in a game in the late 1990’s, something good enough to be #2 on Tom Jackson’s segment of “Jacked Up.”
Alright, Rickhouse gave me another shot at his website, and it could not have come on a more perfect day. George Mitchell came out with a 300+ page book of short steroid tales that included 85 current and former ballplayers. While many by now are aware of that Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada, and Barry Bonds highlight the list, I could not help but question some of the names that were mentioned. Some of these guys either made me feel ashamed that I rooted for them at one time, others made me laugh hysterically that they had tried to use the juice. Below, I have a list of those players that stick out.
9. Paul Lo Duca- Lo Duca is one of the better players on my list of questionables. Don’t get me wrong, this guy is ripped, but looking at his stats, his power numbers did not impress. Lo Duca had been affiliated with steroids from the beginning of his career until 2005, according to the report. During that stint Lo Duca had only one season that would indicate use, with the other having consistently low homeruns and RBI’s.
8. Matt Franco- Franco’s story does not show symptoms of steroid use… at all. Franco lasted eight seasons, which is solid, but by no means puts him in the journeyman category. This guy hit a career 22 homeruns, a career 117 RBI’s, and a career .266 batting average, which leads me to think, How did this guy last eight years in the bigs? Did he use steroids as a way to be looked-up at? Franco reminds me of a late-teen who smokes cigarettes so people would think he’s cool. You’re not fooling me Matt.
7. Andy Pettitte- No Way! In my eyes, this is one of the classiest guys in baseball. I do not believe it. This ace had no less than 12 wins in any of his 13 seasons, with an exception of his 2004 injury-plagued year. I guess it shouldn’t come to much of a surprise considering he followed Roger Clemen’s every step.
6. Jeremy Giambi- This does not come as much to a surprise, and it was pretty well known he had been using, but this still makes me laugh. I do not blame Giambi, who had be jealous as all get out, of his older brother, Jason, who was ripping homeruns left and right, while Jeremy is best known for chugging around third and eventually getting tagged out at home by Jorge Posada, in the most overrated play of all-time, where Derek Jeter, for no reason other than to be on TV, cuts off a throw during the 2001 Yankee playoff run. But my opinions on that are for a different time.
5. Nook Logan- I feel bad enough as it is that he is nicknamed Nook, then to see his numbers makes me feel worse, but I had pity for Logan once I read that his name was in the report. This guy had a total of two (2), home runs. Logan, only a four-year MLB player, must have gotten confused when he talked to teammates about “the juice,” when in actuality he was referring to poured himself some purple drink for breakfast that morning.
4. Jerry Hairston/ Jerry Hairston Jr. – The Giambi’s aren’t the only family combo on the list. While Haiston Sr. did it clearly to stay in the game for as long as he did, 14 seasons, Hairston Jr. has had a career highlighted by being traded in the Sammy Sosa deal, and overall, sucking, only averaging three homeruns and 21 RBI’s a season.
3. Mo Vaughn- Alright, here’s where it gets good. Vaughn was the guy who needed to use HGH least on my list. This man was enormous, and I don’t mean muscular. But that did not keep him from hitting dingers early in his career before being associated. I can only imagine Mo injecting himself, then eating the syringe for dessert. He is currently competing with Mark Mangino as world’s fattest man and will be on Shaq’s fitness show in June.
2. Chuck Knoblauch- Chuck is the only guy in the baseball who had an immediate negative effect when using steroids. The former Gold-Glover gained so much muscle it became difficult to accurately throw the ball to first baseman Tino Martinez, as well as the entire first row of fans at Yankee Stadium.
1. Fernando Vina- This is a joke right? Vina on HGH? Fernando Vina is a smaller than Paris Hilton recovering from mono. The 5-foot-9, 165 lbs. second baseman must have gotten a batch of the cream laced with 2% milk. The only thing I am curious about is whether or not he started using before or after Albert Belle dis-MANTLED him while running to second base in a game in the late 1990’s, something good enough to be #2 on Tom Jackson’s segment of “Jacked Up.”
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