Posted on 01/12/2005 6:44:21 PM PST by wagglebee
NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball players and owners have reached a new agreement on steroid testing and plan to announce it Thursday, The Associated Press has learned.
The sides have spent the past month negotiating the deal after the union's executive board gave its staff approval to pursue an agreement. Baseball and union officials were preparing an announcement, and commissioner Bud Selig and union executives intended to discuss the agreement Thursday after an owners' meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., players said.
"I'm glad we could come to an agreement that was mutually agreeable and the right thing to do," said Chicago Cubs pitcher Mike Remlinger, who was briefed on the deal Wednesday. "It was the right thing to do. I think it was something that needed to be done, and I think players understand it needed to be addressed."
The agreement will include penalties for first-time offenders, one AL player said, on condition of anonymity. Other details, such as the frequency of tests, were not immediately available.
"I think it's going to entail more testing, some out-season testing, yes, more in-season random testing and stiffer penalties," said New York Mets pitcher Tom Glavine, a senior member of the union.
I agree.
To answer your question, based on 20 years of living in gyms full of steriod rats, No. We'll find out who's right in a year. Pujols has one of the best swings in history, about his only flaw is he is naturally fat, and battles weight each year. I weigh 180 and can hit a softball 340 feet, and I'm not even considered a HR hitter in the competitive leagues. Luis has 60 pounds on me, and at 240 pounds, his beefy check swing will put a ball out of most of today's 300 foot little league sized parks. His skills for his first 4 seasons are somthing most Hall of Fame players can only dream they had at his age. Check the stats at baseball-reference dot com if you're not familiar.
IF I hear "He now has a personal trainer", or "he's learned proper nutrition" again, I'll gag. Tiger Woods, Terrel Owens....heck half of the USC football team was not on the up & up.
Go to Cooperstown, look at "the Babe's" actual life-size statue along with the bat he used.
Now there was a big, strong guy that could obviously crush the ball.
Baseball simply could not wait any longer for the next "real" Babe to come along.
So, they let "roids" do it for them.
It is all so phony and all so about filthy lucre.
Too little, tooo late bye bye b ball:(
Those of us who saw him in HS and community college in KC know that he hasn't changed much in size or appearance since then.
If he's on the juice, it's well hidden. Contrast that Barry BOnds' vast body changes over the last 10 years.
I think you are, sadly, correct. Baseball has too much to lose to let the whole thing come crashing down. The thing that will be instructive is to see how many Lyle Alzado situations start arising among juiced players as they retire.
It sure IS!!
Well, if Pujols was 245 pounds in high school, I would be surprised. But regardless, there are all kinds of different anabolic steroids and HGH derivatives that professional athletes are using. Some bring about dramatic noticeable physical changes and some are more subtle. The effect also varies depending on each player's chemical makeup and how their body reacts to this stuff as opposed to how some other guy's body reacts to it. That's one of the reasons why some guys immediately start getting injured once they go on the juice, and other guys, like Bonds, don't.
What a coincidence. That the new lege will be able to start offering up new bills by next week. Anyone think that Mcains threat has anything to do with the timing of this release?
Don't forget a salary cap for baseball either.
I forgot about the salary cap. That might be the biggest turnoff of all for baseball. Let's forget about all the teams except the Red Sox, Yankees and a rotating token NL opponent.
4 stikes your out? hardly seems punitive.
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