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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
So then every hitter in baseball is free to use the same Barry Bonds "elbow armor" device? One has to wonder why they don't if it offers such an unfair hitting advantage.

A Rod seems to have made it to 500 with no need for such things as drugs and elbow hinges. Hopefully he will eclipse Bonds' record and then it will be "Barry who?"

11 posted on 08/06/2007 10:27:48 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: Yo-Yo

I agree, and it will be Barry*


82 posted on 08/06/2007 11:28:01 AM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: Yo-Yo
So then every hitter in baseball is free to use the same Barry Bonds "elbow armor" device? One has to wonder why they don't if it offers such an unfair hitting advantage.

Perhaps it doesn't. Yes, if the device is legal for Bonds to use, it can be used by anyone else who chooses to do the same.

147 posted on 08/06/2007 2:01:17 PM PDT by Bob
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Read the article. Bonds is grandfathered in. Other players would need to get special permission to wear the same thing.


158 posted on 08/06/2007 5:49:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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aren’t there hints about Payrod’s use of steroids?.......


183 posted on 08/06/2007 11:09:24 PM PDT by cherry
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So then every hitter in baseball is free to use the same Barry Bonds "elbow armor" device? One has to wonder why they don't if it offers such an unfair hitting advantage.

Per the article other hitters can not use the device:

At the moment, Bonds' apparatus enjoys "grandfathered" status. Similar devices are presently denied to average major leaguers, who must present evidence of injury before receiving an exemption.

Bionic man on steroids?

194 posted on 08/07/2007 6:21:26 AM PDT by TruthWillWin
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