I believe he was signed for under $50K
That just boggles my mind.
I believe he was signed for under $50K
That just boggles my mind.
Interesting comment from my âfriendâ.
He was talking about Yainer Diazâs potential to hit 40+ HR and how so few catchers have, and 2 of those were in the steroid era.
I worked for the Astros during the steroids period - and what I will tell you is that the OVERWHELMING majority of big leaguers were doing two things - taking steroids, HGH and uppers and second, cheating on their wives. If I had to guess, it was 90%.
As for Javy Lopez, he was open about it around other playersâŠincluding a number of Braves and Astros starting pitchers doing it too⊠if you want proof, here is one of the quotes he has made on the topicâŠ
"The AJCâs Dave OâBrien points us to an extended podcast interview of Former Braves catcher Javy Lopez on Atlanta Baseball Talk last weekend, in which the topic turned to steroids. While the hosts did not explicitly ask Lopez if he personally did steroids, he was pretty candid all the same:
âWell, everybody seen players getting big, hitting the ball harder, home runs and stuff. All of a sudden - boom â they got the big contract and everybodyâs like, âYou know what, did that, it worked for him, why not do it?â . . . I mean, how can I explain this? Itâs like if youâre going to race cars, if youâre going to race a car and some people are using nitro in the fuel [Lopez laughed], and you see them winning all the time, and youâre using regular gas - you know what? If theyâre using nitro and theyâve been winning, well, Iâd be stupid enough not to use nitro, too.â
FWIW uppers were even more common - they were illegal, they were speed and Lopez admitted using them in the past. Just about every baseball player used them and knew they were drugs and illegally obtained but it did not matter. Craig Biggio was a huge user, as was Brad Ausmus.
The biggest user of them that I have heard about was Dykstra and Barry Larkin, who thought they were candy.
Jim Bouton outlined most of this in Ball Four, 53 years ago. Nothing really changes.
Plus La change
Just something I read todayâŠnot a single manager has been fired so far this season. Iâm not sure if thatâs surprising or not.
I donât like Booneâs chances when the calendar flips to October.
Greenies were legal for a long time and were openly available in bowls in the clubhouses.
I stopped reading here.
Big difference there between the 60s and 80s
Boutonâs book gave the impression of mischievous menchildren pushing limits of appropriate behavior. The more recent era was an overt nod to career advancement and preservation
Make no mistakeâŠthe reason players took amphetamines in the 60s was to advance their career and fatten their wallet. The reasons for cheating on their wives hasnât changed either.
Boutonâs masterstroke was not the expose premise of the book, which was probably inevitable given the tenor of the times. It was placing the Yankees and particularly Mickey Mantle at the center of the mythological edifice busting which gave his book iconic status. It was no longer Grantland Riceâs world.
Only reason not to tase these yahoos is the risk of hitting the player.
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1696632481099755613?s=20
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Angels have placed starter Lucas Giolito, relievers Matt Moore and Reynaldo LĂłpez, and outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Randal Grichuk on waivers, sources tell ESPN. Huge potential playoff implications: All can be claimed by teams for free on Thursday.
Those are all the players they obtained at the trade deadline (plus Renfroe whoâs been playing pretty well, I think).
Is that a handgun in your fat fold or are you happy to watch the whitesox?
âŠthe shooting at Guaranteed Rate Field during a #WhiteSox game was indeed an accidental discharge by one of the women âgrazedâ by the bullet. She reportedly snuck the gun in past metal detectors hiding it in the folds of her belly fat.
Grichuk is .323/.388/.559 vs lefties this year. Tell me that wouldnât be a better use of a roster spot than Singleton.
ThatâsâŠunexpected
I have no idea if any of the pitchers would be of interest to the Stros