OT: Bonds, Clemens, Sosa to be on HOF ballot

[Peter_Spaeth]

Wasn't McGwire's explanation at the time that he was on a supplement? I remember thinking it wasn't particularly credible, but I don't recall caring all that much either.

[packs]

I'll never understand the "we don't know" argument. It's like looking at brown rock painted purple and saying "well maybe it's always been purple."

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Wasn't McGwire's explanation at the time that he was on a supplement? I remember thinking it wasn't particularly credible, but I don't recall caring all that much either.

Yes, you are correct. Here's a link to an article from around that time:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...re_supplement/

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Wasn't McGwire's explanation at the time that he was on a supplement? I remember thinking it wasn't particularly credible, but I don't recall caring all that much either.

yea said he was on Endocrine

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Wasn't McGwire's explanation at the time that he was on a supplement? I remember thinking it wasn't particularly credible, but I don't recall caring all that much either.

Not being into that sort of thing, I didn't ever look for the 'before' pics. I assumed he had just bulked up a bit over the off-season. But I must confess that I thought the same thing about Lenny Dykstra. Maybe it's naiveté, but I just wasn't tying my sport (baseball) to steroid use - it never crossed my mind.

[ullmandds]

Scott...me too...but in hindsight it was naivete on my part...esp when players like brady anderson hits 50 hr's...and Nomar garciopara returns from the offseason all bulked up preaching new training techniques.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Scott...me too...but in hindsight it was naivete on my part...esp when players like brady anderson hits 50 hr's...and Nomar garciopara returns from the offseason all bulked up preaching new training techniques.

When Dykstra came back all bulked up, I remember thinking "WTF?!?", but I figured he had just worked his ass off with the weights. I gotta admit, Sosa made me think something was up - he was just a skinny kid at Texas. But McGwire was a fairly big guy. When he got off the steroids he shrunk back down even further than what he was at Oakland.

Yeah, I was naive.

[ullmandds]

Its kinda similar to those early eighties bands like culture club and all the men wearing makeup and womens clothes..."it's just the style!?"