Torii Hunter Loves His Laptop

Reminds me of all the old crusty Lawyers who work at me Law firm…no humour.

I may be nitpicking, but there are still basic qualifications to get to be a judge, for example (member of the bar for 10 years), no matter who’s doing the appointing. But I see where you’re going.

I would respond by pointing out that shooting up alone isn’t enough. There’s still the hours of batting practice. The years of training. And, you know, actually being able to catch up to that 95 mph heater or lay off that slider. Nobody has yet invented a pill that can give you those abilities in the first place.

You learn somethin’ new everyday. ;)

What I would want for my child (or even myself) is irrelevant, and should be, as to the choices made by other humans with free will.

They’re grownups. Let them make grownup choices.

Mind you, when it comes right down to it, the only legitimate argument against PEDs from my perspective is the Morton’s Fork faced by other competing ballplayers of of choosing between using potentially harmful PEDs or losing one’s job/getting paid less) than the guy who is less scrupulous.

…and is a different question from your original “What’s the difference?”.

In regard to Alzado, I didn’t say steroids killed him. I used him as an example (like Bonds and McGwire) of how they affect one’s body, particularly after suspension of their use.

In regard to not complaining about choices they made there are 2 thoughts;
1) They either lied about their use (like McGwire) or still have not admitted their use (like Bonds). It’s rather difficult to not complain about their choices when they can’t be honest about the choices they have made.
2) If you only 2 criteria for what’s acceptable in sports/entertainment are A) making a lot of money for the participant and B) providing a lot of people with a lot of entertainment, then you need to accept a potentially radical departure from what constitutes sports/entertainment. Roman gladiators anyone?

He thinks in the future everyone will be taking them to improve their health, live longer, etc. and thinks eventually all the hubbub about steroid use in baseball will die down. Here’s what he wrote (PDF).

I think you’re right about being able to hit in the first place, steroids don’t make you a better contact hitter with more power. From what I understand, besides the boast in power, steroids allow a player to recover much more quickly with less fatigue following a game or workout. In other words, they can play at the higher levels of their game for a longer sustained period than a non-steroid user can. Think about how many games Mickey Mantle wouldn’t have missed if he had access to steroids (and used them).

I don’t mean to go to far into the steroids crap, especially in a Torii Hunter video thread, but I’m surprised there’s not more being said about ’roided up pitchers. I think they have a bigger advantage while on juice than a hitter. Just off the top of my head I can count 7 or 8 hitters that have been lambasted, but the only pitcher that stands out is Clemens.