[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by legend

Arizona and Tampa Bay came into baseball in 1998. Anderson hit 50 homers in 1996, with 110 RBI. His 50 were 26 more than his next highest year. Besides that, he looked like Adrian Adonis all of a sudden. The obvious lack of quality pitching does contribute to a lot of these homer totals, but that is simply too big a jump to ignore.

I remember Anderson that year...especially at the homerun derby...his shots were barely clearling the wall...one should also look at how deep they are hitting them...Anderson might have gained 10 feet on his hitting that year...not much...and rather reasonable.

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

That's insane...as a society we are jsut waiting to pounce on someone...oh, very well...go ahead Pundit lead the way...

You know what's great about Sports Talk Gotham? We're allowed to form opinions based on certain facts that we see. That includes speculation. After all, I'm not trying these guys in a court of law and sending them to jail. I'm just speculating that they might have been on steroids. So what's the big deal? Why is that "pouncing?"

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

You know what's great about Sports Talk Gotham? We're allowed to form opinions based on certain facts that we see. That includes speculation. After all, I'm not trying these guys in a court of law and sending them to jail. I'm just speculating that they might have been on steroids. So what's the big deal? Why is that "pouncing?"

My friend its "pouncing" for the simplest reason of all...and that is...in the court of public opinion...I too do not need a reason to speculate...if it "feels" like pouncing to me...I can say, "hey Pundit, you are pouncing on those poor sports guy...stop that!."...Sports Talk works both ways my friend...Its what makes this board go round...look at some of the Jeff Gordon sucks thread...what are they based on?...the color of his car?...his hair?...his wife?...the way he interviews?...are they "pouncing on him?"...sure...can I post and say, "Hey you guys stop pouncing on Gordo, he is as good a driver as any"...would I be out of bound for my opinion?...hardly

[ThePundit]

Gonzalez must have been reading our boards.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

[MJHMarc]

Thank you for sharing that resource with us, ThePundit. Unfortunately, I already mentioned the link earlier in this thread. But I would still like to thank you for using your time and effort to provide that news story with us.

Would you believe that Brady Anderson finished his career with an average of 19 homers and 67 RBIs if he were to participate in a full season. That is not impressive, but as you mentioned, his 1996 numbers were. This definitely leads me to believe that he may have been linked to performance enhancing drugs. Of course this I am not accusing Mr. Anderson, but this is really odd considering his career numbers and how well he did one year and how poorly he did the others. It is very suspicious!

By the way, this is my 600th post!

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by MJHMarc

Thank you for sharing that resource with us, ThePundit. Unfortunately, I already mentioned the link earlier in this thread. But I would still like to thank you for using your time and effort to provide that news story with us.

Sorry about that MJH Mark. I must have missed your post.

[desertrat]

There are whispers here in Arizona that the feds raided more than one players house the day they caught Jason Grimsley. Along with those whispers comes the idea that these other players may be cooperating with the feds (agreeing to wear w ire ti gain more conclusive proof against other players,etc.) while Grimsley refused to do this. It seems to be no cooincidence that the DBacks tailspin began the day that Grimsley was raided. Another interesting fact that has come to light is that the personal trainer that alledgedly provided Grimsley with HGH also has very close ties with Albert Pujols. And yes, I realize Pujols also has not played since the raid. There are many ideas to speculate on now.

[MJHMarc]

The only reason Albert Pujols hasn't played, DesertRat, is because he is suffering an injury on the disabled-list. He was placed on the 15-day DL a few weeks ago with an oblique injury and will be back soon and continue his MVP-type season. That is a valid excuse in my book, and I am sure the MLB will investigate him when he returns. As long as he doesn't get caught, he is innocent.

[desertrat]

Originally Posted by MJHMarc

The only reason Albert Pujols hasn't played, DesertRat, is because he is suffering an injury on the disabled-list. He was placed on the 15-day DL a few weeks ago with an oblique injury and will be back soon and continue his MVP-type season. That is a valid excuse in my book, and I am sure the MLB will investigate him when he returns. As long as he doesn't get caught, he is innocent.

I know why he is out, but just find it ironic that the injury occurred at the same time as the raid. It is Pujol's personal trainer that is accused of supplying the HGH to Jason Grimsley. I hope there is nothing more to it, but hard to ignore the circumstances especially when looking at the stats Pujols puts up.