An observation regarding Sammy Sosa

[Runnys]

<!--quoteo(post=80331:date=Feb 22 2010, 11:45 AM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Feb 22 2010, 11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=80330:date=Feb 22 2010, 11:38 AM:name=Runnys)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Runnys @ Feb 22 2010, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I am not trying to be a Pujols apologist or anything, but I looked a 2001 rookie picture of him and then a picture from last year....he isn't that much bigger than he was in 2001.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He started juicing before his rookie year.
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That could very well be the case and I am not saying he didn't. All I am saying is it is illogical to think that he is still using PED's when they test for them.

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=80363:date=Feb 22 2010, 03:59 PM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ Feb 22 2010, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=80331:date=Feb 22 2010, 11:45 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Feb 22 2010, 11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=80330:date=Feb 22 2010, 11:38 AM:name=Runnys)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Runnys @ Feb 22 2010, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I am not trying to be a Pujols apologist or anything, but I looked a 2001 rookie picture of him and then a picture from last year....he isn't that much bigger than he was in 2001.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He started juicing before his rookie year.
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That could very well be the case and I am not saying he didn't. All I am saying is it is illogical to think that he is still using PED's when they test for them.
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These magazine covers still suggest to me that was and then stopped.

http://grg51.typepad.com/steroid_nation/20...thenjuiced.html

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=80363:date=Feb 22 2010, 03:59 PM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ Feb 22 2010, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=80331:date=Feb 22 2010, 11:45 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Feb 22 2010, 11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=80330:date=Feb 22 2010, 11:38 AM:name=Runnys)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Runnys @ Feb 22 2010, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I am not trying to be a Pujols apologist or anything, but I looked a 2001 rookie picture of him and then a picture from last year....he isn't that much bigger than he was in 2001.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He started juicing before his rookie year.
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That could very well be the case and I am not saying he didn't. All I am saying is it is illogical to think that he is still using PED's when they test for them.
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The test for a select few PEDs, there's plenty of things that one could do and not get caught.

[Kid]

There's also masking agents. Either they happened to catch Manny Ramirez the very first time he loaded himself up with enough fertility drugs to put the Octomom to shame, or he didn't use the correct dosage after getting away with it for years before that.

[ColoradoCub]

Well, well, well... Apparently, they've figured out a way to detect the use of HGH

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100222/ap_on_..._first_hgh_case

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=80386:date=Feb 22 2010, 09:17 PM:name=ColoradoCub)-->QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ Feb 22 2010, 09:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Well, well, well... Apparently, they've figured out a way to detect the use of HGH

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100222/ap_on_..._first_hgh_case<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There's been blood tests available for it for decades (to detect for people with growth problems, etc.), they just can't use blood tests because of the CBA.