10-02-2009, 12:24 AM
<!--quoteo(post=64933:date=Oct 1 2009, 08:47 PM:name=Coldneck)-->QUOTE (Coldneck @ Oct 1 2009, 08:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64921:date=Oct 1 2009, 07:17 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Oct 1 2009, 07:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Arroyo is a known cheater, just sayin'.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Really, I've never heard that before. Are you saying that because he admitted to taking supplements?
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http://deadspin.com/5336642/bronson-arroyo...ing-in-his-body
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Arroyo says in a must-read interview with <i>USA Today</i> that he's pretty sure that he's on The List of failed tests from 2003, because he "took androstenedione the same way I took my multivitamins." And the guy takes <i>a lot</i> of multivitamins.
"When you're trying to establish yourself and you've got people saying, 'Try this, it will help you get stronger,' " Arroyo says, "I'm trying (it). There was nothing to be caught about because nobody was testing."
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"People can think what they want of me," he says. "I don't give a f—-."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Interesting stuff from a couple months ago.
Really, I've never heard that before. Are you saying that because he admitted to taking supplements?
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http://deadspin.com/5336642/bronson-arroyo...ing-in-his-body
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Arroyo says in a must-read interview with <i>USA Today</i> that he's pretty sure that he's on The List of failed tests from 2003, because he "took androstenedione the same way I took my multivitamins." And the guy takes <i>a lot</i> of multivitamins.
Quote: "I take 10 to 12 different things a day, and on the days I pitch, there's four more things. There's a caffeine drink I take from a company that (former teammate) Curt Schilling introduced me to in '05. I take some Korean ginseng and a few other proteins out there that are not certified. But I haven't failed any tests, so I figured I'm good."But there's more! Arroyo basically calls out everyone—saying owners care way more about making money than they do about winning (probably true!), Americans who fill their bodies with junk food couldn't care less about steroids (also probably true!), and nobody gives a crap about what Manny Ramirez or Bronson Arroyo do to their bodies.
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Quote: I can see where guys like Hank Aaron and some of the old-timers have a beef with it," Arroyo says. "But as far as looking at Manny Ramirez like he's (serial killer) Ted Bundy, you're out of your mind. At the end of the day, you think anybody really (cares) whether Manny Ramirez's kidneys fail and he dies at 50?He says that to gain an edge he also took amphetamines for nearly nine years from 1998 to 2006 and that, as a minor leaguer in 1999, he was stopped by customs agents in Canada while trying to cross the border with such pills.
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<b>More excerpts from the linked Washington Post article:</b>
"When you're trying to establish yourself and you've got people saying, 'Try this, it will help you get stronger,' " Arroyo says, "I'm trying (it). There was nothing to be caught about because nobody was testing."
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"People can think what they want of me," he says. "I don't give a f—-."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Interesting stuff from a couple months ago.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
"That was some of the saddest stuff I've ever read. Fuck cancer and AIDS, ignorance is the scourge of the land." - tom v
"That was some of the saddest stuff I've ever read. Fuck cancer and AIDS, ignorance is the scourge of the land." - tom v