Who do you expect to be named in the HGH/Steriod scandal?

[FNQ]

Reports are coming out that an HGH test might finally be nearing completion.... how incredible would that be!!!!

THAT would get me interested in baseball again.

[studcrackers]

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By just looking at him, lol.

so you think he's been on steroids since he's entered the league then? b/c he's always looked like a tank, nowadays a fat tank though.

[Chach]

Reports are coming out that an HGH test might finally be nearing completion.... how incredible would that be!!!!

THAT would get me interested in baseball again.

That's kinda sad bro.

A test for HGH isn't going to make much of an impact because it is expensive and hard to get. It will almost surely kill off the usage of it in the big leagues because it won't be worth the hassle to get or the money it costs (whereas steroids are very accessable and cheaper), testing is always going to be one step behind the players and their chemicals. mahalo
~Chach~

[FNQ]

The point is to knock out widespread usage of it. Even if some players stay a step ahead, this whole saga has finally knocked out some names of mid-level players who have abused it, and would finally get the more naturally talented players in the MLB.

It is sad that its hard to watch a game and wonder if your favorite players are using, but so is the state of the game now. The whole league is in question now...

Lots of sports players use, but I dont think any of them use as much as baseball players do. Most would assume football players would, but so much physical contact would completely decimate those players' bodies completely that I doubt its anywhere near as widespread as baseball...

[Chach]

I think you're missing my point bud. This sad state of affairs that you describe, it's never going away. All those mid-level players that have used HGH, they are simply going to use something newer and under the radar. The same desire to do HGH, which is to stay in the majors long enough to live comfortably for the rest of your life, will always be there but players will always be one step ahead of MLB because MLB is living in the past. I would put money down that once there is a viable test for HGH, which Will Carroll still says is a ways away (at least one that the union would sign off on), I bet there won't be a positive test for it. It's not nearly as accessible as anabolic steroids and at the price it cost, you are better off taking designer, undetectable steroids or switching to something like insulin (which is necessary for your body's survival). HGH is going to be obsolete and the people using it today will simply take something next year.

No offense dude, but it's really naive to think that the illegal drug use isn't as rampant in the NFL. Think objectively about the situations (and not how the media blows things up). Baseball is based upon quickness of wrists, quick first steps, and the cardiovascular/muscular endurance. Football is based upon power and speed and size. Which sport is more likely to have people use muscular enhancements; the sport where a 180 pound Soriano can be a top hitter or the sport where Adalius Thomas, a 6-2 270 pound man who can run a 4.5 40 yard dash is a top linebacker. You bring up the brutality of football. A lot of football players can barely walk on Monday after playing, the thing most CRUCIAL to a football season is the ability to regenerate muscle tissue. That's what steroids/HGH helps due, simulate muscle recovery.

The only reason baseball looks so bad is because the media had had a field day over the past five years because of baseball's ambivalence towards steroids. If you could test for every PED, widely known and underground/impossible to test for, I bet there are just as many if not more football players taking them. Don't forget, the average football career is under 4 years and besides the CFL, there is no minor leagues like in baseball where you can try to keep your career afloat and hope to get a second chance. When you're done in football, you're done. So this mid-level desire to remain in baseball is enhanced even more in football. mahalo
~Chach~

[risktaker91]

Clemens.