Comments on: I wish this passed the sniff test UPDATED

By: CS Yankee

CS Yankee — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:55:08 +0000

Disclaimer: I'm old school in the way that I believe that these drugs are ruining the link and thread to the games history and how generations comunicate. I'm also not an Arod fan due to him being a flake, but can he rake.

However, I do suspect that MLB, NYY, the players association & Arod all have "a dog in the fight" whereas a 250M$ outstanding commitment is wagered and that he has to get back to full steam quickly and completely. If "x" number of doctors know that HGH is the real deal but no one can endorse the treatment after all the political stances, a few deaths by under-aged youths (who had no business using drugs) and bad press….I can easily believe that they planned to look the other way and let him take the risk (in the public arena) as they feel/know there are little/no medical risks to this rehab and the up swing (result of what actually happned) is what we all witnessed. Too bad that PR must offset a legitimate medical reason to take HGH and I feel in certain cases MLB should approve the use of these banned drugs but won't because the line would be too long and the press would carve them up. NO way the Yanks void that contract, Giambi already passed that test.

By: HIM

HIM — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:37:12 +0000

What looks like a box,

smells like a lox

and flies??????

By: Jason@IIATMS

Jason@IIATMS — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:37:22 +0000

Tim,

Then why didn't Lindsay prescribe it?

Look, I don't go hunting for anti-ARod stuff. I'm not looking for the smoking gun. And I disagree; people DO care about this stuff. I won't let it go, no matter who the parties involved might be. Jeter, Mo, you name it. I don't hide my fandom but I also try to be as straight a shooter here as possible. And to me, this just doesn't pass the sniff test.

If ARod is indeed innocent, which I hope is the truth, wonderful. I hope your predictions are understated! I'll be cheering him on, no matter what. But it doesn't mean I can't question things as they appear.

Now, I will say this…. I'm not sold that HGH is "evil". It aids in recovery, is not a muscle-building agent (by itself), and doesn't put users at risk for long term health problems (if used properly).

By: Eli

Eli — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:35:38 +0000

If this was Jeter we wouldn't have been having this discussion because he would not have gone around the Yankees in the first place. It would be quiet, under the table, and we wouldn't know anything until it was already over and done with.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:14:10 +0000

The anti-inflammatory that was prescribed to A-Rod by Lindsay is going to be much more potent than a simple OTC drug. This is fairly common after surgery – you often are given an Rx for stronger meds. Lindsay and Galea were working in tandem with Phillipon in treating Rodriguez. The bottom line here is that you just have to LET IT GO and stop making a big to-do every time this guy farts crooked. If this was Jeter, we wouldn't be having this discussion. We would be assuming that he did nothing untoward. A-Rod did his mea culpa last year. Leave him alone.