Baseball has cleaned up its act, reliever Joe Nathan, other Min...

Joe Nathan is willing to forget about Alex Rodriguez's embrace of steroids. He would like to forget the whole subject, in fact.

[Mad Dog Gus]

With the obvious lack of power in the Twins lineup, MLB doesn't even bother to test this team for steroids.

[brachiosaurus]

It's funny that Detroit, New York, Chicago, and Boston haven't insisted that the Twins be thoroughly tested. The Twins always so pesky and competitive and will probably be a thorn in the arse to these big-salaried, supposed-to-make-the-playoff teams.

[sorb]

If Joe Nathan says baseball is clean, who can argue? Baseball players never lie.

[Doc T]

These clean baseball players have a right to be angry and concerned for the PR of the game. As a fan, I am dubious of claims made by mlb that they have rid the league of steriods and other performance enhancing drugs. I would like for it to be true, but so many players are getting caught now. I think the Commissioner's office and the players union bear the brunt of the blame. It seems like the union is there to defend everything and everybody.

[Didaskalos]

brachiosaurus wrote:

It's funny that Detroit, New York, Chicago, and Boston haven't insisted that the Twins be thoroughly tested. The Twins always so pesky and competitive and will probably be a thorn in the arse to these big-salaried, supposed-to-make-the-playoff teams.

Maybe they'll allege that our guys are ingesting the family of steroids that provides defensive prowess and speed on the basepaths.

[umm]

The hazy, crazy days of 2003... boy I can almost remember life back then.
I appreciate Nathan's sentiment a lot more than some of these other guys. At least he is pist off @ what has been done to pro baseball.
I've always loved the game, but it gets harder to tolerate all the bad for the good.
Yankees and their ilk just throw money around with no salary cap to worry about. D-bags like A-Fraud, Bonds, McGwire go crying to the media, appologizing after years of denial of their cheating ways; painting themselves as victims.
And the only one with any integrity through all this is Jose Canseco. Unbelievable.

And don't even get me started on the comm-ISH-oner.

[New Tax Coming]

Professional sports.

[Jim]

A-Rod didn't "admit" anything, the story broke on him then he decided to talk about it. If not for that list, he would have never admitted it.

[sorb]

umm wrote:

I appreciate Nathan's sentiment a lot more than some of these other guys. At least he is pist off @ what has been done to pro baseball.

Rafael Palmeiro was also pist off. You're naive to believe anything any baseball player says. Of the 103 names, there will be Twins involved. How is Juan Rincon any different than Joe Nathan?

[Ted]

Baseball is still very, very dirty. The players union protected the steroid users for a long time. Since all players belong to the union, all players are guilty.