Bryce Harper the next poster boy for roids?

[HammerDown]

Really? It looks like you have close to a dozen posts on the subject in this thread.

Fuck off. I meant exactly what I said.

 

[HammerDown]

Cabrera
Pujols
Puig
Davis

They all look like candidates to me.

With David there is reasonable doubt. A shred of it. The other three? Bitch, please! Anyone who doubts for a second what they're doing is in serious denial.

Sanctimonious rebuttals and "have they failed a test?" in 3... 2... 1...

 

[broncosmitty]

But, but.... but.... They're on MY team..... (Nobody worth a damn has been "clean" in forever.)

 

[steveringo]

Be happy that a lot less use steroids now.

It is safe to assume that about 90% of the league was using something between 1995-2005. Now with testing, that number has dropped significantly.

People will still try anything to get a leg up with so much at stake.

Anyone have access to the current number of players with ADHD? You'de be surprised how many players have Adderall prescriptions. These blueies are the new greenies...

 

[Microwahevo]

From the OP's pics, you can't justifiably say he's bigger. His body is at different angles, and quite honestly, his arms look about the same size, the one just looks bigger b/c it's a side view.

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

But, but.... but.... They're on MY team..... (Nobody worth a damn has been "clean" in forever.)

Dafuk!

 

[broncosmitty]

Dafuk!

Cabrera's a Tiger, Im obligated to give a halfassed reason why he's the one and only squeaky clean guy out there. But I assume every player is juicing. But not Bryce, he won't even drink Mellow Yellow. His body is a temple.

 

[gvsulaker82]

They have to prove their innocence? How is that even possible?

I thought you were smart bro. I need pictures of tiny biceps and normal testicles. But really, if you werent able to grasp what I was saying...COME ON.

 

[gvsulaker82]

It would take years of HGH abuse to make someone's head noticeably larger but how can you even make this statement when they're looking in different directions in the pictures and the neck isn't even visible in the first because it was taken straight on as he looks down?

Im pretty sure I edited my original post way before this response.

 

[gvsulaker82]

Cabrera's a Tiger, Im obligated to give a halfassed reason why he's the one and only squeaky clean guy out there. But I assume every player is juicing. But not Bryce, he won't even drink Mellow Yellow. His body is a temple.

Exactly, sadly enough my mindset is guilty before innocent. Its a shame roids have did this.

 

[Darkstone42]

Harper has always been freakishly well-built. A combination of natural inclination to lean muscle and hard work to take advantage of it has made him, well, jacked. I don't think it's fair to assume steroids. Some guys just work hard on strength and conditioning.

I'm not saying he's definitely innocent of it, but large muscles are not proof of steroid use.

 

[gvsulaker82]

Harper has always been freakishly well-built. A combination of natural inclination to lean muscle and hard work to take advantage of it has made him, well, jacked. I don't think it's fair to assume steroids. Some guys just work hard on strength and conditioning.

I'm not saying he's definitely innocent of it, but large muscles are not proof of steroid use.

And tiny testicles?

 

[Silas]

Isn't there a point where a guy can get too buff and become more prone to pulled muscles and the like?

 

[apachef4]

Isn't there a point where a guy can get too buff and become more prone to pulled muscles and the like?

Funny enough, that was one of the ways that baseball fans used to deflect the whole steroid issue. "Baseball players can't use steroids because their muscles would get to big to swing the bat effectively and they'd pull all their muscles!"

I know that's not what you were saying, but it just reminded me what I used to hear back during the Bash Bros. heyday. To answer your question...I don't know. What you suggest seems to have some merit, but it's true or not.

As for Bryce...I think I agree, in part, with everyone in this thread. I don't think those pics are really all that different, and people can (and most in the world do) get bigger if they work out harder without PEDs. That said, does anyone in baseball really deserve the benefit of the doubt? No, no they don't. It's not fair, because no doubt there are some clean guys out there that are clouded by suspicion, but we've been "fooled" too many times just to take any of their words for it.

 

[HammerDown]

Bryce Harper showed up to Spring Training running his cocky mouth.

Upon his arrival here this spring, talking about the Max Scherzer signing, he said, "I just started laughing. I was like, 'Where's my ring?'"

He reiterated that he's going to bring a title to D.C. And he repeated during an early morning conversation with Bleacher Report on Wednesday that with a rotation like the Nationals have built, "How can we lose?"

Nationals' Bryce Harper: 'Everybody in This League Wants to Beat Us' | Bleacher Report

 

[GoreRush]

Let's see, the Nationals have:
Rotation of "5 aces"
Most overrated team in baseball the last 2-4 years
Most overrated player in all of sports
Proved nothing in October
Added an awful postseason "ace" pitcher

Bryce Harper is a good player, not great, not elite, not even close to an MVP candidate. Max Scherzer is a great regular season pitcher (that can only pitch 7 innings at the most) but he stumbles in October like Kershaw. This team has been favored to win the NL Pennant the last 2-4 years and hasn't come close at all. Please stop with the hype. I'd take the Cardinals, Dodgers, Pirates and Padres before the Nationals in regards to who has a better chance of winning a World Series.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I think somewhere north of 70% of professional athletes (including baseball players) are on PEDs, and I would neither be surprised or put off if Bryce Harper was.

That said, I don't think the fact that he may be getting bigger is an indication. The kid's 22 years old. He should be getting bigger. Barry Bonds blew up at age 36 or so.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

You'll find out quickly on this board that it is EXTREMELY unpopular to even insinuate that {gasp} baseball players use PEDs. And make sure you NEVER even JOKE about the St. Louis Cardinals using them. They are a notch above any reproach. I truly believe some of these clowns are still in denial that Rafael was using. I shit you not, it's absolutely unreal how naive some of these guys are.

"Until someone fails a test, they're innocent."

Amazing.

Cardinals fans deny it? That's crazy.

From '04-'10, Yadi Molina slugs .361 The Cardinals hire noted steroid specialist Mark McGwire and from '11-'14 Yadi slugs .461 and is so tightly wound he does shit like spit on umpires. Yeah, no Cardinals juice...

That's a fucking joke.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

"I see no reason at all why you keep insinuating that Ryan Braun used." - sanctimonious morons

I think Ryan Braun is the biggest piece of shit of all the PED MLB players. He's right up there with Armstrong.

Braun held a press conference to publicly defame the poor guy who collected his hot piss. Fuck that guy.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Now with testing, that number has dropped significantly.

The testing is a joke. The only ones getting caught are either too cheap/poor to buy the good stuff or are fucking idiots.