Comments on: Interviewing the Rocket reporter http://riveraveblues.com/2009/03/interviewing-the-rocket-reporter-9158/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:59:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed http://riveraveblues.com/2009/03/interviewing-the-rocket-reporter-9158/#comment-305346 Ed Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:34:46 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=9158#comment-305346 You'd think that a guy who has spent so much time researching illegal drug use would know that medical studies show HGH doesn't help at all but can actually have negative effects. You’d think that a guy who has spent so much time researching illegal drug use would know that medical studies show HGH doesn’t help at all but can actually have negative effects.

]]> By: Jason @ IIATMS http://riveraveblues.com/2009/03/interviewing-the-rocket-reporter-9158/#comment-305302 Jason @ IIATMS Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:00:26 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=9158#comment-305302 Thanks for the link, Ben. Thanks to those who came by to read it. Thanks for the link, Ben. Thanks to those who came by to read it.

]]> By: steve (different one) http://riveraveblues.com/2009/03/interviewing-the-rocket-reporter-9158/#comment-305297 steve (different one) Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:47:08 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=9158#comment-305297 also, it is a MYTH that Clemens was washed up at the end of his Boston years. 1996 AL Pitchers: # NAME TEAM VORP 1. Pat Hentgen TOR 94.2 2. Alex Fernandez CHA 81.3 3. Ken Hill TEX 80.5 4. Charles Nagy CLE 78.1 5. Roger Clemens BOS 77.2 also, it is a MYTH that Clemens was washed up at the end of his Boston years.

1996 AL Pitchers:
# NAME TEAM VORP
1. Pat Hentgen TOR 94.2
2. Alex Fernandez CHA 81.3
3. Ken Hill TEX 80.5
4. Charles Nagy CLE 78.1
5. Roger Clemens BOS 77.2

]]> By: cult of basebaal http://riveraveblues.com/2009/03/interviewing-the-rocket-reporter-9158/#comment-305293 cult of basebaal Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:31:47 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=9158#comment-305293 <i>JP: I couldn't give a % at this point; it'd be a pure guess. But I still believe it to be very high. You know HGH was widely used before the so-called crackdown, and there remains no test for it. I look at a guy like Jason Giambi, and think, "He was a pretty mediocre prospect, then he takes, presumably, roids and HGH and is great. He gets caught, supposedly stops taking ... and is still great? Hard to believe. Not impossible, I guess. But hard. </i> ah yes, the famous pearlman research at work. giambi was drafted 2 slots after Todd Helton, 58th overall in the '92 draft and basically smacked the crap out the ball until he was called up by the A's in '95. guess that means that "mediocre" todd helton must have used too. also, if 1/2 clemens' reason to start using steroids was to show he wasn't done in 96, why did he not start using steroids (by mcnamee's testimony) until '98? at least when pearlman admits he's has no idea about things (what % of players are using in 2009) we don't have to assume he's making things up ... JP: I couldn’t give a % at this point; it’d be a pure guess. But I still believe it to be very high. You know HGH was widely used before the so-called crackdown, and there remains no test for it. I look at a guy like Jason Giambi, and think, “He was a pretty mediocre prospect, then he takes, presumably, roids and HGH and is great. He gets caught, supposedly stops taking … and is still great? Hard to believe. Not impossible, I guess. But hard.

ah yes, the famous pearlman research at work.

giambi was drafted 2 slots after Todd Helton, 58th overall in the ’92 draft and basically smacked the crap out the ball until he was called up by the A’s in ’95.
guess that means that “mediocre” todd helton must have used too.

also, if 1/2 clemens’ reason to start using steroids was to show he wasn’t done in 96, why did he not start using steroids (by mcnamee’s testimony) until ’98?

at least when pearlman admits he’s has no idea about things (what % of players are using in 2009) we don’t have to assume he’s making things up …

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/03/interviewing-the-rocket-reporter-9158/#comment-305292 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:24:21 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=9158#comment-305292 http://stuffwhitetrashpeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/28-balls/ http://stuffwhitetrashpeopleli...../28-balls/

]]> By: radnom http://riveraveblues.com/2009/03/interviewing-the-rocket-reporter-9158/#comment-305283 radnom Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:12:15 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=9158#comment-305283 Nice interview, I took away two specific things from it. 1. Pearlman attributes equal blame (%5) for the steroid era to clean players as he does to the media? ..... yeah ok 2. They mentioned this - http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Top-O-The-Order-A-Roger-Clemens-story-you-ll-w?urn=mlb,137562 - in passing. I don't know if this was widespread and I just missed it, but holy shit clemens really was out of his mind Nice interview, I took away two specific things from it.

1. Pearlman attributes equal blame (%5) for the steroid era to clean players as he does to the media? ….. yeah ok

2. They mentioned this -
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/bl.....mlb,137562

- in passing.

I don’t know if this was widespread and I just missed it, but holy shit clemens really was out of his mind

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