Ted Striker Wrote:
Yail Bloor Wrote:
Well the questions that I was going to expand with were:
"Do you care?" Yes. Get by on your physical talent alone without any "help". If you've reached an age where you feel you need an extra boost it's time to pack it in and not fall back on artificial ways to keep going.
"Does it change your perception of Clemons or other players?" Yeah, if he has used it would. Level playing field. No unfair advantages
I'm a Braves fan and there is only one Braves player from this run who I KNOW for sure did steroids (Brett Boone) but I'm not sure how I would feel if I found out that Chipper, Andruw, Justice or Smoltz did.
I mean, I know Greg Maddux is a cheater, and it really doesnt bug me much. Cheating has been a part of the game since Ty Cobb days. I mean stealing signs, pitchers fuckin' with baseballs etc. I know it's inconsistent but that stuff doesn't bother me as much as steroid use.
Speaking of cheaters:
I'll be interested in what Bob has to say about Mike Scott. C'mon, Bob, I don't believe he was ever caught, but the dude
had to be doing some crazy shit to that ball in '86.
Steve
'86 was the best LCS ever. Mets are sooooooooo lucky they didn't have to face Mike Scott in a Game 7. Otherwise, Buckner would have booted a Kevin Bass grounder in the World Series.
As I understand it, the whole Mike Scott phenomenon was really just a flukey harmonic convergence of an athlete reaching his physical peak relatively late in his career at the exact time he learned the perfect weapon to compliment his skills: Roger Craig's split-finger fastball.
GREATEST FT PREDICTION THAT EVER CAME TRUE:
Back in college, me and another hardcore Astros fan (I didn't throw my support behind the Rangers until moving to Dallas many years later) were watching CNN Headline Sports before heading to class the day Mike Scott was set to take the mound in a potential division-clincher against the Giants, when I said, "Wouldn't it be wild if he went out there and THREW A NO-HITTER to clinch the division?" Needless to say, after returning from classes, we were both pretty shocked to learn my ass was Nostradamus that day.
