Bonds tests positive for amphetamines...

[Rob]

For amphetamines.

 

http://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/816866/detail.html?dest=rss|

 

 

 

I love that he tried to blame it on Mark Sweeney.

[Irishoshea21]

Sorry if this has been posted... didn't see it on a quick look around site

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2727325

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Argh, now there's even going to be more crap than usual that I'm going to have to avoid.

[OleMissCub]

What a first rate scumbag.

[Outshined_One]

Maybe he'll be like Jimi Hendrix, where he'll drop over and toxicology exams will show that he was on every single illegal drug out there, from PCP to Dimethyltryptamine.

[A New Era]

Argh, now there's even going to be more crap than usual that I'm going to have to avoid.

 

I don't understand. Are you a barroid fan?

[Outshined_One]

On the bright side, now Bonds has something else in common with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron!

[NorthsideAvenger]

On the bright side, now Bonds has something else in common with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron!

 

:-k

[Guest]

On the bright side, now Bonds has something else in common with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron!

 

:-k

Amphetamine use was rampant in baseball throughout the '50s and '60s. Their use probably didn't drop off all that much until last year's announcement of testing and punishments, but players were much less open about using them after they became less socially acceptable (not to mention illegal) in the late '60s/early '70s.

 

Mays had his own amphetamine-based concoction he dubbed "red juice." I'm not aware of any evidence (anecdotal or otherwise) linking Aaron to amphetamines, but considering the era in which he played it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if he popped a greenie now and again.

[Wheelimus]

I'm sure there was a time in the 60's and even 70's that a player might have took some and not even really known it. I'd imagine just about any MLB pot of coffee was "leaded". A lot of the more naive players probably just thought it was some damn good coffee, lol.

[davecubsfan]

It's like Christmas morning all over again :)

[wade]

So, another leak of information that was supposed to be private? The first positive test is not supposed to result in a player being named.

 

And blaming someone else? There seems to be a pattern there.

[Mark Priors Calves]

why wasn't he suspended?

[Andy]

I could care less if Bonds took amphetamines.

[CuseCubFan69]

why wasn't he suspended?

 

You get a free pass with the first test failure in MLB.

[CubsInNC]

Ya know, he woulda been smarter and saved face by paying a doctor $40k to lie for him, saying he was prescribing Adderall (dextroamphetamene) to treat Bonds' narcolepsy (which could explain his defense in LF) as well as determining if the off-label use could help his depression.

[TB_11]

Nice timing of the article, coinciding with the hoopla surrounding the lack of votes for McGwire for the HOF.

[Mark Priors Calves]

why wasn't he suspended?

 

You get a free pass with the first test failure in MLB.

 

for all drugs or just greenies?

[USSoccer]

What a first rate scumbag.

 

for the amphetamine use or the subsequent excuse?

[CuseCubFan69]

why wasn't he suspended?

 

You get a free pass with the first test failure in MLB.

 

for all drugs or just greenies?

 

All as far as I know. At least that is what they said on Mike & Mike.

[fromthestretch]

why wasn't he suspended?

 

You get a free pass with the first test failure in MLB.

 

for all drugs or just greenies?

 

According to SI.com:

 

While amphetamines are considered performance-enhancing drugs, they are treated differently than steroids under baseball's drug policy. Had Bonds failed a steroid test, he would have been suspended for 50 games, but under baseball's amphetamine policy no one is publicly identified or suspended until a second positive, which would result in a 25-game suspension. A player is suspended for 80 games for a third positive.

[CuseCubFan69]

What a first rate scumbag.

 

for the amphetamine use or the subsequent excuse?

 

I think Bonds is a well rounded scumbag.

[USSoccer]

What a first rate scumbag.

 

for the amphetamine use or the subsequent excuse?

 

I think Bonds is a well rounded scumbag.

 

Agreed, but testing positive for greenies has nothing to do with it. It just gives him something in common with nearly every other baseball player, ever.

[CubinNY]

They must have tested him right after or right before a game b/c those drugs pass through the system rather quickly.

[CuseCubFan69]

What a first rate scumbag.

 

for the amphetamine use or the subsequent excuse?

 

I think Bonds is a well rounded scumbag.

 

Agreed, but testing positive for greenies has nothing to do with it. It just gives him something in common with nearly every other baseball player, ever.

 

And he probably had some old school training. I'm curious how many other MLB'ers tested positive for amphetaminess?