Yasiel Puig

[Irrelevant Dude]

Am I wrong to be suspicious of a guy who is putting up outstanding numbers and looks like this?

 

http://www.fantasybaseballcrackerjacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Puig.jpg

 

Every time I see him play, I just can't help but think that he might be getting a little injectable (or otherwise) assistance.

[Clem Fandango]

I'm sure

 

a) He's been tested at least once and

 

b) If he was found to be cheating he'd have been suspended already

 

Players get tested all the time. Back in January of 2012, Jose Bautista said he got "randomly" tested 16 times over the previous 2 seasons.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I'm sure

 

a) He's been tested at least once and

 

b) If he was found to be cheating he'd have been suspended already

 

Players get tested all the time. Back in January of 2012, Jose Bautista said he got "randomly" tested 16 times over the previous 2 seasons.

While both of those statements are surely true, being tested and getting caught are two completely different things.

[Clem Fandango]

Then just look at his unsustainable .421 BABIP and when it comes back down to Earth, so will he.

[imb]

he's just a big athletic dude

[TruffleShuffle]

if yasiel puig's physique makes him a PED suspect then like 90% of nfl players are on roids. (which may be true)

[XZero771679666304]

if yasiel puig's physique makes him a PED suspect then like 90% of nfl players are on roids. (which may be true)

 

Yeah, not the best argument to make for Puig not being on roids. FTR, I don't have any reason tho think Puig is using PEDs, but 90% of the NFL probably is. Well, 75% at least.

[TruffleShuffle]

if yasiel puig's physique makes him a PED suspect then like 90% of nfl players are on roids. (which may be true)

 

Yeah, not the best argument to make for Puig not being on roids. FTR, I don't have any reason tho think Puig is using PEDs, but 90% of the NFL probably is. Well, 75% at least.

 

i guess it was more a complaint about the cognitive dissonance by people who gets suspicious of every baseball player who looks strong and plays well, but then cheer wildly when their favorite football team is packed with players who run like the wind yet can bench press a house.

[XZero771679666304]

if yasiel puig's physique makes him a PED suspect then like 90% of nfl players are on roids. (which may be true)

 

Yeah, not the best argument to make for Puig not being on roids. FTR, I don't have any reason tho think Puig is using PEDs, but 90% of the NFL probably is. Well, 75% at least.

 

i guess it was more a complaint about the cognitive dissonance by people who gets suspicious of every baseball player who looks strong and plays well, but then cheer wildly when their favorite football team is packed with players who run like the wind yet can bench press a house.

 

There's a sense of sanctimony around baseball that isn't there with other sports, mainly because of the reverence for the records, and mass delusion that previous eras were pristine.

 

People don't give a [expletive] about football records, they just want to see players make ridiculously athletic plays and blow each other up. It's the modern day Colosseum.

 

And yes, the dissonance is annoying.

[Sammy Sofa]

Puig is only filled with dreams and rocket fuel, how dare you.

[Irrelevant Dude]

he's just a big athletic dude

Is what was said about almost every steroid user prior to finding out they were on steroids.

[XZero771679666304]

he's just a big athletic dude

Is what was said about almost every steroid user prior to finding out they were on steroids.

 

Actually it's not. Plenty of users didn't get big and muscular, not every PED user turns into a 'roid monster. For every Bonds or McGwire, there are many more guys who got busted and didn't "look" like they were juiced.

 

It may be comforting to think that PED users are somehow visually identifiable, but the truth is that there's no way to tell without a test (and no doubt Puig has been tested multiple times by now).

[SouthSideRyan]

Alex Sanchez is just a big athletic dude

[Irrelevant Dude]

he's just a big athletic dude

Is what was said about almost every steroid user prior to finding out they were on steroids.

 

Actually it's not. Plenty of users didn't get big and muscular, not every PED user turns into a 'roid monster. For every Bonds or McGwire, there are many more guys who got busted and didn't "look" like they were juiced.

 

It may be comforting to think that PED users are somehow visually identifiable, but the truth is that there's no way to tell without a test (and no doubt Puig has been tested multiple times by now).

I agree, and I guess I didn't word my statement correctly. Not every steroid user is a big muscle-bound freak, but for those that ARE huge we typically hear the suggestion that they are just big, athletic guys up until the point that we find out there was something else involved.

[XZero771679666304]

he's just a big athletic dude

Is what was said about almost every steroid user prior to finding out they were on steroids.

 

Actually it's not. Plenty of users didn't get big and muscular, not every PED user turns into a 'roid monster. For every Bonds or McGwire, there are many more guys who got busted and didn't "look" like they were juiced.

 

It may be comforting to think that PED users are somehow visually identifiable, but the truth is that there's no way to tell without a test (and no doubt Puig has been tested multiple times by now).

I agree, and I guess I didn't word my statement correctly. Not every steroid user is a big muscle-bound freak, but for those that ARE huge we typically hear the suggestion that they are just big, athletic guys up until the point that we find out there was something else involved.

 

If Matt Holliday isn't on steroids, it'd be hard to make any presumptions about anyone based upon them looking like a musclebound freak.

[Guest]

Gabe Kapler is always rIling on its use and he was about as huge as youll ever see.

[Backtobanks]

Am I wrong to be suspicious of a guy who is putting up outstanding numbers and looks like this?

 

http://www.fantasybaseballcrackerjacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Puig.jpg

 

Every time I see him play, I just can't help but think that he might be getting a little injectable (or otherwise) assistance.

 

If you are looking at the numbers he's putting up as your criteria, Murphy and Lake are the only Cubs we need to worry about. :lol:

[weis21]

lolololololol

[Guest]

:lol:

\:D/

:lol:

:hello:

:lol:

:clapping:

:lol:

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Can someone fix the spelling of his name in the thread title, it's driving my OCD nuts.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Can someone fix the spelling of his name in the thread title, it's driving my OCD nuts.

I must admit it's been annoying me as well.

[d_money]

Gabe Kapler is always rIling on its use and he was about as huge as youll ever see.

I totally agree. He was on the Score last week commenting on PEDs. Of course - he would never touch the stuff - isn't that what they all say until they're caught?

[Sammy Sofa]

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