Pujols
Re: Pujols
Performance enhancing drugs have been a part of baseball for a long time. Has anyone read Ball Four by Jim Bouton? It is a good look inside baseball.
"I would say there are only a couple of guys on a team that don't take greenies before a game. One or two guys. That's called going out there naked. And you hear it all the time from teammates, 'You're not going to play naked, are you?' And even the guys who are against greenies may be taking diet pills or popping 25 caffeine pills and they're up there [at bat] with their hands shaking. So how good is that? This game is so whacked out that guys will take anything to get an edge. You got a pill that will make me feel better? Let me have it." Ken Caminiti
Steroids continue to grab headlines surrounding Major League Baseball. However, the drug issue that will have the most impact in 2006 is the new ban on amphetamines.
Hot dogs, apple pie and "greenies" might as well have been the slogan for America's favorite pastime.
Jim Bouton's "Ball Four," published in 1970, was the first to openly discuss the clubhouse use of "greenies." How long they have been a part of the game is unknown.
Starting in 1970, use of amphetamines without a prescription was a federal crime; nonetheless, they have been an institution in the game of baseball.
Many retired players recall "greenies" being in big jelly bean jars for the taking.
It wasn't uncommon for a veteran on a slumping team to throw a bunch inside of the coffee pot to literally jump-start his club.
It was common knowledge that "greenies" were in the game and in the clubhouse. Some players were known as the team pharmacists.
This year, for the first time, every big league player will be tested for amphetamines.
"I would say there are only a couple of guys on a team that don't take greenies before a game. One or two guys. That's called going out there naked. And you hear it all the time from teammates, 'You're not going to play naked, are you?' And even the guys who are against greenies may be taking diet pills or popping 25 caffeine pills and they're up there [at bat] with their hands shaking. So how good is that? This game is so whacked out that guys will take anything to get an edge. You got a pill that will make me feel better? Let me have it." Ken Caminiti
Steroids continue to grab headlines surrounding Major League Baseball. However, the drug issue that will have the most impact in 2006 is the new ban on amphetamines.
Hot dogs, apple pie and "greenies" might as well have been the slogan for America's favorite pastime.
Jim Bouton's "Ball Four," published in 1970, was the first to openly discuss the clubhouse use of "greenies." How long they have been a part of the game is unknown.
Starting in 1970, use of amphetamines without a prescription was a federal crime; nonetheless, they have been an institution in the game of baseball.
Many retired players recall "greenies" being in big jelly bean jars for the taking.
It wasn't uncommon for a veteran on a slumping team to throw a bunch inside of the coffee pot to literally jump-start his club.
It was common knowledge that "greenies" were in the game and in the clubhouse. Some players were known as the team pharmacists.
This year, for the first time, every big league player will be tested for amphetamines.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. Pre