Whose Ratings Should be Dropped in MLB '09: The Show?

[Jdurg]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoeRyan33

A-Roid. Now that everyone has their eyes on him, he might have to think twice before he injects himself. Expect his form to slide considerably.

I have trouble seeing how it's going to matter since his last injection was in 2003..........................

[twiztiddarkangelman]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoeRyan33

A-Roid. Now that everyone has their eyes on him, he might have to think twice before he injects himself. Expect his form to slide considerably.

If you look over his whole career in baseball, his stats don't vary that much year to year. What I'm saying is, there isn't a very big spike in his stats, like say for Sosa. Unless you just want to say he's been juicing since high school. I am going out on a limb and say you won't see a big difference in his over all numbers.

[NAFBUC]

I have to think that AROD will have a down year. He will be under immense pressure to perform this year. Every road game will be a circus, and you know how the NY tabloids sensationalize ARODs every move.

The new info of a steroid dealer (who has been banned by MLB from all team facilities) has been checked into the same hotel as AROD thru 2007 will open additional questions.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...=.jsp&c_id=mlb

The book coming out in April by Selena Roberts (according to sources that have seen excerpts of the book) will bring more pressure on AROD.

[Jdurg]

^^^My question is, why the hell is she waiting until April? Oh, that's right. She wants to wait until the public and the media have settled down and gone back to normal, then she will release more stuff out there just to get some attention.

This is the garbage that I hate about this whole steroids crap. Not the players using the steroids, but the media and the "gimme attention" whores who have to make sure that we are always focused on stuipd **** like this.

I want to know about the other 103 names on the list. Why haven't they been "outed"? What this whole thing is doing is telling people that if you are a star you can't use PED's because you'll be outed whether or not your testing was anonymous. If you are a nobody, however, you can keep using PED's because even if you test positive your name will never be outed. I think that is far worse than hearing about the stars using PED's.

If this Selena woman wants to gain my respect, she'll release the names of everybody on that list or spend some time searching for who those people are. Instead, she's just an attention grabbing whore in my eyes.

[Ohpityme]

Players who should have higher ratings:
Nick Markakis
Bobby Abreu
Carlos Beltran
Adrian Beltre
Grady Sizemore
Off the top of my head that is.
I do think Tulo, Verlander and Penny are going to bounce back though...its hard to know with Cano.

[twiztiddarkangelman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jdurg

^^^My question is, why the hell is she waiting until April? Oh, that's right. She wants to wait until the public and the media have settled down and gone back to normal, then she will release more stuff out there just to get some attention. This is the garbage that I hate about this whole steroids crap. Not the players using the steroids, but the media and the "gimme attention" whores who have to make sure that we are always focused on stuipd **** like this. I want to know about the other 103 names on the list. Why haven't they been "outed"? What this whole thing is doing is telling people that if you are a star you can't use PED's because you'll be outed whether or not your testing was anonymous. If you are a nobody, however, you can keep using PED's because even if you test positive your name will never be outed. I think that is far worse than hearing about the stars using PED's. If this Selena woman wants to gain my respect, she'll release the names of everybody on that list or spend some time searching for who those people are. Instead, she's just an attention grabbing whore in my eyes.

First off Ms. Roberts has no say when the book will be released, that's solely in the hands of her publisher. They are releasing like the 16th of April, opening day at the new Stadium. Tacky perhaps, but it makes sure that people are talking about it more.


As for the 103 other names. I haven't heard anywhere where she has those names.
My guess is the Feds are slowly releasing names here, after all besides the players union and baseball itself, the Feds are the only ones who had this list. The Feds would be the only ones with any kind of motive to put names out there.

And finally you can't blame Ms. Roberts for this story. The fault clearly lies at the feet of ARod and all those others who have cheated. For not for their cheating, there would be no scandal or a blackeye for this wonderful sport.

[Jdurg]

Okay. I agree about the publisher being responsible for the release and believe that it is a horrific bit of timing. Still, it doesn't explain why the public lauds Gaylord Perry and considers him a HOFer when his entire career was based off of blatant cheating and disrespect for the rules, yet guys who use PED's are executed for it?

[twiztiddarkangelman]

I guess they look at Perry "doctoring" the ball, or Nettles putting "superballs" in his bat, or Sosa using cork in his bat in a different light. I can't speak to what doctoring a bat really does for a hitter, I know first hand if you do things to a baseball you will absolutely cause change in the way it rotates. I think the question is how much do these things effect the game when compared to the drug issue. I just think that they are looked at differently. I mean doctoring bats and balls IMO is looked at almost in amusement by sportscasters when these things have come out. Almost like they were just quirky little things. It seems like the whole drug issue is being taken far more seriously. But ironically, no one in the game or the people reporting the game seemed to mind this was going on until it became a federal case. And this is just my opinion.