Report: Ortiz not sure if he took steroids

[thiefinthenight]

It appears Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is not sure if he has taken steroids.

Ortiz told the Boston Herald that he could not say definitively if he had ever used performance-enhancing drugs in the past. The burly designated hitter also said that if he did, it happened when he was much younger.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ortizsteroids&prov=st&type=lgns

[The C]

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Eh? We're still on this? At least he is some what honest.

They should have asked him if he even owns a glove to field.

[Blaxican8504]

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In a similar story on ESPN, he says that he doesnt think Barry Bonds took steroids.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2863623

[chippered]

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In a similar story on ESPN, he says that he doesnt think Barry Bonds took steroids.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2863623

I can see what he's saying. I mean, Bonds has been way better than anybody in the game when healthy. How much better can they make you? And if others are taking them, why arent they as good?

[SPTO]

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I can see what he's saying. I mean, Bonds has been way better than anybody in the game when healthy. How much better can they make you? And if others are taking them, why arent they as good?

I think some people forget that Bonds was an elite player before most people thought he started taking 'roids. Didn't he have a 50 HR season his first year in San Fran?

As for Ortiz not being sure he took steroids or performing enhancers...well that's like a guy saying he's not sure if drank one too many before causing a 6 car pileup on the highway.

[Beantown]

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I think some people forget that Bonds was an elite player before most people thought he started taking 'roids. Didn't he have a 50 HR season his first year in San Fran?

As for Ortiz not being sure he took steroids or performing enhancers...well that's like a guy saying he's not sure if drank one too many before causing a 6 car pileup on the highway.

Yeah, Bonds was amazing before the whole steroids thing happened.

And I see what you're saying...but he said if he took them, it was when he was younger and there's very little chance they'd be affecting him, or helping him, or doing anything to him at all these days, as he is obviously not taking them anymore. And yes, I'd say that for any player, even if it wasn't a Red Sox player.

[Cebby]

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I think some people forget that Bonds was an elite player before most people thought he started taking 'roids. Didn't he have a 50 HR season his first year in San Fran?

Bonds was an amazing player before the steroids, but he wasn't a power hitter. He had 14 years where he hit over 40 homeruns three times. Then his SLG shot up 100 points and 200 the next year and he hit 45+ HRs the next 5 years.

[Misfit]

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Kind of a sensational title for a pretty bland interview. Basically, he's just drawing attention to the fact that you have no idea what you're getting when you buy supplements in a place like the Dominican. It sounds more like he's trying to make light of the whole steroid situation and take a little heat off of someone like Bonds.

[Gary Armida]

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Kind of a sensational title for a pretty bland interview. Basically, he's just drawing attention to the fact that you have no idea what you're getting when you buy supplements in a place like the Dominican. It sounds more like he's trying to make light of the whole steroid situation and take a little heat off of someone like Bonds.

I totally agree with you here. It was a bland interview with a big title. Nothing new yet I'm sure Dan Patrick will do 2 hours of radio on this tomorrow. He loves this kind of stuff. I can hear him now, "Keith, is he any different from Giambi".

[BosDuke]

Re: Report: Ortiz not sure if he took steroids

Kind of a sensational title for a pretty bland interview. Basically, he's just drawing attention to the fact that you have no idea what you're getting when you buy supplements in a place like the Dominican. It sounds more like he's trying to make light of the whole steroid situation and take a little heat off of someone like Bonds.

Exactly. I've never bought anything in the Dominican, but I wouldn't trust these "supplements", which is why he got off them the moment he got sceptical of them. I certainly hope people aren't making too much of this.

As for Bonds, I really can't tell you whether he took steroids or not, even though there seems to be overwelming support that he did. Even so, I still feel like his HR chase is bad for baseball and really wish it wasn't happening.

[joeysosa]

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Anyone who "doesn't know" whether they took steroids or not VERY likely takes steroids. I called that David Ortiz is a roider years ago, when everyone attacked (and still attack) Bonds, but turn a blind eye on guys like Ortiz and Manny.

If you think Bonds did (which I do), then there's no reason to think that Ortiz and Manny didn't. It's just sad that Bonds is always the center of attention while Ortiz is hailed as the media's posterboy of everything good in the MLB.

[NYJets]

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If you think Bonds did (which I do), then there's no reason to think that Ortiz and Manny didn't.

Huh?

Bonds has admitted to unknowingly taken steroids, and there are tons of links to steroids and evidence that he has taken them, even if you ignore his production on the field.

There is no evidence that Ortiz or Manny has taken steroids. It is just a complete guess based on the fact that they hit a lot of homeruns.

[The Chef]

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Anyone who "doesn't know" whether they took steroids or not VERY likely takes steroids. I called that David Ortiz is a roider years ago, when everyone attacked (and still attack) Bonds, but turn a blind eye on guys like Ortiz and Manny.

If you think Bonds did (which I do), then there's no reason to think that Ortiz and Manny didn't. It's just sad that Bonds is always the center of attention while Ortiz is hailed as the media's posterboy of everything good in the MLB.

Bonds admitted to taking steroids, he just said he took them unknowingly, throw in all the different comparison shots of Bonds, the numerous books pointing to him taking them and his attitude about pretty much everything in general leads to everyone talking about him having taken steroids.

[Beantown]

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I called that David Ortiz is a roider years ago,

He may have taken steroids when he was younger, and now he's a roider?

Give me a break.

[The Chef]

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He may have taken steroids when he was younger, and now he's a roider?

Give me a break.

This person has made numerous posts supporting Bonds in regards to steroids so he obviously has an agenda and needs to justify that Bonds did it by throwing other players under the bus so as to make Bonds sound less guilty and more like he was just doing what everyone else was doing.