Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The All-Roids Team part 1


Barry before his head grew 5 inches


Bonds, Sosa, McGwire, Palmero-Palmerio-Palmiaro, fuck it, you know who I'm talking about. Those names are all synonamus with steroid use. Everyone knows that.

I decided to rack my brain and think of people who took steroids that slipped under everyones' radar. Some you know, some you don't. Hell, one of them even admitted taking them before he died.

Without further ado, here is the first part of the list, The Infield.

Fuck You you cheating bastards.


Sandy Alolmar Jr. - Catcher (Tie)
Is/Was he on steroids? Maybe. What I want to know is how
was he a 6-time All-Star?!?!? He's fucking terrible. 324AVG 21HR 83RBI one year and 235avg 6hr 44rbi the next? Talk about a lack of production. What did he do? Forget to pay his dealer? Not to mention he was an All-Star that year!! Holy Shit!! That is embarassing.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa02.shtml

Todd Hundley - Catcher (tie) - Randy Hundley II was the man who started this discussion. It is simply amazing how with the aid of a needle, some cream, and a few weighted trunk twists, 15hr 51rbi one year can turn into 41hr 112rbi. A truly great job of showing how one's chemist can suddenly help you put up hall of fame numbers yet suddenly spiral into mediocraty again.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hundlto01.shtml

Terry Steinbach - Catcher (tie) - A good contact hitter with decent numbers all of a sudden rivals Hundley in a "Holy Shit how did that happen season?!?!?" Just look at 1996. Again, I won't listen to anything other
than guilt. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/steinte01.shtml

Brad Fullmer - 1B (tie) - Even if he passed his piss test I wouldn't believe it. Fullmer looked like he could reverse curl 400lbs without straining. He's listed at 6'1 185lbs. Are you kidding me?!?! Was that in high school? Does he look like he weighs 185lbs in the picture to the left?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fullmbr01.shtml

Jeff Bagwell - 1B (tie) - I know this one is pretty obvious. Stretch marks on a persons cheek is normal right? http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bagweje01.shtml

Davey Johnson - 2B (tie) - Since Arnold was taking them in 1973, so was this guy.
However, he could fall into the category of "I didn't know what I was
taking". Still, the one breakout season he had is insane. Almost Brady Anderson like? http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsda02.shtml

Brett Boone - 2B (tie) - It's always normal when a second baseman looks like a left-guard. Sure, it was the crappy American League pitching that caused him to destroy the baseball. Popeye didn't have forearms that big.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonebr01.shtml

Carlos Baerga - 2B (tie) - Props to my brother for this one. Apparently the government put the kaibash on him receiving packages from the homeland to aid his performance after 1995.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/baergca01.shtml

Ken Caminiti - 3B - He died from them, I guess that counts.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caminke01.shtml

Kevin Elster - SS (tie) - Another one people forget. I remember that big year he had, do you? It was insane. The ball wasn't the only thing "juiced." http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elsteke01.shtml

John Valentin - SS (tie) - 1995 anyone? Another overlooked juice monkey.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenjo02.shtml

Jay Bell - SS (tie) - I doubt it, but numbers don't lie. You never know what Bonds gave to him when Jay was a member of Pittsburgh's killer "Bs". Plus I hate people that wear glasses and play shortstop.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellja01.shtml