Here's a shocker: David Wells probably didn't take steroids during his 21-year playing career. Boomer told the New York Daily News on Sunday that while Jose Canseco offered him HGH in 2001, he declined performance enhancers both then and at other other available venues during his career. Jose Canseco offering David Wells' steroids sounds more like a bad SNL skit than something that actually happened in real life. Maybe my favorite part of this story is the money quote that Wells, who was (if you don't recall for some reason) rather fond of food and beer during his playing days, gave to the Daily News when discussing Canseco's offer, "That stuff is not good for the game and it is not good for your body." Yep. David Wells was all about what's good for the body.
Of course, like most ex-players, Wells takes someone mentioning steroids within a 12-mile radius of him as an opportunity to pontificate about how everyone that took any sort of performance enhancers is a cheating dirtbag (OK, that's me paraphrasing) and blah blah blah Pete Rose, blah blah blah Shoeless Joe Jackson, blah blah blah, are we done yet?
Boomer used to claim that he pitched his perfect game while "half drunk," but somehow he's qualified to pass judgment on Alex Rodriguez because he declined Jose Canseco's offer of HGH? And he does it in the best way possible, too, using the classy, "I'm going to pretend I don't want to say something bad about this guy but then when I say, 'but,' I'm just going to slam him," trick.
Somehow, the infuriating discussion on the Steroid Era has led to David Wells telling people what is and isn't good for your body. What is the world coming to?
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6-08-2009 @ 1:14AM
James said...
Lackey, what a perfect name for an idiot author on an idiotic topic. The media rips the players apart for using PEDs, now Lackey is mocking Wells because he turned them down. Go figure. Wells can eat all he wants...nothing illegal about it. This idiot writer is trying to compare Wells eating habits with taking HGH? This guy has way to much time on his hands.
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6-08-2009 @ 10:53AM
Tim Luczak said...
I couldn't agree more
6-08-2009 @ 3:22PM
billyp01 said...
when its all said and done at the end of the day its still..
David Wells- pitched a perfect game naturally during the era of baseball which is nicknamed the "juiced" era..
Pat Lackey- sitting behind a computer desk talking about someones weight problems when he himself is prob some fat bastard
you people blog about how everyone was wrong for taking steroids and you blog now for someone who didnt take them exactly whats wrong with our country
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6-09-2009 @ 12:10AM
es30 said...
True David Wells is not the "posterchild" of the healthy lifestyle. Many Americans have diets like his and end up with predictable results- heart disease, etc. However, baseball is one sport where skills like having a live arm and throwing a ball with high velocity and good movement take precedent over physical fitness. You can be a fat slob and still be a great hitter or pitcher. From Babe Ruth to Mo Vaughn, there are a multitude of examples. All things being equal, if you are bigger and stronger- as from steroids- the ball will travel farther when you make contact. Since most fans don't seem to care and like to see 12-10 games with six 500 ft. homeruns, MLB might as well legalize them. At least there would be a level playing field- with all players having an equal chance- not just the ones who get away with it.
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