An old friend once said 'what appears to be random is usually well planned, and what appears to be planned is usually quite random', or something like that.
As Larry Brown says (with a link to the LA Times) today is Barry Bonds Steroid Awareness Day at Dodger Stadium. Coincidence? Of course. Coincidence that prolific home run hitter Barry Bonds leads the Giants into LA. Readers might need to be reminded that whispers about Bonds' PED use echoed in the past.
This was something I alluded to on Saturday in the FanHouse Top Five. Tonight, the Dodgers will be hosting a steroids awareness day. Non-coincidentally, tonight also happens to be the finale of the series against Barry Bonds and the Giants. The Dodgers however, are insisting it is indeed mere coincidence:
The clinic was originally scheduled for June 29, when the Dodgers played the San Diego Padres. But the Taylor Hooton Foundation, which is running the clinic with the Dodgers, had to postpone the event. The late Taylor Hooton, a high school player whose 2003 suicide was tied to steroid use, is the cousin of former Dodgers pitcher Burt Hooton.
"This has nothing to do with who we're playing," Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch said. "It's the date that was the best fit for us and the Hooton Foundation."
Obviously these concerns are over now. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig was shown in attendance last night, enjoying a well deserved Dodger-dog (maybe a dog and a beer will relieve the butterflies he must be feeling as Bonds swings for the fences).
Clearly the myth that Bonds injected 'roids vanished; evidence suggests that Bonds not only used stanozolol, nandrolone, testosterone, but also HGH, insulin, clomid and stimulants. But who's counting?
Bonds appears stuck at #754, however he will likely burst out of that slump soon. ESPN looks like they love the Bonds fest; and why not, Bonds' is a very talented baseball player. Sure wish Hank Aaron would enjoy this spectacle. Sure wish a guy like Taylor Hooton were alive to enjoy the celebration.
so where did this hooton kid get steroids from? How was he getting them from a doctor(?) WITHOUT the father knowing????
What kind of health insurance was this kid on?
I am tired of the father whining when he was NO WHERE when the kid was taking them. OK start bashing me more being insensive aka honest
Posted by: fredbeene | 08/03/2007 at 12:52
From the Nation:
Hooton was apparently getting his juice from sellers on the street or at the local Y. It's pretty easy to get gear from gyms or on the street.
Hooton took anabolic steroids and clomid. He became depressed, possibly from steroid withdrawel.
Hooton's parent took the teenager to a psychiatrist who began treating him for depression. However after parental discipline (he stole a computer) he hung himself.
Posted by: GRG | 08/03/2007 at 14:27
One would think that a police investigation would have uncovered the source of the steroids and they would be prosecuted.....but knowing the police they probably took it for themselves.....boy have i become cynical? or realistic?
Posted by: fredbeene | 08/06/2007 at 10:13
From the Nation:
Funny comment, but true Fred. There are numerous cases of cops and firemen using 'roids.
We heard about one cop as the local supplier of 'roids at a gym.
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