That's exactly what Nameless Manager said, Chuck.

From everything I've read, it makes perfect sense that pitchers especially could get caught up in steroid use. I think the average person might think you take steroids, and your muscles grow bigger. That's not the way they work - they actually help your muscles heal faster, so you can work out more often and get stronger, quicker. In the case of pitchers, just quickening the healing process after an outing of throwing breaking balls would be a great help. And certainly that's Gordon's specialty - the slider. But, he was that way with the Cubs as well; either untouchable or very touchable. (Huh?... :eek: ) So, can someone give Victor Conti's business card to Kerry Wood, please? ;)

Btw, I'm also a big Steve Stone fan. I've heard him on some of the regional Fox weekend games; does anyone know if he's working full-time somewhere? I hope he gets the chance at some point to be a GM somewhere; after all, if Bob Brenly can go from the broadcast booth to manager, surely Steve can get that same chance?

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Tigers:
2 of 3 from White Sox and 3 of 5 from Twins.
Cool!

Your big problem, mick, is the A's -- who are on fire and suddenly tied for the wild card. The Tigers are only 4 out of the wild card, which sounds good until you realize that there are 5 teams ahead of them. (Sounds like the NL East!) I think it's great, tho. Good for the fans to be hopeful, for a change.

Chuck,
If that's my *big problem*, then life is a cinch. :)

The Tigers seem to be doing better since Trammell kicked Gibson off as bench manager and made him the hitting coach.
mick

If only, huh? I hear ya. :)

More games in which he can injure his arm again . . .

Actually, it's his shoulder, but who's counting.

Now, here's something that shows I don't have a medical degree - there was an article that quoted the team trainer: "The steroid they injected in there is used to decrease the inflammation in the joint," Cubs trainer Mark O'Neal said. "He's getting irritation to the joint when he's throwing. This is an aggressive approach to quiet it down."

Steroids are illegal, right? Or is it just certain types? Maybe this was the "clear" he got from Barry?

Just wait 'till next year. :rolleyes:

My guess would be that they're using a different type of steroid, likely non-anabolic. Probably something along the lines of prednisone, just to keep the swelling down.

I thought one of the other stories I read said it was a cortisone shot. Is (something)isone just another form of steroid? Can you tell I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night?

To my knowledge, yes.

Amazing game in Toronto last night. 18 innings. Longest game in the bigs this year. I listened to the last 4 innings on my XM while on my way home from camp. Funny thing was that the game was scoreless for the first 8 innings. Then each team scored once in the ninth, then it was scoreless for the next 8 and a half innings, when Toronto finally won it in the bottom of the 18th.

I kind of wonder if the guy who scored in the bottom of the ninth was out there in the 16th thinking, "Why couldn't I have been thrown out?!?!" :)

Yes, it was Chuck. And the right team won as well! :)

I left a football soire hoping to return home just in time to catch the 9th. I did, and then some! LOL. I stayed up until the end.

Bad luck for LAA - they had to bail right away to go play the NYY I believe.

It wasn't great baseball to watch. There were few hits. Probably something like 7 and 7 or 8 and 8, which in 18 innings, is 3 or 4 per team per game. Uck.

LAA F4 should have had the grounder at the end. Score it as E4. I liked the idea of bringing in a 5th infielder.

I was listening to part of that game as well. To me it's fascinating to hear about all the strategy, even going so far as to affect today's game. LA used so many pitchers last night/this morning that they are looking to add another pitcher to the roster for today's game. I wonder how many pinch hitters were used, or how many players were left on the bench at the end? Heck, if this game was at Wrigley there would've been a second rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". (Although, I wonder if the personality that sang in the seventh would've still been around to sing the second time, or if their "people" would've had them outta there?)

The more interesting stat, IMO anyways, was the time of game - 4 hours 50 minutes.

When I watch BOS/NYY games on FOX, they seem to average about 4:15 - 4:30.

Could FOX maybe take a lesson from last night's game?