Comments on: THERE’S A SPRING IN MY STEP http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/02/20/theres-a-spring-in-my-step/ A daily account of the trials and tribulations of the New York Mets. Contact me at sinymets@aol.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eagle http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/02/20/theres-a-spring-in-my-step/comment-page-1/#comment-52315 Eagle Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:16:15 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/02/20/theres-a-spring-in-my-step/#comment-52315 <i>but there is no proof that steroids give you the hand eye coordination you need to hit a baseball as we see as many of the players on the list of guys who tested possitive are mostly C and D list players</i> Steroids also make you more confident and aggressive. I'll check on the hand/eye stuff. I remember reading something in the London Times about the effect it has on tennis players. As for the C & D players, I keep thinking about my friend Danny Peltier who had a cup of coffee in the big leagues in the mid 90s. Could he have made a career if not for those C & D players who cheated to take his place from him?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('52315','Eagle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('52315','Eagle','<i>but there is no proof that steroids give you the hand eye coordination you need to hit a baseball as we see as many of the players on the list of guys who tested possitive are mostly C and D list players<\/i>\r\n\r\nSteroids also make you more confident and aggressive. I\'ll check on the hand\/eye stuff. I remember reading something in the London Times about the effect it has on tennis players.\r\n\r\nAs for the C & D players, I keep thinking about my friend Danny Peltier who had a cup of coffee in the big leagues in the mid 90s. Could he have made a career if not for those C & D players who cheated to take his place from him?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> but there is no proof that steroids give you the hand eye coordination you need to hit a baseball as we see as many of the players on the list of guys who tested possitive are mostly C and D list players

Steroids also make you more confident and aggressive. I’ll check on the hand/eye stuff. I remember reading something in the London Times about the effect it has on tennis players.

As for the C & D players, I keep thinking about my friend Danny Peltier who had a cup of coffee in the big leagues in the mid 90s. Could he have made a career if not for those C & D players who cheated to take his place from him?

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]]> By: Frank from Jersey http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/02/20/theres-a-spring-in-my-step/comment-page-1/#comment-52284 Frank from Jersey Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:56:52 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/02/20/theres-a-spring-in-my-step/#comment-52284 Those performance enhancing drugs do NOT give extra hand eye coordination - that is like your throwing arm or how fast you can run -- it's a God given talent. What PED's do though is give you extra strength which for hitters will mean better bat speed and power. Now you can hit those 98 mpg fastballs where before you could not catch up. Also if you are hittng the ball harder, it makes sense the ball has a better chance of finding a hole or gap to become a hit. For a pitcher, you are talking extra arm strength throughout the arm - throwing harder, tighter, sharper break on pitches as you can snap the ball better. The thing is, you do have to have talent before taking the stuff to become extraordinary. The C and D list players that got busted wanted to become B and C players with at least a chance to be a consistant major leaguer.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('52284','Frank from Jersey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('52284','Frank from Jersey','Those performance enhancing drugs do NOT give extra hand eye coordination - that is like your throwing arm or how fast you can run -- it\'s a God given talent. What PED\'s do though is give you extra strength which for hitters will mean better bat speed and power. Now you can hit those 98 mpg fastballs where before you could not catch up. Also if you are hittng the ball harder, it makes sense the ball has a better chance of finding a hole or gap to become a hit. For a pitcher, you are talking extra arm strength throughout the arm - throwing harder, tighter, sharper break on pitches as you can snap the ball better. The thing is, you do have to have talent before taking the stuff to become extraordinary. The C and D list players that got busted wanted to become B and C players with at least a chance to be a consistant major leaguer.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Those performance enhancing drugs do NOT give extra hand eye coordination – that is like your throwing arm or how fast you can run — it’s a God given talent. What PED’s do though is give you extra strength which for hitters will mean better bat speed and power. Now you can hit those 98 mpg fastballs where before you could not catch up. Also if you are hittng the ball harder, it makes sense the ball has a better chance of finding a hole or gap to become a hit. For a pitcher, you are talking extra arm strength throughout the arm – throwing harder, tighter, sharper break on pitches as you can snap the ball better. The thing is, you do have to have talent before taking the stuff to become extraordinary. The C and D list players that got busted wanted to become B and C players with at least a chance to be a consistant major leaguer.
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]]> By: kranepool http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/02/20/theres-a-spring-in-my-step/comment-page-1/#comment-52278 kranepool Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:13:44 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/02/20/theres-a-spring-in-my-step/#comment-52278 but there is no proof that steroids give you the hand eye coordination you need to hit a baseball as we see as many of the players on the list of guys who tested possitive are mostly C and D list players Dumbo is Jorge Posada just look at the ears<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('52278','kranepool'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('52278','kranepool','but there is no proof that steroids give you the hand eye coordination you need to hit a baseball as we see as many of the players on the list of guys who tested possitive are mostly C and D list players\r\n\r\nDumbo is Jorge Posada just look at the ears'); return false;">Quote</a></div> but there is no proof that steroids give you the hand eye coordination you need to hit a baseball as we see as many of the players on the list of guys who tested possitive are mostly C and D list players

Dumbo is Jorge Posada just look at the ears

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]]> By: Eagle http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/02/20/theres-a-spring-in-my-step/comment-page-1/#comment-52241 Eagle Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:52:04 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/02/20/theres-a-spring-in-my-step/#comment-52241 There is still no proof that any of these substances make anyone better and can we stop with calling them “cheaters”.

I think there’s a lot of proof that steroids make you stronger and more responsive. That’s a big advantage. HGH is more of an open question.

I didn’t see the Petitte press conference. Who’s “Dumbo”?

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