Steroids Blog

David Ortiz recently remarked that he became a frustrated soul after a hitless game, numbing loss, and one more day full with questions on steroids.

Ortiz also remarked that steroid circumstances enveloping him are distracting him to the limits.

From NYTimes.com:

In Ortiz’s brief exchange with reporters Thursday, he was not too comfortable. He typically stands by his locker and jokes with reporters. But when reporters descended upon him, he remained seated and kept his back to them. Then he used the Soulja Boy song as his version of a bouncer.

Other than that, he tried hard to be the normally bubbly Big Papi. He posed for pictures in the dugout, he signed autographs behind the plate and he teased teammates.

Still, as beloved as Ortiz has been in helping the Red Sox win World Series titles in 2004 and 2007, his legacy changed once it was reported that he was on the list of players who had tested positive. When Major League Baseball began testing for steroids in 2003, the list of those who failed the tests that year was supposed to remain anonymous. But the results were never destroyed.

The court-sealed results are presently the litigation subject between the union and the government. The spirit of baseball has once again been shown in bad light by reports like this.

Curtis Wenzlaff, a convicted drug dealer, who claimed to have supplied steroids to Mark McGwire says that he think that the baseball slugger was not completely truthful about his steroid confession while telling the reason of using performance-enhancing drugs in his interview with Bob Costas on the MLB Network on Jan. 11, 2010.

It was remarked by Wenzlaff said while speaking with ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” on Thursday that McGwire’s goal was to use steroids to get “bigger, faster, stronger” for improving his on-field performance.

From MLB.MLB.Com:

McGwire said in his interview with Costas that “in the winter ‘89 into ‘90, I was given a couple weeks worth, tried it, never thought anything of it, just moved on from it.”

It was only later, following the injury-ravaged 1993-94 seasons that McGwire says he once again began using PEDs to recover from injury. McGwire contends that his use from ‘94 on was a low-dose regimen designed solely to return him to health, not to augment his performance.

“I chuckled,” Wenzlaff said when asked his reaction to McGwire’s claim that he took steroids to heal from injury. “If excelling and kicking [butt] on the field is the end result, I guess that’s a healthy, good feeling. But for health, there are other things you can take for health that are anabolic, but it wouldn’t be that type of combination.”

Wenzlaff also said he thinks the combination of drugs he provided McGwire would’ve helped his hand-eye coordination.

“When you implement into what you are doing — for instance, hitting — an individualized, specialized program with muscle growth and explosiveness … while you’re on your drugs, it will improve your hand-eye coordination,” he said.

McGwire, the Cardinals’ newly appointed hitting coach, then reintroduced himself to St. Louis fans during the club’s Winter Warm-Up on Sunday and received a standing ovation.

The revelation by Wenzlaff is believed to hurt image of the baseball slugger, once more for sure.

Former Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Jose Canseco may have longed retired from baseball and has moved on to boxing but his reputation will also be connected with steroids use during his MLB days.

He was recently at the 350 Grill in Springfield to promote his fight with Todd Poulton at the Springfield Sheraton on November 6.

After the preliminary introductions of seven fighters, one trainer and one promoter, Celebrity Boxing promoter Damon Feldman opened the floor for questions.

Imagine Canseco’s disappointment when the first question thrown at him did not have something to do with the fight or his boxing career in general. Instead, it was about how he advises his son to stay away from steroids use.

According to Canseco, he simply tells his son not to do it. After retiring from baseball, Canseco turned to boxing and mixed martial arts.

His recent MMA fights include a fight with a Japanese professional but he lost in less than two minutes, a lost fight with former Philadelphia Eagle Vai Sikahema and a draw with former child actor Danny Bonaduce.

Canseco wrote two books about steroids and did a documentary about his life on his steroids abuse. In April, he gave a talk at the University of Southern California. In May, after Ramirez tested positive for steroids, he called his own press conference at his Beverly Hills home with only one reporter showing up.

From The Berkshire Eagle:

SPRINGFIELD – Jose Canseco swaggered in wearing designer jeans, a leather jacket, a tight, white shirt and sunglasses that didn’t leave his eyes for an entire press conference — or as he sipped a drink in a dimly lit bar afterwards.

Synthetic growth hormones are substances that mimic the hormone produced by our pituitary gland. Because of this, the substance is hard to detect during screening tests within just a few hours after injecting it in the bloodstream. Unlike anabolic steroids, researchers still have some difficulties comprehending the full mechanism and effects of growth hormones on athletes. Even now, they are still in the process of developing a specific test to detect usage in athletes.

Growth hormones produce a more balanced muscle development. Athletes or any user who want to bulk up but do not want to look abnormally big on top prefer to use this over anabolic steroids. It also has some additional benefits to the body like helping it to recover faster from injuries.

Anabolic steroids on the other hand are substances similar to testosterone. It also aids in muscle development and is widely used by weightlifters, football players and even baseball players due to its particular effect in building upper body strength.

Back in 2003, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz and teammate Manny Ramirez were allegedly found to be using performance-enhancing drugs. Anabolic steroids can be detected in urine even after a few weeks from using it. It also has some side effects to it like hormonal imbalances, aggression, smaller testicles and hypertension.

From Boston.com:

Steroids are especially seductive for baseball players, where upper-body strength - for batting and pitching - are critical. Similarly, the man-made chemicals would appeal to football players, who also depend on upper-body brute force.

While steroids can help athletes pack a wallop, they aren’t likely to increase speed and would have no use in honing hand-eye coordination, specialists said. They also can lead to a raft of physical problems for users, including severe hormonal imbalances, shrunken testicles, and high blood pressure.