DLD 5/23: Giambi failed amphetamines test
by JLaff on May 23, 2007 9:53 AM PDT
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The newspaper reported that after the failed amphetamines test, Giambi is subjected to six additional tests for one year. The newspaper did not cite any sources in its report.
Giambi declined comment to the newspaper before the New York Yankees' 7-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
The Yankees slugger recently said in a USA Today interview that he was "probably tested more than anybody else."
(Figured I might as well make this the DLD)
Justin Duchscherer - 15-day DL
Huston Street - 15-day DL
Esteban Loaiza - 60-day DL
Rich Harden - 15-day DL
Chris Denorfia - 60-day DL
Bobby Kielty - 60-day DL
Mark Kotsay - 60-day DL
Chris Snelling - 15-day DL
Mike Piazza - 15-day DL
Milton Bradley - 15-day DL
Kotsay does still exist, though
Center fielder Mark Kotsay, who had surgery on his back on March 8 and is on the 60-day DL, started his rehab stint at Sacramento on Monday and went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored while playing five innings on defense.Kotsay, who spent last week playing in extended Spring Training games in Arizona, passed every test Monday, including the need to sprint on the bases and wiggle his way out of a rundown between third and home.
"This was probably the most activity I've had in a game so far, as far as running the bases, getting in a rundown and getting back on a ball," Kotsay told the Sacramento Bee. "At this point, everything worked, and there was no pain involved. It'll be interesting to see how I feel when I wake up in the morning, with the amount of work I put in and how I respond."
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don't worry, it wasn't greenies
it was good old fashion chrystal meth.
DL
My friend Sausage is learning how to become an A's fan this year. Sausage is totally confused with all the new players in and out of the line up. In staying true to form with this year's A's team, Sausage was just diagnosed with Strep Throat yesterday and will have to miss a few games.
For whatever it is he did.
Title confusing
You must be a programmer, since you have May = 4, not five.
(Programmers start counting at zero. Except for those wicked Pascal coders. Shun them!)
"Except for those wicked Pascal coders"
and Fortran victims.
by green star oakland on May 23, 2007 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Is that
Grey matter or is it actually a operating system? I'm computer, what's the opposite of savvy? Unsavvy?
by mlleaimee on May 23, 2007 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Bring. It. On.
When I'm done, you will be so xor, you won't be able to asm for a month.
by MobiusKlein on May 23, 2007 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
oh ya?
00100111110101
I'm sorry I said that about your mother, but she deserved it.
I'm formatting your hard drive right now
those pictures of Big Bird and the sheep were a bit of a surprise.
Did you see the ones of Joe Kennedy, Joe Blanton,
and Joe Mama?
"I'm in yur base, killing yur d00dz."
How are you still posting?
I thought I deallocated you.
<files bug report>
he's stuck in virtual memory
just like Jason Kendall's power
Faulty
satalite feed.
by mlleaimee on May 23, 2007 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't forget the Walking Wounded
Travis Buck, who missed the game with a sore right elbow, said, "I don't know when it's going to go away. I'll play through it as long as I can. I won't be 100 percent healthy the rest of the season, so it's about pain-tolerance."
Is the the first known positive speed test?
I don't recall hearing news of any others, which is kinda hard to believe, given that by most accounts speed was (is?) far more widespread in clubhouses than roids.
In this case, since the first positive speed test is supposed to be kept conifdential and result in just a warning and enhanced testing, one has to wonder about the curious timing of the news release. I sense the maleovolent hand of Selig.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 23, 2007 10:15 AM PDT reply actions
Bonds
also had results of a positive amphetamine test leaked a few months ago.
And yeah, given how many players use speed (and consequently how many positive first tests there almost certainly were) it seems like quite a coincidence that the two players to have their results leaked were two of the most prominent poster boys for steroids.
I agree
Somehow, I find these 'leaks' suspect. If Bonds had tested positive last year, he would have been suspended and retested several times. I think this whole thing is bunk. Not that they've not done it before but that they're doing it now. I'm not a Barry but it seems like they are going after him like he's the holy grail of catches. He's never, and I mean never, going to say 'yea, I did it'. It just smells like a set up. And isn't it curios that Giambi 'tested positive' after he said that everyone should have done something a long time ago but no one put forth the effort and now baseball is paying the piper.
by mlleaimee on May 23, 2007 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
rosenthal weighs in on this subject
gotta say i can see rosenthal's point. the leaks are mighty suspicious, considering the 2 players who have been "outed" with speed results. I would imagine that just about any player could be tested positive for speed at one point or another (all except MaEl - can't picture that for some reason).
Reading between the lines in all this, (to mix a metaphor) I definitely smell a rat between MLB lawyers, leaks, Cashman's comments...were Giambi's comments in USA Today really that big of a deal? They'll never void his contract, but everyone seems ready to make a go of it.
I don't feel sorry for Giambi, he knew who's bed he was getting into when he signed that deal. But this whole stinky scandalous business of drugs tests and bad contracts really casts a shadow over baseball that makes me a bit ashamed of being a fan. I feel like I'm reading the gossip pages instead of about the game.
by giambizombie on May 23, 2007 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
ooops
i just saw andeux's comments...great minds...
by giambizombie on May 23, 2007 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
well
andeux was too lazy to find a link.
Kind of.
It is a little weird that he bemoans the loss of individual privacy while saying that he would publish the information had he received the tip. I find it kind of strange.
It is strange
but I think it's kind of the divide of being a reporter and being a human being. As a reporter, he kind of has to do his job, but as a human being that doesn't necessarily mean you're doing to feel good about it. I can understand where he is coming from.
by Tyler Bleszinski on May 23, 2007 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
What would you know about being human, Mandroid?
Between the cyborgs and the mandroids, I'll take the shebots.
You don't know what it's like
Being a Fembot living as a Femputer in a Manbot/Manputer's World
by Lafayette Scotsman on May 23, 2007 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I'd prefer
to take a shebot who isn't between a cyborg and a mandroid.
Well according to the NY Daily News article
that broke the story:
And according to Wikipedia, the 4 guys are Bob Manfred, Gene Orza, one doctor picked by MLB, one by the union.
That's interesting information
However, I take MLB's descriptions of the integrity of its testing program with about as many grains of salt as I take George Mitchell's commitment to leave no stone unturned in pursuit of the steroid truth.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 23, 2007 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, he does...
every time he looks in the mirror.
LenDiN whips out the cliches
Afterward, Geren said he asked DiNardo to finish the game, and DiNardo met the terms. Geren also said DiNardo is an option to start the next time the A's need a No. 5 starter, perhaps Tuesday.
"Any way I could help the team, as long as I'm in the big leagues," said DiNardo, who made six starts for Boston last year.
Okay by me. Until it isn't.
I guess it's better than
"It feels out there. I mean, it's a major rush. I mean, it feels radical in kind of a tubular sort of way, but most of all, it feels out there."
-Ebby Calvin LaLoosh
warning: non-sequitor type posting, inside!
My fiancee calls him "Lenny DiNardo DiCaprio".
Other names include:
"Shannon Doherty (Stewart)"
"Justin Doosh-er-er"
by popcornjames on May 23, 2007 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I just clicked on one of the A's Blogs links
listed in the right margin, BarryZitoForever, out of curiosity, and I got this error:
Google Error
Server Error
Which is the same reason why I don't put current player names/numbers on my A's jerseys.
oddly
McFood does put current player names/numbers on his A's Tube tops.
Well, Giambi is perhaps the archetypical
White Punk on Dope.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 23, 2007 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, West Covina
Same white punks, different kind of dope.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 23, 2007 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey A's fans, smile at Boston's suffering
when they got the worst pick they could possibly get in the NBA lottery. No Oden, no Durant.
Frown when you realize that the two beasts will be in the Western Conference for years to come.
by fadedash on May 23, 2007 10:42 AM PDT reply actions
I blame Danny Ainge
Dude has a sub-70 IQ
Not sure why it's his fault, but when in doubt, blame mongo
Elijah Dukes is a vile bastard
I'm a big one for second/third/fourth chances...I have always given Steinbrenner props for his approach to Darryl, for instance...but I'm not sure Elijah Dukes deserves another chance after this:
The wife of Tampa Bay Devil Rays rookie outfielder Elijah Dukes filed for a restraining order against her husband and said she fears for her life, The St. Petersburg Times reported Wednesday.
NiShea Gilbert, a middle-school teacher, said that Dukes allegedly burst into her classroom at lunchtime in April. A frightened Gilbert then ran to the principal and got a deputy, who banished Dukes from the school.
Gilbert told a Florida court that Dukes threatened to kill her and sent her a photo of a handgun to her cell phone.
Gilbert played a voice mail allegedly from Dukes for the newspaper. "You dead, dawg. I ain't even [expletive]. Your kids, too."
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 23, 2007 11:07 AM PDT reply actions
ill-gotten gains
that 33 seconds in which you bested me can be blamed on the AN server which kept dropping the style sheet.
It's because of his tendinitis
It's affected his heart. He should just keep quiet.
by kaweahkaweah on May 23, 2007 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
if he ever gets into an onfield fight
he might kill someone with his rage
Catchers everywhere will have to start doing the "run down Dukes before he kills our pitcher drill" every spring training. Either that or MLB will install a netting device into the catchers gear.
oh, you wouldn't feel that way if ...
... his name was Elijah Tarheels.
(Alternate, less offensive, more highfalutin' joke: "Dukes banished? As you like it.")
Since one of his baby-mamas is named Porcia
maybe this is more like the Merchant of Vengeance?
Now, THAT's a manly man!
"I'm just going to play ball, that's it," Dukes told the newspaper. "I've got to go. I've got a video game to finish."
it's part of his therapy
probably playing Fight Night
He has 5 kids at 22
with four different women. Winner.
Full Story
wait a second..
if scumbags like strawberry and Gooden(spousal abuse and numerous drug arrest) can get countless 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ..9th chances, then so could Dukes.
by sf drift king on May 23, 2007 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
furthermore,
these types of incidents wouldn't be tolerated if we had a commissioner like Goodall. But until then everyone makes mistakes and deserves a 2nd chance.
by sf drift king on May 23, 2007 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I draw the line at threatening to kill kids
I know, not very enlightened of me. I also distinguish between repeated failings of addiction (Strawberry, Steve Howe), for which I think offering the chance for redemption can be admirable, particularly in the knee-jerk lock-em-up climate which has pervaded so much American thinking for the last 20 years.
And while the NFL is clearly awakening to its image problem, I'm not yet ready to heap too much praise on Goddell, who it seems to me was pretty much forced into the need to do something by egregious circumstances.
All that said, I don't expect Dukes to get much punishment for "mere" threats.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 23, 2007 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That Elijah Dukes is such a good guy
Oh, give me a break!
She's only saying that because she fears for her life.
I think I am a Colby Lewis guy.
He clearly fits in with the long-term plans.
I'm a cheddar guy
or barring that, a good Muenster
How about a nice Wensleydale?
Wallace and Gromit love it.
I'm pro-Villone
It wasn't that obvious
as a new comment rather than a reply.
sal's mom and dad got it on at the airport?
she's the greatest
http://www.catpowerthegreatest.com/
I fucking hate cats. Die, cats, die.
I will report any futher posts of cats as a CGV, and consider them a personal attack, since now you all know that cats freak the fuck out of me.
They *freak you out*?
How do cats freak you out?
You know what freaks me out? Raccoons freak me out. They're dextrous and not afraid of people, and they wear a disguise. I'm sure they're up to no good.
Exactly: raccoons are cats in disguise.
And they are organizing as I type this.
I had a raccoon living in my backyard ...
No joke: an immense raccoon (had to be 40 lb) lived in my Nob Hill backyard for about 6 months a couple years ago. He would sit on the ground, not 3 feet from the window, and sit there grooming himself like a cat. That impudence made my cats feel like LAXile.
Our block is a haven for burb raccoons.
They hang out in this really bushy little palm tree right outside my (2nd story) kitchen window... watching... waiting... They pry open my downstairs neighbor's magnet-activated cat door, and snoop around her apartment. I'm worried because she also has a key to our apartment, and I don't want a raccoon to get a hold of it.
We had a raccoon in the house on Monday afternoon
My sister left the back door propped open while she was hanging laundry, and fifteen minutes later found a huge raccoon in the bathroom, nonchalantly chowing down on the cat's food. She had to whack the sucker with a broom to persuade it to go back outside. The cat, wisely, had retreated to the top shelf of the linen closet.
Bucolic Albany...
by Englishmajor on May 23, 2007 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
We were camping a few years ago...
and a raccoon tries to get in our tent. My dad runs outside and starts acting like a dog (on all fours, barking) to run it off. My dad is awesome. :)
Best camping raccoon story
Years ago I was backpacking with my buddy. Both outdoors savvy, while away from camp on a day hike we suspended our backpacks with our food supplies in them from a tree with a rope. Upon our return, we discovered that a coon had climbed up the tree, down the rope, and was inside my buddy's pack, feasting on our dinner. After pelting the coon-in-a-pack with rocks to shoo him away, we lowered the bags. At which point we discovered that the coon had consumed a package of purple Koolaid, and promptly spewed purple vomit throughout the backpack, saturating all my pal's clothes and all of the remaining food.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 23, 2007 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
leading to the question ...
... which is worse: purple Kool-Aid raccoon vomit, or dusty Cheeto-orange unicorn vomit?
How are you gentlemen!
by Englishmajor on May 23, 2007 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Rabbits, goats, chickens, mice, squirrels,
snakes, ferrets, hampsters, gerbils, my neighbor's dog that looks like a wildebeest, turkeys, guineas, and pig. All the animals that freak me out.
Just one pig?
It's not Babe, is it?
The chicken that I unexpectedly saw my uncle slaughter when I was 8 freaked me out. "Here, go take this pot to your uncle," my grandma said. "He's behind the barn."
Tra-la-la-la-la... <<<WHACK!>>>
Actually, I think cats are cute, if a bit
mentally disturbed: either too needy or too aloof. That's why it's funny to say I hate cats.
We used to have a bunch of rabbits.
They were cute and furry... until they ended up in the freezer.
new sig, btw
Okay, I changed it...
I don't think this one is much less traumatic, though.
Bunnyconkers!
I don't think Billy conked the players on the head with a hammer like Dad did. I'm pretty sure the MLBPA has rules against that kind of thing.... but I bet MyUrb would approve.
The difference being......?
say what you will about Raider fans,
but they are committed to their team.
Comer brought a picture of his daughter with him to the death chamber and used his last words to say, "Go, Raiders."
He was probably saying, "ghostriders," reffering
to everyone's favorite suburban muppet thugs, Ben and Nate. Clearly anti-Wolff.
A's players are Raiders fans?
Not I
And I say this knowing that I'm in for a world of hurting but I must say, Go 9ers.
by mlleaimee on May 24, 2007 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
virgin birth
Irrelevance is the least of our problems
compared to an out of control proliferation of deadly sharks.
Candygram.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!
Remember how much fun we all had on Talk Like a Pirate Day? Well, it's all over now, Baby Blue...
Tomorrow is Talk Like Bob Dylan Day!!!
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 23, 2007 2:10 PM PDT reply actions
LAXile
Kotsay sighting
Yes, he is alive. Here he is last night:
by LawDaddy on May 23, 2007 3:22 PM PDT reply actions
Was he interrupted while licking himself?
Thank you!
I love those River Cats jerseys... and what's in it. :)
Thanks, though the womens in my house
were leaning towards Putnam:
by LawDaddy on May 23, 2007 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Not a good outing today for Windsor : (
by LawDaddy on May 23, 2007 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
wash watch
Washington says he's changed his ways
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...
Ron Washington has taken a step back in his managerial style.
The Rangers manager said Tuesday that he has had to learn to hold his tongue when distributing opinions – or at least to deliver those opinions with more tact.
Washington said he also has changed his style in meetings. Instead of just jumping in and reacting, he will discuss matters with his coaches before the meeting and then allow the coaches to deliver the information that has been agreed upon.
Washington said the change in format has allowed the players to better relate to him. Now, instead of constantly carping or pushing for more, Washington said he is allowing the coaches to get the information through more gently.
"That was my intention from the beginning, but I got carried away," he said.
there must be more to this story
that hasn't been reported. either that or the dallas media is out to get wash:
learn to hold his tongue, deliver opinions with more tact, jumping in and reacting, constantly carping or pushing for more...
and i think it's the former
based on wash's own quotes.
discussion here
http://www.lonestarball.com/story/20...
anyone know what "yesterdays rant in the FWST" is all about?
FIRE WASH NOW!!!
LOL:
There's no question about it, Jon Daniels and Ron Washington should be fired immediately
Hahahah!!!
by LawDaddy on May 23, 2007 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
The only people they should fire
is anyone who has ever thrown a pitch as a Ranger in a real baseball game before.
that must be it
The same players who felt empowered to lobby for Showalter's firing were apparently rubbed the wrong way by Washington's suggestions.
"I was trying to do it myself, and sometimes when I said some things, it just didn't go over right, and it was like I was trying to make a change in the way they played," Washington said. "That's not what I was trying to do. I was just trying to make them understand how to play winning baseball."
"It's part of the adjustments I have to make. If I'm wrong, I'll stand up and admit that I'm wrong."
wow, what an idiot
It was Hicks who hired the youngest and rawest general manager in baseball history and didn't insist that he at least add a veteran baseball voice as a sounding board in the front office. Then the owner compounded the problem by signing off on a manager with absolutely zero major league managerial experience.
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. John Hart is still on board, taking Hicks' money, as a consultant.
No ellipsis there. One paragraph right after the other.
Like/respect John Hart or not, how exactly does he as a consultant not constitute "a veteran baseball voice as a sounding board in the front office"?
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