Updated Again (Sadly): Friday, August 20, 2010
Chemicalball (Era): The very unfortunate and tragic portmanteau of sports doping and professional sports (such as, in our case today, Major League Baseball). Yes, you guessed it, you are now living in the Chemicalball Era. Witness the downfall of many great superstars in this era due to the alleged or otherwise proven use of performance-enhancing chemicals. Most recently Manny Ramirez. Definition: The era of professional sports strongly influenced by (or tainted by) the use of performance-enhancing chemicals (like?: Human chorionic gonadotropin, and others...) by its star players.
And, unfortunate but true, in his new autobiography, Andre Agassi apparently admits to meth use and the cover up of the same against tennis officials. It is a sad extension to the Chemicalball Era. The real crime here might be a philosophical crime (to be defined ...see The Anti-Zen Dictionary...). In younger days, Andre was portrayed as a rebel. Not so, true rebels always shun drugs... The crime was for the rebel not to shun drug use.
FOM: Roger 'Rocket' Clemens Indicted, Unfortunate but true Andre Agassi admits meth use , Andre Agassi, The incredible lies major leaguers will tell, Manny tests positive, is suspended 50 games, Manny Takes an Asterisk on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, Sports doping, Mannclysm and Mannpoon.
Brief comment: We grew up in the era of Jimmy Piersall - and those guys didn't have to use any of those things! (Of course, mostly because it was unavailable...but they wouldn't have touched it, would they? Nah! Of course not!).
One more thing: To the guys on the bench (or in the field, for that matter), if your procurer approaches you with a performance-enhancing substance and alleges it to be undetectable, he's probably way wroooonnnnnggggg!!!!
Oh, and don't forget what happened to the late, great Lyle Alzado. (Although, there is controversy between the steroid-cancer link). Before he left us, Mr. Alzado tried to warn us of the consequence of getting out what we put into ourselves...
Also, based on a brief comment from one of our Facebook Friends (Mike Varner) we are suggesting that Roger's new nickname could become Roger 'The Dockett'...less the Rocket...er, sorry Roger...
FOM: Roger 'Rocket' Clemens Indicted, Unfortunate but true Andre Agassi admits meth use , Andre Agassi, The incredible lies major leaguers will tell, Manny tests positive, is suspended 50 games, Manny Takes an Asterisk on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, Sports doping, Mannclysm and Mannpoon.
Brief comment: We grew up in the era of Jimmy Piersall - and those guys didn't have to use any of those things! (Of course, mostly because it was unavailable...but they wouldn't have touched it, would they? Nah! Of course not!).
One more thing: To the guys on the bench (or in the field, for that matter), if your procurer approaches you with a performance-enhancing substance and alleges it to be undetectable, he's probably way wroooonnnnnggggg!!!!
Oh, and don't forget what happened to the late, great Lyle Alzado. (Although, there is controversy between the steroid-cancer link). Before he left us, Mr. Alzado tried to warn us of the consequence of getting out what we put into ourselves...
Also, based on a brief comment from one of our Facebook Friends (Mike Varner) we are suggesting that Roger's new nickname could become Roger 'The Dockett'...less the Rocket...er, sorry Roger...
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