06-20-2009, 06:51 PM
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----> Iron Mod <----
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Baseball Drug Enhancement Article.
Very good article that if nothing else at least gives the casual fan something to think about.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/op...fets.html?_r=1
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Since the dawn of baseball, players have used whatever substances they believed would help them perform better, heal faster or relax during a long and stressful season. As far back as 1889, the pitcher Pud Galvin ingested monkey testosterone
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In 1961, during his home run race with Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle developed a sudden abscess that kept him on the bench. It came from an infected needle used by Max Jacobson, a quack who injected Mantle with a home-brew containing steroids and speed.
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