After Andy Pettitte's first day at spring training, it made me question what he is trying to sell to the sporting public.
Lets attack some of the comments he made:
He claims that he only took HGH to help with an elbow problem and to try and get off the DL. He says that he took HGH not to get an edge, not to get stronger, but because someone told him if he took it, he could get back into the rotation. Well Andy, isn't trying to get back into the rotation getting and edge? You are helping your team gain an edge in getting a decent pitcher back faster and help in the push for a playoff spot. Then we have him admitting now he used a second time after obtaining it from his father, now he is just admitting details after the congressional hearings were complete. So there is some credibility out the window. Maybe he misremembers some of the details?
Next we get the standard "Tell your sons and daughters that what I did was wrong and that they should learn from my mistakes." What says Pettitte actually cares about children, or what people think of him? This is a Yankee P.R. person in his ear telling him to say exactly what people want to hear. He was reading from a prepared statement, which I can't knock him for, it is just sounded like some other prepared statements. I have heard that one before, looking at you Michael Vick and Marion Jones.
Next we have the obligatory playing to the Christian people when he mentions speaking at his church. Have heard that so many times from some of the people mentioned above. I don't know if Pettitte is a devout Christian, but it seems that people only bring up thier religion when their fanny is in the fire. Just thinking out loud.
Too many times I have heard the speech that follows someone who has been caught lying. Pettitte took a massive P.R. hit when he was named in Mitchell Report and saying he only used it once, then admitted using multiple times give him zero credibility. I was never an Andy Pettitte fan and now that he is playing politician trying to appeal to the parents of baseball fans, I really don't like him now.
I don't care if someone is a HGH user, just don't insult my intelligence like Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte did. I commend him for admitting his usage, but then he doesn't give me honest reasons for using.
This is the stupidest comment I have heard in a long time. To get better from an injury is wrong? That's not an edge. It is to even the playing field.
Get a life, jerk.
First of all, Andy Pettitte has always been a very religious person. I know alot of people only find God in times of trouble, that's not Pettitte. He has been a consistently good guy throughout his career. He was the first one after the release of the Mitchell Report to come clean on the specific allegations against him. And to say that he is cheating by taking medicine to get back to the rotation faster is plainly stupid. The man screwed up and is taking the heat like a man. What would you have him do, retire in shame? How about one ounce of humanity or are you so perfect yourself?
Spell check and grammar check are your friends. If you want to be taken seriously at all, pay attention in your English 101 class, and/or use the tools given to you by any number of word processing programs available.
first he didnt bring up the religon thing if you watched the interview he was asked about it. Just because he says something about his faith doesn't mean he is "trying to get his fanny out of the fire"
LOL, spell-check!!! However, there are people on here bashing the guy for calling Andy what he is, a cheat. Defending him is worst than people defending Bonds. Mainly because he admitted it, so there is no doubt he cheated. Whether he is a Christian or not is irrelevant. Then you got Bsackaroff getting mad at the guy for telling the truth. You should be mad at Andy he is the one that cheated!!!
I don't know that Andy's "religious" but he is a devout Christian. And, just like non-Christian's they can make human mistakes. With that, I'm not saying I think he's made a mistake or "misremembered" anything. When you've got high-dollar contracts and commitments you do what's necessary to fulfill them. In sports, if anyone thinks they've got a completely clean team in this day & age they're only fooling themselves. When you're injured you do what you must to heal and get back to play or you're history. I'm not saying I approve steriod usage to *make* an athelete, in fact I think those who've obviously used for their betterment and, say, broken records should be dealt with appropriately, but to think that the beatings these high paid atheletes take physically and the injuries they sustain don't require more than tylenol is childish. Sports is a money racket of great proportions and when money is involved the stakes are extreme - just as it's extreme to have the government so involved in this he said/he said years-after-the-facts, over-indulged fiasco.
As far as Andy Pettitte goes, he's still one of my favorite pitchers to watch and I'll happily follow him from team to team (if that's what it ends up being) until he's done. I'll just be happier when it will mean I won't have to likely view Clemens as well.
Someone get a-hold of Paula Abdul, she's just been plagiarized! Actually, that is the only thing that makes sense to me at this point. You have to get that goofy to believe this clap! Thank You congress for not letting us down, on how you spend our hard earned tax dollars!
Did you hear the news? 'W' has a plan to bolster the troops, he's deploying the Salvation Army! When asked why, he smirked, Because it's an Army??
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Here is what I shake my head at. It is strangely funny to me that people seem to forget the time in the not so distant past when injecting injured players with painkillers and other stuff to get them back on the field was a normal and accepted practice..by GM's, coaches, trainers and players...and fans. And now we have a player who stated he used HGH to heal faster and get back into the rotation sooner and because we are now in the steroid era he is blasted as a cheater. Of course he was looking to get back into the rotation earlier. So is every player that gets injured. Short freakin' memories. Hey, McFart, why do you never comment on people's responses to what you post? Just curious. And I'm not sure I see you as the predominant source to let me know what Pettite's reasons may have been for using HGH.
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Someone noted that the author shouldn't quit his day job, to which I would posit: can this guy get a day job?
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I might give this story some credibility if more words were spelled correctly and submitted by someone with a name other than Mojo McFart. As it is, it reads like a Myspace bulletin written by a teenager in between posting questionnaires about what he's wearing and which of his top eight he's kissed.
Forget the Ball Players whats with a "so-called" Journalist that doesn't know what the hell a SPELL CHECKER is? Do your parents know you screw around with their computer after you have been hitting the sauce?
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I only wish that the Seattle M's had a pitcher that was willing to do anything to win! I want all my pitchers to be on HGH. Could you a imagine a 20 game win 7 pitcher rotation! It would make it so that I would not have to trade for all the usual suspects on Major League Baseball 2K8! I would all ready have them on the roster! MVP=HGH! Vote For STEVE!
Hey Mojo why is righteousness such a pleasure?
The nuances of sports fitness and the manipulation of physiology to improve performance seems rather simplistic to understanding the overall issue. We want performance to be..well freakish! We want to believe that person got up early helped little old ladies across the street, stopped by the orphanage, did everything they were told...yeah here's a problem. Really good boys and girls that have some athletic talent are often trying excessively hard to please the person who gets them in the game. And if that person suggests it is OK to use a "medication" to improve your healing? What if you know some of your hero's have used these medications? What if the don't ask, don't tell is a clearly the rule? Now you look back and say, "you were a big fat cheat and everybody else is just an excuse!"Well we are a culture that likes this naivety. We want to hold onto Hollywood fantasy. Too much money. Too much benefit. Never a level playing field. Win, perform or get out!
Testosterone levels can vary by 4 times commonly. Should we throw them out? What about the guy who has lost his nads?? What level does he get to have? Can he titrate the level if he is being injected? Wouldn’t this be cheating?
And what about our warriors? Shouldn’t they learn from our athletes how to get in the best form for battle? We know blood doping helps with endurance and survivability from an injury so shouldn’t all would be front line troops be “doped”?
Be careful to look at what you find so heretical because it may be harder to see than you think!
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This wasn't the best article. I wouldn't say Andy Pettitte was trying to get an edge. What about cortisone shot? He was trying to get back to the rotation...not trying to bust into the MLB. There is a difference. He plays at a unbelievable level that others with HGH couldn't. Many of your points come without any thought. I don't think anything less of him, unlike Clemons who I believe lied under oath. And for insulting your intelligence....I guess it doesn't take much to do that.....please use spell check next time.
To add to a earlier post regarding spelling...the word is Christian not christian. I hope you also have the confidense in Christ to turn to him when you are faced with adversity.
Mojo
About the only tthing that one can commend Pettite on is the fact that he stood up to be counted. He admitted his 'mistake' and that's all that one can ask of him at this juncture. Nothing more and nothing else. As for Clemens he may well have to be addressing the legal system in the end once the hearings are over. As now doubt the Justice Dept'll want to make an example of him once and for all. 'cause they sure as hell don't seem to have anything better to do with their time.
What are we to do now, categorize the cheats?
Andy-Honest Cheat
Roger-lying b@stage of a cheat who had his wife injected?
Andy, you're still a drug cheater.
Using to come back sooner from an injury still gave you a physical advantage vs. the dude who went thru rehab without being on hgh or roids.
