Braun Suspended for Balance of the 2013 Season

ScottFandango · #1 07-23-2013, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by itjclarke

Being a Bay Area native (BALCO) and Giants fan, I've engaged in enough steroid talk to last a life time, and feel little need to weigh in on Braun.. except in saying that I had little/no suspicion of his PED use prior to the 2011 test. His swing looked pure, his power seemed body & hip generated, but oh well.

Anyway, I totally agree about ESPN. I grew up watching ESPN, but have grown tired of what they've become. They have little to no integrity, and seem far more interested in getting a story out first, rather than being right.. hey, they can just correct themselves later (sadly this seems the case with most news outlets now). I was also very put off having been told first hand a few years back that a major sports network (ESPN strongly hinted) was offering six figures to someone that had priveledged access to the Mitchell Report. Apparently they eventually got to someone or several people as those names trickled out one by one for weeks... just as grand jury testimony had leaked prior. I'm not saying that ESPN or its reporters had a hand in this dirtiness, but I had season tickets at AT&T park during this period and got so sick of seeing Pedro Gomez and his camara guy wandering around my section like vultures for 2 straight years.

I posted this years ago, I thought he was surely on something by the LOOK OF HIS EYES....he has that drug induced "pinned open eyes " where his entire iris was visible...looked like he had a "shocked" look on his face all the time...this is not a normal look and I thought he was on speed/uppers but it was way more than that

itjclarke · #2 07-23-2013, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ScottFandango

I posted this years ago, I thought he was surely on something by the LOOK OF HIS EYES....he has that drug induced "pinned open eyes " where his entire iris was visible...looked like he had a "shocked" look on his face all the time...this is not a normal look and I thought he was on speed/uppers but it was way more than that

Sorry, but that seems like a real stretch. Not saying you didn't believe he was using well before all this, but that reasoning is pretty "loose" to say the least. My guess is when this is all over, his eyes will look much the same as before.

I guess Reche Caldwell, and any other big/wide eyed athletes are on the juice too?

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the 'stache · #3 07-23-2013, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by itjclarke

Sorry, but that seems like a real stretch. Not saying you didn't believe he was using well before all this, but that reasoning is pretty "loose" to say the least. My guess is when this is all over, his eyes will look much the same as before.

I guess Reche Caldwell, and any other big/wide eyed athletes are on the juice too?

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It is a stretch. I have very slightly recessed sockets because of my osteogenesis imperfecta. I also have blue-tinted sclera, and I certainly have never used any performance enhancing drugs.

ALR-bishop · #4 07-23-2013, 03:06 PM

Glad you pointed all that out Bill, or no telling what any of us may have thought if we ever meet you in person

the 'stache · #5 07-23-2013, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Glad you pointed all that out Bill, or no telling what any of us may have thought if we ever meet you in person

No problem, Al.

It's not very noticeable, as it's not pronounced. If I look worried, be assured it's because I'm nervous about something, and not because I'm shooting up testosterone, lol. It's usually noticeable in people with the more severe forms of OI. But the blue sclera always draws a crowd when I'm in a hospital or doctor's office. Usually a bunch of people will come in, and look in my eyes. I'm cool with it, as my condition is pretty rare, and it helps them learn. I like to tell them I'm a mutant, as neither of my parents carried the genetic marker. I should be in the next X-Men movie. Maybe they could hook me up with Jennifer Lawrence

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