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Baltimore City Council candidate Adam Van Bavel is a City Paper Readers Poll "Best Do-Gooder". AVBforBCC is running as an Independent in District 10 in this November's election and he's also Baltimore's Most Interesting City Council candidate.Baltimore City Council candidate Adam Van Bavel is a City Paper Readers Poll... more
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We got through Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and we blasted into Lent with all the great feelings of giving something up. We looked around for some stuff to give up, but we didn’t want to give up anything. So we turned to Father “Positive” Pasterneck to give us some ideas on what to give up. And we finally gave up. We literally, gave up. But this video does survive our encounter of the cloth and man.We got through Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and we blasted into Lent with all the great... more
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Finishing his career at the top of his game with his first 20 win season, 4 time all star and 8 time gold glove winner, Mike Mussina is retiring.
He has a career winning record against every team except his own, the Yankees. (losing record against them from his days with the Orioles)
He finishes with a career record of 270-153.
A true competitor, a great Yankee, a great Oriole...Finishing his career at the top of his game with his first 20 win season, 4 time all... more
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After 4 years of trade rumors since signing his massive contract with the Orioles, Miguel Tejada is free from the sinking ship that is the Baltimore Orioles franchise.
This did cost the Astros Luke Scott, Michael Costanzo, Matt Albers, Dennis Sarfate, and Troy Patton.
Knowing how great the Orioles can be when it comes to any move under the Peter Angelos ownership, the Orioles got nothing in exchange for a salary dump.
The question now is, will Tejada and Kazuo Matsui be enough to pull the Astros out of the cellar?After 4 years of trade rumors since signing his massive contract with the Orioles,... more
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But he also admits now that he used it before then to speed up his recovery from a hand injury.
"The stuff is amazing for that purpose," Segui says. "That is how it started in baseball. When I first came in the league is when Tommy John [elbow] surgery started to become more prevalent. I remember guys coming back from [the surgery] and throwing harder. I remember hearing [of] guys using growth hormone to speed up the healing process and regenerate the tendon growth and all that stuff. That is how it became known for its healing properties. And then guys would have [other] surgeries, and that is what they would take. So I laugh every time I read an article that says it is a performance-enhancer. It doesn't enhance your performance. If you are horse crap, you are going to be horse crap when you come off the [disabled list]. You're just going to come off the DL quicker."
He doesn't advocate breaking the rules and he doesn't encourage the use of HGH unless it is under doctor's orders. But he is puzzled by what he perceives to be a media-driven hysteria regarding drugs in the sport. He believes human growth hormone mistakenly has been lumped in with steroids and other performance-enhancers.
"I've been on teams that you couldn't beg them to give you a cortisone shot; and been on teams before you blinked, the needle is already in your knee. So what if you are on a team that didn't readily give them out? Were you at a disadvantage? Did the other organization's players have an advantage because they were able to get a cortisone injection? Because there is no such thing as a level playing field. That is a myth."
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I'd assume there's a thin line between injury related HGH use... and HGH abuse...
It's understandable to how players can be pushed into HGH abuse... but it wasn't until 2005 when HGH was banned...
HGH of course is not steriods
The business of MLB puts pressure to force players out there to perform...
Teams who heavily market a player can't wait for players to recover from injuries, fans won't take too kindly to players who spend 40 games on the DL... thus neither will owners who write those paychecks...
hence why guys who play the whole time and yet are mediocre tend to just be as highly rewarded as injury risk stars... You know why the Cubs are paying Jason Marquis like $8 million a year for three years despite posting an ERA of 6.02 for the full season with Cardinals before that contract?? Because he pitched mediocrely for the FULL SEASON...
For most players, being able to play is how they get their salaries... If a player gets injured, they won't get good contracts b/c they've spent too much time on the DL healing naturally...
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The Texas Rangers scored an amazing 30 runs against the Baltimore Orioles in game one of their double-header on Wednesday. With six home runs including two grand slams this was definitely one of the greatest hitting displays of all time. We recap this amazing feat, which hasnt been done in 110 years.The Texas Rangers scored an amazing 30 runs against the Baltimore Orioles in game one... more
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Baseball officials yesterday formally requested a meeting with Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons to discuss his alleged link to performance-enhancing drugs, an industry source confirmed.Baseball officials yesterday formally requested a meeting with Orioles outfielder Jay... more
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