Rick Ankiel - Cheater?
With all of the warm-fuzzy feelings coming from the Rick Ankiel comeback story, we get this:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3008363
12-month supply of HGH from a Florida pharmacy in 2004.
Sucks.
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but..
it still reflects badly on him and it tarnishes his comeback a bit, but I dont think its that huge of a deal.
by DSheppard on Sep 7, 2007 1:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here's the key:
ILLEGAL.
Hey...you should be able to play baseball if you murder someone because it's not banned by MLB.
by tlt29 on Sep 7, 2007 1:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt you can find many players
by DJCahill on Sep 7, 2007 5:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
MLB
Can't punish a player for taking a substance that wasn't banned at the time.
Further they can't even prove that he took the substance.
The only thing that will result from this is that Ankiel will get scared and lay off the stuff and not have a MLB career as a result.
by tricer on Sep 7, 2007 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is nothing
by DJCahill on Sep 7, 2007 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well if it wasnt illegal
its bad, but not his career is tainted bad.
by DSheppard on Sep 7, 2007 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's not surprising to me...
That's why it's not surprising to me that the majority of suspensions over the past few years for steroid usage have gone to pitchers.
by rangeressary on Sep 7, 2007 4:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
too bad it wasn't cheating
by Longhorn on Sep 7, 2007 7:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
First of all
But if you are facing the possibility of being out of baseball, the game you love and have given your whole life to, and to leave and get a real job, work real hours, for shitty wages.
YOU WOULD ALL DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT THAT.
Cut the bullshit, this is the real world.
by TexGoesYard on Sep 7, 2007 8:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
there are
by ab03 on Sep 7, 2007 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure he was aware it was cheating
They also probably knew that everyone else was cheating also.
This is Baseball, it ain't Golf. If you aren't cheating in baseball, you aren't trying nearly hard enough to win.
by DJCahill on Sep 7, 2007 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
by Chase Irwin on Sep 7, 2007 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just like GMJ
Then the media will go away, and baseball will realize that they can't punish a player for taking a substance that they can't prove he took.
Then it will be back to business as usual for everyone.
by tricer on Sep 7, 2007 9:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What...?
I do not understand this when people say it. Is it not in the rules that it is illegal to takes anything that is against the law? This is what I understood. So then he could be in trouble but since they can not prove that he took the substance that is the crux. But if they can prove that he and GMJ where recieving the HGH why can they not just suspend them since the HGH was received illegally it it against Baseball rules, right?
by sftxfan on Sep 7, 2007 9:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, if you want to punish everyone
by DJCahill on Sep 7, 2007 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so be it
And that is a huge leap of faith to assume that there aren't enough guys to field teams, but I guess if you didn't believe that, you couldn't use the "everyone else is doing it" and "even playing field" arguments.
by willamos2 on Sep 7, 2007 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How long of a suspension do you want?
by DJCahill on Sep 7, 2007 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shut down the sport?
This is NOT a baseball only problem. The fact that baseball is held to a higher standard means that unlike football and basketball, fans still believe baseball can redeem itself.
by JBImaknee on Sep 7, 2007 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
NFL
Bill Romanowski makes appearances on Sporting News radio as a "nutritional expert;" even though he was implicated just as much as Bonds in the whole BALCO scandal.
by RCCook on Sep 7, 2007 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
MLB is not a law enforcement agency
If he broke a baseball rule, then baseball could hand out a punishment - but with the timing Ankiel allegedly broke the law, but not a baseball rule.
At least that is my understanding of how it works.
by tricer on Sep 7, 2007 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
by RCCook on Sep 7, 2007 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
in 2004...
by gossamer on Sep 7, 2007 11:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
HGH is in the body naturally
by dubman on Sep 7, 2007 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ankiel's Latest
What I like about Ankiel is how up front he is about everything. He makes it very clear that everything he took was prescribed. He makes it very clear that he's not juiced, and if he ever took anything it was because it was prescribed to him for his recovery.
It seems like the vast majority of the fans have defended him through this whole thing, yet still it's funny how in a 48 hour period he can go from hero to villain and back to hero.
I wish the Mitchell investigation would simply release any information that they have (which we all know is very little), and then simply let the story be. MLB is doing anything to try to cover up that they are the real bad guys in this whole thing.
by rangeressary on Sep 8, 2007 1:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

















