Lyin' Wolf

GO A-ROD, GO A-ROD, GO

Conveniently forgotten by Bonds' apologists with blinders on (or at least those on the board here) is that steroids have been a Schedule II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE since the early 90's. That makes it against federal law to use or possess them except under the supervision of a licensed physician. The same is true to a lesser extent for human growth hormone which requires a prescription to use or possess. So, while it is true that there was no specific prohibition of performance enhancing drugs like steroids and HGH, I would think that use and/or possesson of a controlled substance or a prescription drug without a legal prescription would be against whatever code of conduct MLB has in place. The argument that use of steroids is not against baseball rules is rendered moot, IMO, by virtue of the laws governing legal use of these drugs in society as a whole. Steroid use might not make a bad hitter hit better, but it will make any hitter hit with more power. That means warning track power becomes HR power. It means balls coming off the bad with greater speed - so grounders can make out of the infield faster, line drives into the gap in the outfield get there faster and so on. Thus improvement will be seen in batting average and HRs. Bonds stats: (apologies to Dan as I did not notice simlar stats in the post directly preceding mine) Average HRs/season up to age 35 (1999) - 31 Average HRs/season between 2000 and 2004 - 52 Career batting average up to age 35 (1999) - .287 Batting average from 2000 - 2004 = .341 Number of 40+ home run years for the 14 seasons from 1986 - 1999 = 3 Number of 40+ home run years for the 5 seasons from 2000 - 2004 = 5 Average RBIs up through 1999 = 87 Average RBIs from 2000 - 2004 = 108 Slugging percentage (average) through 1999 = .561 Slugging percentage 2000 - 2004 = .782 Clearly, there was a dramatic improvement when players typically level off and/or decline.

Mosaic Contemporary

Hey - I was just going to say that.

Is he farting through his horn? Otherwise I'm not buying it. Have to draw the line somewhere ya know.

Who/what is Car 54?

I like both of Jones' BN releases. Manifesto definitely has a nice groove to it. Very enjoyable, certainly not challenging, but very enjoyable. Does anyone know if Jones is still a BN artist?

Isn't Dexter's XXL a Left Bank Recording?