tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276907225428640229.post2196958286934690666..comments2023-08-10T11:13:40.712-04:00Comments on This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes: There are Some Stories We'd Rather Not Hear...Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08099918567255772685noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276907225428640229.post-71867597018365315762007-09-08T01:11:00.000-04:002007-09-08T01:11:00.000-04:00Randy: There's a slight difference between eating...Randy: There's a slight difference between eating right and working out, and taking prescription drugs for off-label purposes.<BR/><BR/>Don't know about you, but I'd prefer if my team got where it is on talent and hard work.<BR/><BR/>Not injecting stuff.<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping that Ankiel handles the situation well, and that he isn't using anything illegal.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099918567255772685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276907225428640229.post-75028852137478922462007-09-07T16:37:00.000-04:002007-09-07T16:37:00.000-04:00Aren't these professional athletes? Shouldn't the...Aren't these professional athletes? Shouldn't they do everything they can to be better? Why can't they take legal drugs? Maybe we should make sure they don't eat right and don't workout either. Make the playing field level.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086822341267590821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276907225428640229.post-50632261152964639592007-09-07T15:10:00.000-04:002007-09-07T15:10:00.000-04:00The problem I see with this has nothing to do with...The problem I see with this has nothing to do with the fact that HGH was legal--if it's true, and I hope to G-d it's not--it's the use of a PE substance at all.<BR/><BR/>I wish Ankiel the best, and I want to root for him, but if it's true, then there's something I will have to grapple with. It won't be easy.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099918567255772685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276907225428640229.post-38131915994847745302007-09-07T15:00:00.000-04:002007-09-07T15:00:00.000-04:00I know it's human nature to doubt other people, an...I know it's human nature to doubt other people, and I know that there is no test for HGH, but the important fact I have heard in all of this is that Ankiel's shipment was before major league baseball banned HGH. In other words, there is no illegality involved. People all have their own agenda, and if someone wants to criticise Ankiel for once having had HGH, then, by all means, let us hear of the moral argument. But, there is no legal argument, unless he were discovered with HGH in his possession or some imbroglio of that sort. I wish Rick Ankiel well, and he'll get the benefit of the doubt in my mind.Charles L. Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962498097210327570noreply@blogger.com