good dolphin wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
He forgot to list "Games Thrown" on that ball.
and I don't believe for a second that he wasn't taking the popular but illegal performance enhancer of his day
He and many many others of his day used speed:
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/new ... sion/apc4/AP: Pete Rose admits taking amphetamines
Over/Under the counter?
Pete Rose says he took “greenies” in his playing days, if only to lose a few pounds. Oh, and he doesn’t bet on baseball anymore, but if he did, he’d pick the Twins and the Padres.
In an appearance on the “Late Show” taped Monday, Rose was asked by host David Letterman whether he ever used any performance-enhancing drugs as a player. Rose said he never did, but when prodded about “greenies,” explained that he used them - though they were nothing more than “diet pills.”
...“If I took steroids, I’d have gotten 5,000 damn hits.”