Name That JUICER!!!
Update: The was fun while it lasted but Cafardo was just a bit wrong. The eleven players were just the ones who spoke to Mitchell and are not necessarily named in the investigation. I still think some number close to that will be named though.
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reported that eleven free agents are named in the Mitchell investigation with connections to performance-enhancing drugs. Those eleven players have been notified by the commissioner’s office already. The report is set to be published early in January although it is not yet known whether it will be made public. So far the only known member of that eleven is former Mariners right fielder Jose Guillen. I thought we should have some fun with it here and make a contest out of it. “Name that Juicer!” will require each contestant to fill in the remaining ten spots with current free agents and you can do so in the comments section. The winner will get the glory of being crowned champion (figurative crowning that is) and a nice congratulations in a post. Just post a list 1-10 of ten players you think are the ones named in the investigation. To make this a bit more challenging, there will be a points value from one to ten assessed to each number. For example the play you are the most certain will be mentioned will be number one and if you get that right, you get ten points. The least certain you put as number ten and if you get that right you get one point so one is the most certain and ten the least.
Here is the list of current free agents courtesy of ESPN.com.
I will start with my list:
1. Barry Bonds
2. Sammy Sosa
3. Ryan Klesko
4. Luis Gonzalez
5. Shawn Green
6. Mike Piazza
7. Eric Gagne
8. Marcus Giles
9. Armando Benitez
10. Neifi Perez
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18 Responses to “Name That JUICER!!!”
November 8th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
1. Barry Bonds
2. Sammy Sosa
3. Ryan Klesko
4. Luis Gonzalez
5. Shawn Green
6. Mike Piazza
7. Eric Gagne
8. Andruw Jones
9. Armando Benitez
10. Neifi Perez
I mostly agree with you Will. But instead of Giles I put in A.Jones
November 8th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Um…all of the above. The only ones I’d have doubt with are Perez or Giles but I’d believe them all. The first 5 are no brainers.
November 8th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
I don’t know… AJ’s performance wasn’t really steroid-worthy. Hmm, maybe steroids are getting less and less effective…
November 8th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
1.Bonds
2.Sosa
3.Piazza
4.Ramon Castro
5.Shawn Chacon
6.Kerry Wood
7.Kenny Rogers
8.Louis Gonzalez
9.Shawn Green
10.Cliff Floyd
November 8th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
1. Barry Bonds
2. Sammy Sosa
3. Mike Piazza
4. Luis Gonzalez
5. Ron Mahay
6. Neifi Perez
7. Corey Patterson
8. Paul Lo Duca
9. Freddy Garcia
10. CHRIS REIRSMA
November 8th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
I didn’t go for AJ just because I saw a SIGNIFICANT change in his approach the year he had his breakthrough. It was quite easy to see that his stance widened a ton and his head didn’t move as much so he had an easier time with breaking balls and made pitchers throw him fastballs.
November 8th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
brilliant! everybody should create a list of suspicious performers and be sure to share them. that’s a helpful way to share accurate information about popular players. probably won’t help sell papers either i’m sure.
November 8th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
Are you one of those people who thinks it isn’t fair to do this? They are celebrities in the public domain and if I want to have some fun speculating about who got caught then that is exactly what I will do. Feel free not to participate but don’t act like this is a big deal. It is pretty apparent to any normal person that this is just having some fun with it if you read the post.
November 8th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
play on, player.
November 8th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Will, The anchors on sportscenter said that this was a false report.
November 9th, 2007 at 12:43 am
well everything on tv is true
November 9th, 2007 at 5:44 am
Will, We shouldn’t do this. Yes, I did give it a smile at first. but I think of the poor guys that take this risk….I know Barry isn’t “a poor guy”. He will be judged along with all of us when the time comes.
November 9th, 2007 at 6:38 am
“He will be judged along with all of us when the times comes.”
What?
Sorry, but I don’t really share your sentiment here. There is no harm in this, this is not exactly what you’d call a hugely visible media outlet so I doubt anyone’s name is going to be sullied by this.
November 9th, 2007 at 8:58 am
1. Barry Bonds (duh)
2. Sammy Sosa
3. Roger Clemens
4. Kerry Wood
5. Alex Rodriguez
6. Jorge Posada
7. Marcus Giles
8. Andruw Jones
9. Julio Franco
10. Bartolo Colon
November 9th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Klesko?!? It sure hasn’t helped him if he is juicing.
November 9th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
1. Barry Bonds
2. Sammy Sosa
3. Ryan Klesko
4. Gary Sheffield
5. JAVY LOPEZ
6. Mike Piazza
7. JD Drew
8. Chris Reitsma
9. Armando Benitez
10. Neifi Perez
November 11th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Am I the only person here who thinks chipper juiced at some point? His numbers back in 99 and 2000 were insane and i remember looking at him and thinking he was HUGE compared to other years.
November 11th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Entirely possible. I think there are a ton of players who maybe tried it for one season or a short amount of time. The ones who deserve the brunt of it are the guys that have made their entire career off of it though.
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