Quote:
Originally Posted by rician blast
IMO, most HS kids have no delusions of ever making the pro's, and most know they won't even play college ball. They do it for the here and now, the HS glory, and perhaps to look good at the beach during the summer! The pro's know that the difference between 15 and 30 hrs, or hitting .275 vs. .295, or 65 RBIs vs. 90 RBIs mean $$$$ and fame...that's where I'm coming from...the payoff for the pro's is much more immediate. From my experience most of the HS kids are thinking of just being better now, not making the pro's.
|
Fair enough.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by CrespoBlows
I was refering to you defining what steriod users look like, to fit the definition of a certain Red Sox slugger, but the main problem I have with your post was:
Then you proceeded to post pictures of people who fit that definition. Another example of generalization.
The point I'm trying to get across is, don't generalize an entire group of people, when they are clearly examples refuting it.
|
Nothing I said was meant to be taken as definitive. The reason all of that seems pretty general is because that's how I meant it.There are over 100 players who have been found to have used some sort of performance enhancing substance. They can't all fit the ame mold. Somebody had said that they get massive, which I was trying to say isn't always the case, some just get bulky and disproportioned. I guess I wasn't clear enough, but geeze I had to take an awful lot of flack for it. Saying that they get bulky and disproportioned is acknowledging a change in physique, albeit vague.That's better than responding to the massive thing with "Well you can barely notice the size change in the likes of Alex Sanchez, Brian Roberts, Wall Joyner, etc." I had not the time, effort, or desire to liste people name by name so I very generally just said that players can get bulky and disproportioned. I don't see why on earth people take such exception to that and feel the need to attack something as small and petty as that. The basis of my rants were not David Ortiz, as I said I only threw him in there because A-Rod's name was being dragged around. You guys are a tough crowd...