If Judge was on the Red Sox

[Northern Star]

Would you suspect him of using steroids?

[harmony]

I have no reason to suspect Aaron Judge of using steroids regardless of his team.

[S5Dewey]

Would you suspect him of using steroids?

 

Regardless of what team anyone is on I wouldn't publicly connect them with steroids unless I had some kind of proof that he'd been using. That's the kind of innuendo that can ruin a guy's reputation.

 

IOW I wouldn't say so even if I did. I find no need to repeat every unfounded suspicion I have.

[notin]

I never assume any individual player is on steroids without sufficient evidence. And that evidence cannot come in the form of statistical improvement or elite performance alone.

 

However, I do strongly suspect multiple players throughout the league continue to use and manage tobeat the system

[fxkatt]

I never assume any individual player is on steroids without sufficient evidence. And that evidence cannot come in the form of statistical improvement or elite performance alone.

 

However, I do strongly suspect multiple players throughout the league continue to use and manage tobeat the system

 

I'm sure it is and always has been pretty much a collective problem. PEDs have gotta be around because so many are undetectable. The numbers of players involved from periods to periods may change but no doubt it is NOT an individual problem. And it's too bad the League cherry picks individuals to be their object lessons while others go untainted.

 

Judge will be or is suspect already just because of his sudden rise at age 25. The Yanks entered spring training this year thinking they would have to send Judge back to the minors just so he could hit everyday (ha ha) But he sure is big enough to hit all these homers... maybe he just found a good hitting coach.

[FredLynn]

Steroids or no steroids, I don't want Judge on the Red Sox. I don't want any stinking Yankee on the Red Sox.

[Slasher9]

He's on the Yankees. Surely he has been to their clinic in Miami....

[moonslav59]

I've long suspected there's something fishy in the Yankee clubhouse water fountain.

[notin]

Every time some player shows a power surge mid-career, the steroid chatter begins. Judge, obviously, is a bit early for that. But Jose Bautista certainly was a hot topic. Like there was no other way. And it's so unprecedented. Right?

 

By that logic, Roger Maris was clearly on steroids.

 

And Babe Ruth...

[notin]

Steroids or no steroids, I don't want Judge on the Red Sox. I don't want any stinking Yankee on the Red Sox.

 

You didn't love Don Baylor? (RIP)

 

Also Tony Armas Jr helped us get Pedro (and keep him off the Yankees)...

[moonslav59]

Every time some player shows a power surge mid-career, the steroid chatter begins. Judge, obviously, is a bit early for that. But Jose Bautista certainly was a hot topic. Like there was no other way. And it's so unprecedented. Right?

 

By that logic, Roger Maris was clearly on steroids.

 

And Babe Ruth...

 

Look at Judge's massive and malformed head!

[jacksonianmarch]

What a stupid thread. He’s a massive human being. He should have power.

[Spudboy]

Look at Judge's massive and malformed head!

 

And the gapped teeth.

[Bellhorn04]

I have no reason to suspect Judge. But I do think the damn ball is juiced. Every freaking day there's another 470 foot home run.

[S5Dewey]

I have no reason to suspect Judge. But I do think the damn ball is juiced. Every freaking day there's another 470 foot home run.

 

I've come to agree about the balls. I know the NCAA has changed to a flatter-seamed ball in order to negate the effect of the BBCOR bats that became mandated because of safety concerns. I have to wonder if MLB has quietly gone to the same type of ball in order to increase the flight of the ball.

 

"The D-I switch was widely expected after an NCAA study revealed that the flat-seamed ball travels an average of 20 feet longer out of a pitching machine set to simulate typical home run conditions than the raised-seam ball..."

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/ncaa-to-switch-to-flat-seamed-balls-in-2015/#B3BPISLkPq5qVR1J.99

[SoxnCycles]

He doesn't have to be on the juice.

The dude was built in a lab.

 

Frankenstein's Monster

Steinbrenner's monster

 

 

Coincidence that they look alike?

I think not!

[Bellhorn04]

He doesn't have to be on the juice.

The dude was built in a lab.

 

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Frankenstein's Monster

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Steinbrenner's monster

 

 

Coincidence that they look alike?

I think not!

 

Only one thing - if you're going to build a Yankee slugger in a lab, you make him a left-handed hitter or a switch hitter, to take total advantage of the Porch!

[SoxnCycles]

Only one thing - if you're going to build a Yankee slugger in a lab, you make him a left-handed hitter or a switch hitter, to take total advantage of the Porch!

 

Ha!

When they are that big, it doesn't seem to matter!

[mvp 78]

Everyone is on steroids.

[jacksonianmarch]

Judge doesn’t have to be lefty to be awesome. He misses balls and still pulls them out of the stadium to LF. If he was a lefty, though, he might hit an extra 10 bombs by accident

[OH FOY]

If Judge was on the Sox....I'd be happy.

[illinoisredsox]

Those of you of my age will remember Frank Howard, a guy eerily similar to Judge in size at a time when athletes in general were smaller than today. He put up several 40 home run seasons in the late 60s. He was just a big man.

 

Judge is just a big man. If he were inclined that way, he'd make a heck of a tight end or offensive tackle in football or perhaps a power forward in basketball.

[OH FOY]

Judge is athletic. He can run, throw, and field. Judge reminds me more of Kingman.

[Spudboy]

Those of you of my age will remember Frank Howard, a guy eerily similar to Judge in size at a time when athletes in general were smaller than today. He put up several 40 home run seasons in the late 60s. He was just a big man.

 

Judge is just a big man. If he were inclined that way, he'd make a heck of a tight end or offensive tackle in football or perhaps a power forward in basketball.

 

Yeah I remember Frank Howard and Boog Powell. They were big boys that could give a ball a ride.

 

Harmon Killebrew did not look as big as I recall but it was 50 years ago so I could be wrong.

[Spudboy]

Judge is athletic. He can run, throw, and field.

 

To me that is pretty impressive.

 

He has pretty good skills to add to his ability to crush a ball.

 

Plus he seems pretty unassuming.

 

To bad he is on the Yankees!

[OH FOY]

Howards best years was when Ted Williams was his Manager.

[notin]

What a stupid thread. He’s a massive human being. He should have power.

 

By that logic, Jose Canseco is not on steroids.

 

Several years ago, my wife (who is legally blind) and I went to see the Red Sox play the While Sox at the Cell. We sat out in right field. She couldn't see much but the one player she could recognize due to his sheer massive size was Jose Csnseco (who was on the White Sox at the time). And I had to agree. His massive volume clearly seperate him from everyone else on the field.

 

THAT might be the best steroid test. If you can be recognized from 300 feet away by a legally blind person, you're definitely juicing...

[bkzwhitestrican]

During this day and age, I would not be surprised by anyone using steroids. But i do not suspect judge anymore than the next guy. But Pedroia?? That guy is massive, I don't think there's any question. PEDroia

[mvp 78]

During this day and age, I would not be surprised by anyone using steroids. But i do not suspect judge anymore than the next guy. But Pedroia?? That guy is massive, I don't think there's any question. PEDroia

 

Interesting.

 

If you are genetically prone to male pattern baldness, using steroids can accelerate your hair loss because you will have higher levels of DHT in your body.

 

And

 

Performance-enhancing steroids are the gifts that keep on giving. ... But those perennial gifts aren't all "positive": Now, it seems, in addition to bulking up users, anabolic steroids also predispose them to musculoskeletal injuries.

 

But seriously though, they are all on the juice. Accepting that is the first step to no longer caring about it.

[Carpin]

To me that is pretty impressive.

 

He has pretty good skills to add to his ability to crush a ball.

 

Plus he seems pretty unassuming.

 

To bad he is on the Yankees!

 

The best thing is that he haven't reach the age of peak performance (27-29 yrs)

 

He looks out of place because most of the guys his (Judge and Stanton) size and athleticism usually pick football of basketball, Just imagine Gronk in a baseball field