Friday, September 14, 2012

MORE GIANTS AND PEDs - MARCOS SCUTARO?


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If other teams coming up against the San Francisco Giants really want an even playing fieldthey should keep on top of the Giants.  Sad to say, even after Melky Cabrera's drug bust-don't be surprised to see him back for the playoffs- and Guilermo Mota's reinstatementafter his second illegal - there is reason to believe there could be at least another or two more tainted Giants on the team.
Simply consider the following:
Infielder Marcos Scutaro is 37 years old.
He was batting .271 when the Giants acquired him mid season.
He had never hit over .299 in his entire career and at age 37 he is hitting .341 since in 200 at bats since coming toh the Giants in a tough hitters' ballpark, especially as compared to Colorado.
The Giants got Scutaro for next to nothing, a sixth rated minor league prospect, Charlie Culberson and cash.
Scuator has been with three teams in three years.
 
Sounds alot like Melky Cabrera, right? But Melky   already had one big year before coming to the Giants
Add the fact that Scuator is from Venezuela, one of the main countries, along with the domincan.
where convicted ballplayers originate from- supposedly, the quest to do well in the majors and to bring glory and moneyback to the home country is the motivator.
And, Scutaro is coming to a team with known users and a number of Venezuleans and Dominican players.
One could say Scutaro has had only 200 ad bats with the Giants but that is nearly half a season worth
and a seventy point batting rise over that long a period is no mere streak of luck. Blancoo has had similar
streaks early in the season that would be questioned but that wasn't evena 70 point rise over his past average.
There are others ont he team like Arias and pagan who are having significantly above average seasons
again in a tough ballpark. One can now look back at Andre Torrez, who had an otherworldly season the year the
Giants won the Seies. Then there's the long list of tainted players from Bonds'S gang to Jose Guillen, another
convicted user during the Wrold Series year. You gotta wonder. Giant's fans in liberal San Francisco welcome
the entertainment at any cost. 'Give the player a second and third chance' they say... ' That's baseball today
ih San Francisco.
I wouldn't put it past GM Brian Sabean and the SF Giants and their 'win at any cost' attitude to find more
players on testosterone or other substances. One cockroach on a team leads to two and four, etc... Kirk Gibson
is the only other team member to far make an issue of the Giants and how a player like Cabrera has already
had an unfair advantage, singlehandedly giving the Giants at least 5-10 victories this season. So they lose
him; they just bring in another likely user, Scutaro, who is literally filling Cabrera's numbers.
Whether it's turning up the PA louder than any other stadium to excite the fans or overstating it's sellouts
the Giants must be brought to the table of true justice or they will continue making a mockery of the game.
Even if Sabean and the Giants aren't techinically guilty of anything they are taking advantage of a weak
baseball structure, thanks to Selig and Co, going after suspected or know users who other teams are more
respectful to turn away. No other team comes close to spitting in the face of the National Pasttime.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Mota, Testosterone, San Francisco Giants - Sabean Makes More Excuses

Mota, Testosterone, San Francisco Giants - Sabean Makes More Excuses

The Chronicle reached Giants general manager Brian Sabean by phone a few minutes ago, and he offered this explanation on the team’s decision to activate reliever Guillermo Mota 8/31/12, SFGate,com:

 “Our organization, before MLB was doing anything, before baseball even tested, we tested in the minor leagues. We strictly adhere to the program. We feel the program is a good one, and it’s working. Whether there will be changes made, that’s not for me to say because of collective bargaining. The long and short of it is, the club has no right to impugn anyone any more. You have to go case by case. We’re aware of Mota’s case inside and out, and we feel it was an honest mistake.”

 On any concerns about the perception of the Giants, given Melky Cabrera’s recent suspension for testosterone use: “We’re always concerned about our brand, about how you’re perceived. But we’ve done nothing wrong. The player has done something wrong, faced the music, and under the policy of Major League Baseball we don’t have the right to shut him out. We don’t have the right to further sanction him.”

  But, Brian, you do have the responsiblity to bring in players NOT suspected of drug  and especially NOT  two time convicted ones.  To say that Mota made an 'honest mistake' is laughable....NOT READING THE COUGH MEDICINE LABEL!  That's even worse than Bond's 'flaxseed oil' excuse because not only Mota is saying the testosterone was in cough medicine but he also said he didn't read the label. Then, on top of that, it's his SECOND CONVICTION! Come on Brian! Fool be once...

  Is it shear coincidence that during your reign you've brought in 10 convicted users and a number more of suspected ones. No other team has brought in more than one ro two, and usually made a point to carefully check them out after that. Why do you think Mota and other suspected guys cleared waivers? Other teams have the decency not to mess with them, even if it would mean (illegally) helping their team

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Bringing in Jose Guillen , alone, gave you several game winning hits, enough to cover the one game finish over San Diego. This year,  recently-banned Melky Cabrera probably meant another 5-10 wins in the time he was here.  And now two time convicted user, Mota , is back , not to mention several other suspected users.  As Arizona manager Kirk Gibson points out, it's not fair to the other (abiding) teams to knowingly acquire such players. (Sorry , Brian, but other teams knew better and so you got a real deal for both Cabrera and  Mota.  No due dilligence here.  These and other players you go after had dramatic spikes in their stats, were malcontents with prior teams (when a player plays on four different teams in four years you must wonder, too). Nuff evidence. Nuff said. Stop it now or finally step in Stupid Selig.

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Giants Welcoming back Two Time Offender Mota Must Make Purists Wonder about Giants, Baseball Today
In light of the SF Giants reactivating Guillermo 'I did not read the label on the cough medicine'  Mota following his second drug violation and 100 game suspension, baseball purists must question how the Giants can get away or have the balls to keep taking on known drug users or reputed ones. And they're winning, why of course, with players other teams respectfully turned away. Meanwhile the Giants continue to win and affect other teams' chances, eg Arizona Dbacks,  with tainted players while baseball turns it's head (with rare exception, ieKirk Gibson).
It's true that the average modern baseball fan is not as concerned with such infractions if a player is entertaining him . Witness Barry Bonds' 10 year steoriod career when the Giants and fans totally supported their meal ticket while getting rid of players and management that didnb't subscribe to the idea, eg best natural team player Jeff Kent and team head Bill Neucomb.

PEFORMANCE  ENHANCING SUPPLEMENTS - Giants Continue to Thrive , Get  Away with Drug-enhanced Players

Giants management claims ignorance when acquiring these tainted players, believing that MLB should do the screening.  If other teams let such players as Cabrera get away for a player like Jonahtan Sanchez one has to know something is going on; then, looking at the numbers and finding Cabrera's sudden resurgence really says something. So much for due dilligence on the part of GM Sabean. Meanwhile the Jints are winning with these players other teams had the respect to turn away. Is it fair to other teams? No. Does it make the Giants and baseball a laughing stock to old school baseball players and fans? Yes.
From 2000  the team has been rampant with convicted and suspected steroid users (in a time before advanced testing was adopted), eg Santiago, Benitas, Bernard in addidtion to Bonds. One must wonder how many others had gone undetected.
The Giants rode their major League leading Drug reputation into the world series in 2002 after acquiring another convicted drug offender, Jose Guillen. After he came to the team, we saw a sudden spike of homeruns and hitting by the giants, with newly acquired Cody Ross hitting 8 homers in a short span and several in the playoffs. Then there were others with equally surprising numbers, like Jose uribe , Renteria and the aforementioned convicted Mota. Note the Latin connection, and most of the success happening after fellow Dominican Guillen joined the team in August. Guillen alone had several game winning hits, enough by himself to make up the one game margin the Giants needed to beat out San Diego IN the playoffs in 2010.
This year the trend contines with Mota and another Dominican, Joaquin Arias outhitting the league since the Allstar break. Arias, who had never hit a homerun in his prevous 2,000 at bats over five seasons has already hit three in the homer unfriendly San Francisco At&t Park. His 12 doubles are double the most he ever hit in a single season prior.
 At an age when most players start slowing down, Angel Pagan   is having a career power year with 8 homers and 29 doubles thru 8/31, again, in theSan Franciso ballpark unfriendly to hitters. Pagan only once hit more homes in a year, in the smaller New York  Met's ball park.
Yet a third player, Gregor Blanco, has hit 5 homers this year in 111 games for the giants which is more than the three he hit  his previous three years and 250 at bats in the big leaques, combined, again, playing in the large ballpark, unfriendly for hitting homers.
It's all very reminiscent of the 2010 team that featured the aforementioned number of Latin players who mysteriously became power hitters with the giants in the large ballpark.'
The Giants are basically thumbing their nose at major league baseball with their 'win-at-any-cost' attitude; they already have two of the five convicted drug users in 2012 in Moto and Melky Cabrera and may well have more who have gone undetected. And, so what if they lose a player like Cabrera.. They got a lot of victories out of his tainted player - at a reducedcost- that could well propel them into the playoffs again.
Sabean as long overlooked the team's drug use, but now even usually cerebral manager Bruce Bochy dismissed any problem with bringing back Mota, saying that the Giants, unlike other teams, are more concerned with a player's well-being and that they should be given another chance, in this case a third. GM Brian Sabean is even more obvious, saying that it's up to major league baseball ot police the players. Now, if Mota performs well one can assume he's still on 'cough medicine.' If he is off the performance enhancing drugs  now, what's the point of having him around. No doubt the Giants hope he's still using PEDs -- at keast long enough to help get them in the playoffs. Let him get ' detected later.
And another recent acquisition, Hunter Pence , has been rumoured to be on and perhaps now off PEDs, based on his recent decline. The Giants may lose on this one unless  Pence decides to risk going back on the drug. In any case it's a win-win propositon for the giants. They can't lose. Get a guy cheap and hope he gets away with it long enough to help propel the team...
So there you you go... The San Franicso Giant's Win-At-Any-Cost attitude. It'a affecting the pennant races, favoring the Giants by far yet only Arizona manager Kirk Gibson has brought up the discrepancy... Bud Selig where are you again? Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio? Baseball has become more like westling or roller derby today - an exhibition rather than a true measure of players' talents. Sadly , the ones who are playing it honest, which is still the majority are playing an an unfair field,being affected adversely by the cheaters.her prices for untained ones.  Mota, Testosterone, San Francisco Giants - Sabean Makes More Excuses

Friday, August 31, 2012

Giants Welcoming back Two Time Offender Mota Must Make Purists Wonder about Giants, Baseball Today


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Giants Welcoming back Two Time Offender Mota Must Make Purists Wonder about Giants, Baseball Today
In light of the SF Giants reactivating Guillermo 'I did not read the label on the cough medicine'  Mota following his
second drug violation and 100 game suspension, baseball purists must
question how the Giants can get away or have the balls to keep taking
on known drug users or reputed ones. And they're winning, why of course, with players other teams respectfully turned away. Meanwhile the Giants continue to win and affect other teams' chances, eg Arizona Dbacks,  with tainted players while baseball turns it's head (with rare exception, ieKirk Gibson).
It's true that the average modern baseball fan is not as concerned with such
infractions if a player is entertaining him . Witness Barry Bonds'
10 year steriod career when the Giants and fans totally supported their
meal ticket while getting rid of players and management who didn't subscribe to the idea, eg best natural team player Jeff Kent and team head Bill Neucomb.

SF Giants Continue Promoting, Thriving with Drugs in Baseball with Mota Activation

Giants management claims ignorance when acquiring these tainted players, believing that MLB should do the screening.  If other teams let such players as Cabrera get away for a player like Jonathan Sanchez one has to know something is going on; then, looking at the numbers and finding Cabrera's sudden resurgence really says something. So much for due dilligence on the part of GM Sabean. Meanwhile the Gaints are winning with these players other teams had the respect to turn away. Is it fair to other teams? No. Does it make the Giants and baseball a laughing stock to old school baseball players and fans? Yes. But does anyone say or do anything about it? No. 
From 2000 on the team has been rampant with convicted and suspected steroid users
 (in a time before advanced testing was adopted), eg Santiago, Benitas, Bernard
in addidtion to Bonds. One must wonder how many others had gone undetected.
the Giants rode their major League leading Drug reputation into the world series
in 2002 after acquiring another convicted drug offender, Jose guillen. After he
came to the team, we saw a sudden spike of homeruns and hitting by the giants,
with newly acquired Cody Ross hitting 8 homers in a short span and several in the playoffs.
Then there were others with equally surprising numbers, like Jose uribe , Renteria and the
aforementioned convicted Mota. NOte the Dominican connection, and most of the
s8uccess happening after fellow dominican Guillen joined the team in August.
Guillen alone had several game winning hits, enough by himself to make up the
one game margin the Ginats needed to beat out San Diego to the playoffs in 2010.
This year the trend contines with Mota and another Dominican, Joaquin Arias
outhitting the league since the Allstar break. Arias, who had never hit a homerun
in his prevous 2,000 at bats over five seasons has already hit three in the
homer unfriendly San Franciso At&t Park. His 12 doubles are double the most he ever
hit in a single season prior.
but is having a career year with 8 homers and 29 doubles thru 8/31, again, in the
San Franciso ballpark unfriendly to hitters. Pagan only once hit more than
better, in the smaller NEW yORK Met's ball park.
Yet a third player, Gregor Blanco, has hit 5 homers this year in 111 games for the giants
which is more than the three he hit all his previous three years and 250 at bats, combined,
again, playing in the large ballpark, unfriendly for hitting homers.
It's all very reminiscent of the 2010 team that featured the aforementioned
number of Latin players who mysteriously became power hitters with the giants in the
large ballpark.'
The Giants are basically thumbing their nose at major league baseball. they already
have two of the five convicted drug users in 2012 in Moto and Melky Cabrera
and may well have more who have gone undetected. And, so what if they lsoe a player
like Cabrera.. They got a lot of victories out of his tainted player - at a reduced
cost- that could
well propel them into the playoffs again.
In a statement, Bruce Bochy dismissed any problem with bringing back Mota,
saying that the Giants, unlike other teams, are more concerned with a player's well-being
and that they should be given another chance, in this case a third. GM Brian Sabean
is even more obvious, saying that it's up to major league baseball ot police the players.
Now, if Mota performs well one can assume he's still on steroids. If he is off the
steroids now, what's the point of having him around. No doubt the Giants hope he's
still using steroids -- and long enough to help get them in the playoffs. Let him get '
detected later.
And another recent acquisition, Hunter Pence , has been rumoured to be on and perhaps
now off steroids, based on his recent decline. The Giants may lose on this one unless
Pence decide to risk going back on the drug. In any case it's a win-win propositon
foir the giants. They can't lose. Get a guy cheap and hope he gets away with it
long enough to help propel the team...
So there you you go... The San Franicso Giant's Win-At-Any-cost attiutude. It'a
affecting the pennant races, favoring the Giants by far yet only Arizona manager
Kirk Gibson has brought up the discrepancy... Bud Selig where are you again?
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PEDs - PERFORMANCE ENHANCERS - Giants Continue to Thrive , Getting Away with Drug-enhanced Players

Giants Welcoming back Two Time Offender Mota Must Make Purists Wonder about Giants, Baseball Today
In light of the SF Giants reactivating Guillermo 'I did not read the label on the cough medicine'  Mota following his
second drug violation and 100 game suspension, baseball purists must
question how the Giants can get away or have the balls to keep taking
on known drug users or reputed ones. And they're winning, why of course, with players other teams respectfully turned away. Meanwhile the Giants continue to win and affect other teams' chances, eg Arizona Dbacks,  with tainted players while baseball turns it's head (with rare exception, ieKirk Gibson).
It's true that the average modern baseball fan is not as concerned with such
infractions if a player is entertaining him . Witness Barry Bonds'
10 year steoriod career when the Giants and fans totally supported their
meal ticket while getting rid of players and management that didnb't subscribe to the idea, eg best natural team player Jeff Kent and team head Bill Neucomb.

SF Giants Continue Promoting, Thriving with Drugs in Baseball with Mota Activation

Giants management claim ignorance when acquiring these tainted players, believing that MLB should do the screening.  If other teams let such players as Cabrera get away for a player like Jonahtan Sanchez one has to know something is going on; then, looking at the numbers and finding Cabrera's sudden resurgence really says something. So much for due dilligence on the part of GM Sabean. Meanwhile the Gaints are winning with these players other teams had the respect to turn away. Is it fair to other teams? No. Does it make the Giants and baseball a laughing stock to old school baseball players and fans? Yes. 
From 2000 on the team has been rampant with convicted and suspected steroid users
)(in a time before advanced t3sting was adoped), eg Santiago, Benitas, Bernard
in addidtion to Bonds. One must wonder how many others had gone undetected.
the Giants rode their major League leading Drug reputation into the world series
in 2002 after acquiring another convicted drug offender, Jose guillen. After he
came to the team, we saw a sudden spike of homeruns and hitting by the giants,
with newly acquired Cody Ross hitting 8 homers in a short span and several in the playoffs.
Then there were others with equally surprising numbers, like Jose Uribe ,Edgar Renteria and the
aforementioned convicted Mota. NOte the Dominican connection, and most of the
success happening after fellow Dominican Guillen joined the team in August.
Guillen alone had several game winning hits, enough by himself to make up the
one game margin the Giants needed to beat out San Diego to the playoffs in 2010.
This year the trend continues with Mota and another Dominican, Joaquin Arias
outhitting the league since the Allstar break. Arias, who had never hit a homerun
in his previous 2,000 at bats over five seasons has already hit three in the
homer unfriendly San Francisco At&t Park. His 12 doubles are double the most he ever
hit in a single season prior.
but is having a career year with 8 homers and 29 doubles thru 8/31, again, in the
San Franciso ballpark unfriendly to hitters. Pagan only once hit more than
better, in the smaller New York Met's ball park.
Yet a third player, Gregor Blanco, has hit 5 homers this year in 111 games for the giants
which is more than the three he hit all his previous three years and 250 at bats, combined,
again, playing in the large ballpark, unfriendly for hitting homers.
It's all very reminiscent of the 2010 team that featured the aforementioned
number of Latin players who mysteriously became power hitters with the giants in the
large ballpark.'
The Giants are basically thumbing their nose at major league baseball. they already
have two of the five convicted drug users in 2012 in Moto and Melky Cabrera
and may well have more who have gone undetected. And, so what if they lsoe a player
like Cabrera.. They got a lot of victories out of his tainted player - at a reduced
cost- that could well propel them into the playoffs again.
In a statement, Bruce Bochy dismissed any problem with bringing back Mota,
saying that the Giants, unlike other teams, are more concerned with a player's well-being
and that they should be given another chance, in this case a third. GM Brian Sabean
is even more obvious, saying that it's up to major league baseball ot police the players.
Now, if Mota performs well one can assume he's still on steroids. If he is off the
steroids now, what's the point of having him around. No doubt the Giants hope he's
still using steroids -- and long enough to help get them in the playoffs. Let him get '
detected later.
And another recent acquisition, Hunter Pence , has been rumoured to be on and perhaps
now off steroids, based on his recent decline. The Giants may lose on this one unless
Pence decide to risk going back on the drug. In any case it's a win-win propositon
foir the giants. They can't lose. Get a guy cheap and hope he gets away with it
long enough to help propel the team...
So there you you go... The San Franicso Giant's Win-At-Any-cost attiutude. It'a
affecting the pennant races, favoring the Giants by far yet only Arizona manager
Kirk Gibson has brought up the discrepancy... Bud Selig where are you again?

 

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