Performance-enhancing drugs
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Yes.
- Seriously, though, Tom Seats (http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seatsto01.shtml) had a couple of shots before games when he was with the 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers . Is alcohol a performance enhancer?
Not generally speaking. Sure, Mickey Mantle once hit a grand slam hungover (see Ball Four) and Pete Alexander was hungover during Game Seven of the 1926 World Series. But even in their cases, one could say that alcohol was detrimental to their careers.
- Didn't Dock Ellis pitch a perfect game while tripping on LSD? Does that make acid a PED?
Thanks to eight walks (http://www.sirbacon.org/4membersonly/docellis.htm), the June 12, 1970 (http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B06121SDN1970.htm) game was a mere no-hitter.
- Opiate use by baseball players goes all the way back to Tommy Barlow (http://www.efqreview.com/NewFiles/v21n1/onhistoricalground.html). Are opiates PEDs? What about THC (as in Bill Lee's marijuana laced pancakes)?
- What about ephedra?
- Does Viagra enhance your OBP by increasing HBP?
- What is the history of steroid use and other PED use in baseball and other sports?
- What is the difference between HGH and steroids?
- What is the difference between LASIK eye surgery and steroids?
- What's this I hear about bionics and nanotechnology becoming the Brave New World of performance enhancement in the future?
Links to some articles on the topic: CNN (http://archives.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/02/20/engineered.athletes/), Royal Body Care (http://www.royalbodycare.com/Nanotechnology_Revolution.aspx), and Sciencentral.com (http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?language=english&type=24119&article_id=218392277&cat=3_2).
- Some notable threads that discuss steroids and othe PEDs:
Bonds & Steroids -- 03/02/04 (http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/newsblog_discussion/sf_gate_bonds_got_steroids_feds_were_told_sluggers_trainer_said_to_have_giv/)
A Tainted Era -- 06/17/03 (http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/newsblog_discussion/a_tainted_era_mlb_1995_2002_boom_years_for_the_national_pastime_but_drug_is/)
Bonds & Steroids -- 04/25/04 (http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/newsblog_discussion/conte_allegedly_admits_giving_bonds_others_drugs/)
Bonds & Steroids -- 12/03/04 (http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/newsblog_discussion/report_bonds_admitted_to_using_substances_thought_to_be_steroids/)
Sully, Steroids, Bonds, Technology, Vaccinations and More -- 12/06/04 (http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/primer/blogpen_discussion/andrew_sullivan/)
Bonds & Steroids -- 12/04/04 (http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/newsblog_discussion/msnbc_boswell_bonds_recent_records_are_worthless/)
Bonds & Steroids: Ostler -- 12/22/03 (http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/newsblog_discussion/sf_gate_ostler_rumors_suspicion_will_follow_bonds_all_season/)
Others to be added to the mix at some point in the near future:
Bonds ####": http://www.archive.org/web/20040316020200/www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00005162.shtml
"Steve Treder's Doubts" http://www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00005099.shtml
"Tame Steroids Thread" http://www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00003477.shtml
"MAssive Steroid Thread" http://www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00007638.shtml
"Bonds #### Two" http://www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00009800.shtml
"Bonds #### Three" http://www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00009629.shtml
"Bonds #### Four" http://www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00007638.shtml
"Bonds #### Again" http://www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00010915.shtml
http://web.archive.org/web/20040316020200/www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00008457.shtml
Some views on the subject of performance enhancing drugs and baseball.
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