Random notes:
- Like a woman who keeps forgetting to take the pill, Ronald Belisario is late. Again. From @dylanohernandez:
Colletti on Belisario being late to camp: "At this point in his life, he needs to be worried about it more than we do."
That may have worked last year, when he was under the radar. This year? There are expectations.
- It's official: Gagne admits to taking HGH. From "Is it really Game Over for Eric Gagne?" by T.J. Simers at the LA Times:
"You were using HGH, weren't you?"
"I did," he says. "I hate to talk about it. It just doesn't do anyone any good. But I thought it would help me get better when I hurt my knee. I just don't want that to sound as an excuse.
"I'm so ashamed. It wasn't smart. If I knew what I know now. . . . I didn't need it. I regret it so much, just now maybe getting over the guilt. It was stupid."
Er, about that Cy Young....
- Need a laugh? From @camelbackranch:
RT @ChiTribSports: Andruw Jones "i'm the best CF you have here." J Cora: "you should. only pitchers and catchers are here."
Nice work, Alex Cora's brother!
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"Present meets past"
More like "new hotness" meets "old and busted".
Context: HGH is not a steroid and was not illegal in baseball at the time.
Not making excuses, and I do hold Gagne accountable for his actions. But some context is in order if his Cy Young is being called into question.
On another note, I'm so goddamn excited to see Dodger uniforms again that I don't even care that they're being worn by a bunch of washed-up has-beens.
So Manny has said this is his last year as a Dodger. Fine. Let's get a great year out of him and avoid all the endless speculation and distraction it would bring if he hadn't said the obvious.
I like Manny's quote, "From the waist down, I feel 15, from the neck up, I feel 43."
What about your torso??
I would have guessed the other way around with Manny: 15 in his head and 43 in his legs.
No word yet on his torso.
Will Leitch just posted a nice little piece on the local squad, for those who haven't dropped by deadspin this morning.
If Gagne introduces Broxton to HGH, we'll get this.
havent commented in a while, between losing in the nlcs and the whole mccourt divorce broohaha, i needed a few months to recover.
just wanted to say its nice that russ ortiz could show up to camp with his fat gut still intact. if he makes the team with his 80 mlb fastball im not going to be happy.
Gagne looks thinner, but that's probably because he's in the picture with Broxton.
It's kinda like skinny girls always hanging out with a fat friend to help make them look thinner.
I think that's what is going on in the last photo, as well. It makes me feel like Ramon Ortiz sucks way less.
I love the "corner the market on Ortizes" photo.
just wanted to say its nice that russ ortiz could show up to camp with his fat gut still intact. if he makes the team with his 80 mlb fastball im not going to be happy.
s/fastball/meatball/
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