Feel good story sours

September

Well, the feel-good story of the year didn’t last long.

Rick Ankiel’s comeback story now has the chapter of him receiving shipments of human growth hormone (HGH) before the drug was banned by MLB.

Here is a guy who reinvented himself from first a mental block that wouldn’t let him throw straight and then injury. Now it gets complicated because of the HGH.

It was a good story. I wish it could have stayed that way.

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 8th, 2007 at 11:31 am by John Delcos.
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7 Responses to “Feel good story sours”

Andrew V. September 8th, 2007 at 11:53 am
I don’t think any player (for a while) that suddenly does well will ever be outside the shadow of doubt that is HGH and steroids.
Justin September 8th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Call me crazy but I don’t think it’s a big deal, I don’t think Rick abused HGH he just used it after he blew out his shoulder to help heal. It was perscription, and im sure he needed it. Plus he probably didn’t think he was going to play baseball again..

I still think he’s a great story
Joan in Cheshire September 8th, 2007 at 11:59 am
The whole steroids in sports story drives me crazy. I have never understood the excuse “it wasn’t illegal in baseball/football etc.” as though they were separate countries from the United States where it is and was illegal. Instead of agents, union leaders, Commissioners, and all the money men in sports protecting their players from the real world, I would have had the local police responding. The Clubhouse is not off limits to them.

I have also wondered just why those who were not users allowed those who were to use illegal methods to improve their skills and therefore play better and make more money than the clean players. Maybe there just aren’t that many clean players these days.

I don’t even want to get into the kids who have been affected by this situation. Role Models – are you kidding?
holloywoodjosh September 8th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Hey Justin, why you accepting excuses from Ankiel?? I bet you’ve been blasting Bonds for years. Color of Ankiel’s skin have anything to do with it. He used the crap and got it from a Doctor who lost his license and had the most fines in Florida history. Get real…... He’s a freakin cheat… And he doesn’t want to pay a price. He only ordered a year supply… no sweat… he’s white…..
JK September 8th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Ankiel was a great story. But it ended with the HGH revelations. According to what I’ve read, there is no medically approved use for HGH that includes treatment after TJ surgery. The fact that Ankiel used it once likely means he’s doing it again. That’s been the case with most baseball players who do PEDs. We usually find that there is a pattern of repeated use. There is no excuse for what he did and now he has to suffer the consequences—doubt as to the legitimacy of his current performance.
dave September 8th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Joan – exactly.

I think Congress passed a law a long time ago allowing some monopoly powers and threatened to take them away in the steroids investigation which is what scared our wonderful commissioner.
Dan Gurney September 8th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Somebody should have given HGH to Mackey Sasser.

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