SFC: Byrd ordered HGH

That's probably part of it, but younger fans don't really care or remember about it that long ago. I think it's more that people look at the sports differently, with football being such a gladiator sport that they don't see as much wrong with being on something extra to get ready for "battle"

 

Took it for medical reasons ... and didn't hide it.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7358706

 

Dear Indians players:

Next time someone asks you anything about this series, just say, "Who cares? There's always next year!"

Sincerely,
Manny

 

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So we should just completely ignore Giambi's steriod use?

 

Good pull by Rosenthal. Talk about a quick turnaround.

 

Someone is moving something similar, too.

 

Current events will certainly help his proposed book find a buyer. The book not only describes his HGH use but also describes his addiction to pornography, etc.

Here's a lengthy but occassionally interview Q&A with him.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=alipour/071016&sportCat=mlb

On the eve of his ALCS Game 4 outing, Byrd took some time to talk about some of the topics he'll cover in his book, including his struggles with pornography, cheating, and sharing his faith with the media and clubhouse mates, and to discuss how religion can unify and, at times, divide a clubhouse.

Alipour: You describe this book as being graphic. How so?

Byrd: It's not a politically correct book. It's not for a young audience. It's for people in their 20s and 30s that go through similar battles, like with pornography. I've had a real struggle with pornography, from before I became a Christian, when pornography was the good old American way. After I became a Christian, it really began to bother me, but God didn't really take it away. I struggle with porn one night, and somebody asks me a question about Jesus the next day in the outfield, so you feel like a hypocrite trying to share. It's the elephant in the locker room.

Crazy.

 

APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE!!

Only you got the sport wrong. ESPN is up the NBA's ass, not the NFL.

 

Terry Pluto ghost-write it?

 

No, in a conversation about steroids in general or many other contexts. Not in the contexts of cheaters in the division round of the playoffs the last couple of years. That would be Rogers, and we thought at the time of the original statement, Byrd.

 

Giambi hit 2 home runs in game 7, 2003 alcs. Pretty relevant.