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    JMobile
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    David Ortiz is too good to retire. He should play 5 more years.

    Regardless that he doesn't play 1st base anymore, he can still hit and I believe he has 5 years more in the tank. In 5 years, he can create more records and take the club to the postseason. There is nobody like Big Papi.




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    No they leave these guys alone when they announce retirement and let them do all the PED's that they want. He would have to go off them to play another year and he would probably hit under .200.

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    He's on pace to hit 80 doubles this year which will shatter the record of 67. Might also have 50 Homers and 170 RBIs.

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    Adios PED POS

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    Might be crawling to 1st base after 5 years

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    How about 1 year at a time. Never understood the need to announce retirement year in advance. Quite when you're done. Some guys feel the need for a farewell tour I guess. I bet he'll be back next year. They'll give him 20 mil for a year.

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    He should retire when he doesn't have the desire to play anymore. And by play, I mostly mean put in the work it requires to be able to play at the highest level.

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    He is not leaving

    20 million more next year thats why
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    He is not leaving

    20 million more next year thats why
    Word.

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    Quote Originally Posted by intermission View Post
    Might be crawling to 1st base after 5 years
    It doesn't matter because that meldonium variant in his Designated Hitter body will continue to pump the ball out of the ball park.

    Strict orders from his personal trainer: Rule 1: Don't forget to juice, Rule 2: Don't forget rule 1.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigOrange View Post
    No they leave these guys alone when they announce retirement and let them do all the PED's that they want. He would have to go off them to play another year and he would probably hit under .200.
    Exactly!

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    I don't understand why the leagues cannot make PEDs legal. It will level the playing field better than the current situation we have at hand. The science of testing is way behind the latest masking agents that top players have.

    We can enjoy better performances (more home runs, monster dunks, etc.) if everyone is on PEDs. It is entertainment after all. Banning Sharapova for two years just robbed tennis of half its audience.

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    in 5 years they will probably have a test for whatever he is taking so maybe 2 years tops

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    Quote Originally Posted by CWD View Post
    in 5 years they will probably have a test for whatever he is taking so maybe 2 years tops
    In 2 years, he will have better masking agents or a new drug. It will always be a game of catch-up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by InsideMan View Post
    In 2 years, he will have better masking agents or a new drug. It will always be a game of catch-up.
    he will prob be too old for that stuff to help by then BUT

    with PEDs if he can still put these numbers up into his mid 40s i say put him in HOF

    they dont even know what they should be testing for now most likely

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    should play . baseball is easy on your body

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    Quote Originally Posted by InsideMan View Post
    I don't understand why the leagues cannot make PEDs legal. It will level the playing field better than the current situation we have at hand. The science of testing is way behind the latest masking agents that top players have.

    We can enjoy better performances (more home runs, monster dunks, etc.) if everyone is on PEDs. It is entertainment after all. Banning Sharapova for two years just robbed tennis of half its audience.
    Until your 18yr old sticks a needle in his ass.

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    As long as he stays ahead of MLB's testing why not

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    Quote Originally Posted by InsideMan View Post
    I don't understand why the leagues cannot make PEDs legal. It will level the playing field better than the current situation we have at hand. The science of testing is way behind the latest masking agents that top players have.

    We can enjoy better performances (more home runs, monster dunks, etc.) if everyone is on PEDs. It is entertainment after all. Banning Sharapova for two years just robbed tennis of half its audience.
    Many athletes still use something illegal...always one step ahead of the testing

    Dumb and arrogant ones get caught or just really unlucky

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Huntertz View Post
    Until your 18yr old sticks a needle in his ass.
    We are not talking about bodybuilder steroids here from a couple of decades ago. In this day and age, not all PEDs are harmful for you. You think all these mega-millionaire athletes don't want to live a long life with all the money they have earned? All drugs not approved by the FDA are not harmful for you. FDA approvals are a joke. For example, Sharapova was taking meldonium for more than a decade. Meldonium has no harmful long-term effects. They only banned it starting 01-Jan-2016 after it did not get FDA approval. For meldonium, FDA is probably in cahoots with a big pharma company that has a different drug for a similar purpose.

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    as long as he keeps finding juice that flies under the radar.

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    It’s cheating and bad for the body, period.
    If you have kids sit them down and tell them…take drugs to get better at sports.
    Start early about 12 would be good……my boys gonna be in the big leagues, my boys gonna turn some heads!

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    You missed the memo. It is already happening everywhere. Kids in full-time sports academies are being put on a healthy "diet."

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    Big Papi can buy all of your guy's houses. I believe Papi is doing all this without PEDs

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    Nice avatar pic, JMobile.

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    everybody should threaten to retire so they can hit like that

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    Better to retire and go out on top. Like Elway, and glad to see Manning do the same. Hate to see guys hang on and go out as bums.

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    if he signs next years sheet for $20 mil then says he's retiring again they won't go after him

    victory lap loophole

    this our fukkin CD

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    Quote Originally Posted by InsideMan View Post
    Nice avatar pic, JMobile.
    I like you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JMobile View Post
    I like you.
    I like you too.

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