Bronson Arroyo takes shady stuff and is proud of it.

coynejeremy · Aug 13, 2009

Bronson Arroyo of Cincinnati Reds flouting MLB, union guidance on supplements - ESPN

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo, who last month admitted to using a now-banned supplement earlier in his career, says he uses a number of over-the-counter supplements not on Major League Baseball's approved list, according to a USA Today report.
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"I take 10 to 12 different things a day, and on the days I pitch, there's four more things. There's a caffeine drink I take from a company that [former Boston Red Sox teammate] Curt Schilling introduced me to in '05. I take some Korean ginseng and a few other proteins out there that are not certified. But I haven't failed any tests, so I figured I'm good."
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"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say," Arroyo said, according to the report. "But society has made this such a tainted thing. The media has made it where people look at it in such a super-negative light. I've always been honest. I'm not going to stop now."
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Last month, after The New York Times reported Arroyo's former Red Sox teammates David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were on a list of players allegedly testing positive for now-banned substances in 2003, Arroyo told the Boston Herald that he had used androstenedione and amphetamines before they were banned in 2004 and 2006, respectively.

Arroyo says he believes he is also on the 2003 list, as there were rumors at the time that andro taken by some ballplayers was tainted with steroids. He said he took andro anyway because it helped him gain weight and strength, according to USA Today.
"Man, I didn't think twice about it," he said, according to the report. "I took androstenedione the same way I took my multivitamins. I didn't really know if this was a genius move by Mark McGwire to cover up the real [stuff] he was taking, but it made me feel unbelievable. I felt like a monster."
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According to the report, Arroyo said fans and the media seem more concerned with the sanctity of the game's records than whether the substances will hurt players later on.
"I can see where guys like Hank Aaron and some of the old-timers have a beef with it," Arroyo said, according to the report. "But as far as looking at Manny Ramirez like he's [serial killer] Ted Bundy, you're out of your mind. At the end of the day, you think anybody really [cares] whether Manny Ramirez's kidneys fail and he dies at 50?

"You were happy if the Red Sox won 95 games. You'd go home, have a cookout with your family. No big deal," he said, according to the report.

And that wasn't even half the gems in this report. Kind of a breath of fresh air to hear someone tell it straight instead of BSing about it.

TaS · Aug 13, 2009

My main concern is to make sure that Manny lives to see his 60's.

roscoe36 · Aug 13, 2009

Thanks for the laughs. That made my day.

CloudWalker · Aug 14, 2009

...as there were rumors at the time that andro taken by some ballplayers was tainted with steroids.

"Tainted with steroids"...

That statement is fallacious as all get out.

Tainted with whey and starch fillers is more like it.

It's more likely that the steroids they took were tainted with andro ;), and now they are blaming supplements for their skewed testosterone to epitestosterone ratio.

Latinoking90 · Aug 16, 2009

roscoe36 said: ↑

Thanks for the laughs. That made my day.

+1

What an idiot.

The Palace Artest · Aug 16, 2009

Bronson Arroyo is hilarious. He looks like a bastard Kid Rock on his guitar.

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