August 10, 2007
Coaches on Barry
Sean Kirst talks to two inner-city little league coaches about Barry Bonds. First, the technical details:
But when he watches Bonds, all Brooks sees is that perfect swing a technical masterpiece that he contends would not really benefit from chemicals.
"It's a compact swing, no wasted effort going back," Brooks said. "Everything is forward. He seems so tuned in how the pitcher's throwing. The other night, almost when the ball left the pitcher's hand, that left leg moved just a little bit to be in the right place to power that pitch. I don't think muscle builders really are going to help with that."
Then on role models:
More important, Hayden questions why anyone would think of a baseball player as a paragon of virtue in the first place. "I'd never tell these kids that a ballplayer should be a role model," Hayden said. "I think, if you're looking for role models, it ought be a doctor or a teacher."
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I'm sick of the tired "steroids don't help you make contact" argument. Steroids help you build muscle which helps you hit the ball further. Steroids help you recover from injury quicker (until they cause your body to breakdown).
Jebus, yes, on the role model thing. Very few players are being heroes for stepping onto a field of play. (Or not stepping onto one, to give props to someone I would consider a hero like Curt Flood.)
Derek, not to mention the fact that some performance enhancers, especially the ones B*nds took, and actually improve vision. So, not only are you stronger to hit the ball further, you can see it better as it approches you.
Um, there are many much better (and legal) ways to improve one's eyesight. Such as laser surgery, those funky red contacts players were during day games, etc. Body enhancements aren't banned in baseball/sports, just certain kinds of body enhancements.
They don't improve vision. Steroids actually hurt vision and in some causes cause blindness. The "visual" benefit they add comes from improving the ability to identify and track objects in 3 dimensional space.
