After blowing another save yesterday against the Not-So Crappy Cardinals, Eric Gagne has now blown three of nine save opportunities this season and has an ERA of 8.31. Right now, he is so inept that he makes the injured Joe Borowski seem like Rollie Fingers comparatively. This guy needs a shot in the arm at this point in his career. Literally, he needs an injection of those steroids that fooled many into believing he was a legitimate big league closer between 2002 and 2004. And not those B-12 shots that Miguel Tejada was passing out in the Orioles clubhouse or that weak flax seed oil that the same trainer gave to both Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield. He needs the hard stuff, the kind that took Lyle Alzado's life prematurely. Gagne's 84 straight saves and 2003 Cy Young Award are as legitimate as Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds' combined 1,345 home runs. During the aforementioned period where he was consistently injecting himself with steroids, Gagne converted 157 out of 163 save opportunities, appearing in an average of 75 games a year over this three year span. Since the 2004 season, Gagne's right arm has broken down about as often as my old 1984 Chrysler LeBaron used to. Since the juice has run dry, Gagne has converted 31 of 38 save opportunities and appeared in only 80 games total. For those of us that were on to this guy from the get-go, it is nice to watch him struggle now that he is playing at the same level as others.Wednesday, April 23, 2008
To Juice Or Not To Juice...
After blowing another save yesterday against the Not-So Crappy Cardinals, Eric Gagne has now blown three of nine save opportunities this season and has an ERA of 8.31. Right now, he is so inept that he makes the injured Joe Borowski seem like Rollie Fingers comparatively. This guy needs a shot in the arm at this point in his career. Literally, he needs an injection of those steroids that fooled many into believing he was a legitimate big league closer between 2002 and 2004. And not those B-12 shots that Miguel Tejada was passing out in the Orioles clubhouse or that weak flax seed oil that the same trainer gave to both Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield. He needs the hard stuff, the kind that took Lyle Alzado's life prematurely. Gagne's 84 straight saves and 2003 Cy Young Award are as legitimate as Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds' combined 1,345 home runs. During the aforementioned period where he was consistently injecting himself with steroids, Gagne converted 157 out of 163 save opportunities, appearing in an average of 75 games a year over this three year span. Since the 2004 season, Gagne's right arm has broken down about as often as my old 1984 Chrysler LeBaron used to. Since the juice has run dry, Gagne has converted 31 of 38 save opportunities and appeared in only 80 games total. For those of us that were on to this guy from the get-go, it is nice to watch him struggle now that he is playing at the same level as others.
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I swear you do this just to get my goat. Not defending my former boy, but there are plenty of other HGH-ers who have failed even worse since they had to stop drugging up. Jay Gibbons, Sammy Sosa, among others, can't even get jobs. I can't root for Gagne any more, but I fond it hard to root against him, only because I want him to prove he was better than that. So far, so bad.
Isn't Jay Gibbons the poster boy for those that want to argue that steroids does nothing for you. He was terrible with or without chemical assistance. And for the record, I would never do anything to "just get your goat" buddy, it is not in my make-up. The picture of Gangne wearing Dodger blue just happened to be the first one I saw.
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