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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 05:09 PM) You are right. Using amphetamines (greenies) is a federal crime as well, yet they were rampant in MLB. Willie Mays & Mike Schmidt have admitted to using them, how can they be in the Hall of Fame? That's not very "ethical" of them. Again it's a matter of where the crime is on the spectrum. Would someone get the same sentence for "greenies" as for cocaine? Almost all MLB players used greenies up until 5 years ago. That doesn't mean that it is the same offense that steriods are. One helps you to fight off fatigue, keeps you alert and helps you focus so you can perform at your best level. The other actually improves what your best level is.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 08:04 PM) It all depends on whether he was hurt after June or became old all of a sudden. If he was hurt and is now healthy, then I feel like he'll play another 5-6 years and challenge for 600. Watching him hit early in the year was truly a work of art. He figured the game out to a degree that most never do, truly taking what the pitcher gave him. He was fast-tracking to the HoF the last few years and I hope it was just some injury. Only guy that can hit .400 and I want to see it We know he was hurt. He had surgery on his wrist.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 03:44 PM) The teams letting them interview may not think so. You think Mike McCoy could be a little distracted by this when he has a game plan to implement. Now what if he interviewed every day last week and this week? Interviewing them for s***s and giggles will make a GM look bad. They had a week off to determine the opponent. If he can't implement the game plan in a week which is usual for the regular season, he shouldn't be an OC.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 02:27 PM) The Soxtalk guide to the off-season. Sox player had a good year- Can't be repeated, decline imminent. Sox player had a bad year- ominous sign, decline imminent. Sox player hurt- don't count on them, they won't fully recover, probably ever, decline imminent. Sox player leaves for another team- They are irreplaceable. Sox decline imminent. Player Soxtalk wanted Sox to sign, signed with another team- Reinsdorf is cheap, he would have been the difference to catching Detroit, Sox decline imminent. Detroit player had a good year- Look out, they are way better than what the Sox have, will help the Tigers get better. Detroit player had a bad year- Plenty of room to rebound and will help the Tigers get better. Detroit player hurt- This is an opportunity for the Tigers to get better, as they didn't have this player last year. Detroit player leaves for another team- They sucked, and the player replacing them is way better. This will help the Tigers get better. Player signs with Detroit- Huge help to the Tigers, this plugs their only hole, this will help the Tigers get better. Player snubs Detroit for another team- They sucked, and the player they already have is way better. This will help the Tigers get better. This is true for every off season. Just replace Detroit with Minnesota on occasion. The only thing you missed was: This is the year the Royals take the next step and will pass the woeful, poorly managed, underfunded, over paid, talentless, prospect barren Chicago White Sox.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 02:02 PM) Charge the mound, throw at him when he's batting. To compare doctoring a baseball to taking steroids is pretty ridiculous in my mind. This is the way I've always looked at it. Speeding and murder are both crimes. One gets a fine the other jail. Everyone is entitled to look at it however they want. That is what is so much fun about it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 8, 2013 -> 08:34 AM) RGKnee conversation with "Expert" at ESPN was quite informative. More at link. I'm not sure who Stephania Bell is but her comments are pretty good. Everything she says is in line with the current surgery/rehab protocols.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 05:04 PM) Yes, it was, here's the ESPN version: That's what I thought. Looking at a previously reconstructed knee makes it a lot more difficult to determine the extent of a new injury. This will be an interesting case. Edit: thinking about the prognosis someone stated earlier. I wonder if they found articular cartilage damage? This would cause the rehab to be prolonged.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 04:53 PM) Heard 12-14 months recovery time. Wow, that's a really long prognosis for that type of injury. There must be something else going on. Even a full reconstruction is at most 10-12. Adrian Peterson was playing in 9.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 04:34 PM) Flapship ‏@TheFlapship RG3 has a partial-tear (sprain) of his ACL and LCL joints. #NFL #redskins Is there any info on if it was his previously reconstructed ACL?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 04:35 PM) Here is the good NYT piece on it, which was much more thoroughly reported. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/sports/h...?pagewanted=all Note, that there was a local blogger that did a lot of work to keep this in the spotlight, has her name on the blog, and lives in the town taking all the heat. Takes a little more courage. This takes alot of courage in that situation. Take her out of the town before the carpet bombing begins. As a matter of fact let her push the button.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 03:32 PM) My monday routine is gym then stocking up at marianos. The only plus now is that there are about 200% more women in yoga pants doing the same routine at the store. One nice thing was that Sports Authority had a 50% off sale on all "balls." They meant footballs, baseballs etc. However I was able to get weighted balls with handles for the home gym from 10-20 lbs for half off as well. I said, "technically they are balls.' The manager gave in and told me to "take my heavy balls home."

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 04:11 PM) I'm assuming they are recent findings by this hacker group 'Anonymous' that just came out and haven't been explored. I'm sure there's concerns with the legality of evidence obtained by this group also but to answer your question I really don't know. I do trust the information provided from that group though as they hacked and released the entire e-mail cache of the dude who runs the team fan site and what not and uncovered deleted tweets, instagram photos and whatever else. Will be interesting to see how it all plays out from a town wide perspective given the allegations at hand. The site really hurt it's credibility by bringing in all the other stuff. It really sounds like they have an axe to grind about certain people instead of just bringing out the facts. All that being said, I think they need to carpet bomb the town. It sounds like it's dirty from top to bottom.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 02:18 PM) Just reading this link you get a feel for exactly what type of demented and f***ed up people live in this town. The sheriff is close friends with the head football coach, and: Further, The prosecuting attorney's son is one of the MEMBERS of the "Rape Gang": Details about how f***ed up the treatment of these football players is in general: How can all of the things about the Sheriff running a drug ring and bookie operation be known and nothing done about it?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 12:59 PM) Sox fans get tired of the organization saying "you can't spend a dollar when you only have 50 cents." It's not about payroll, its about performance and 1 playoff appearance in 7 years isn't good enough. They have a new GM in charge of building the team and spending the money. Isn't this a reason to be positive that the trend may change?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 08:36 AM) Strasburg was completely healed. (And I don't agree with the Nats decision at all) RGIII was visibly still injured and was playing at about 70% of his capability, if that. The team obviously did not think he was 100% ready for the full workload otherwise they wouldn't have stopped his season. The whole point being that the Nats were concerned about the long term health of the player not the short term gain of having him play. The Redskins on the other hand were more concerned about the short term gain not his long term health and if he tore his ACL, they could pay for it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 08:08 AM) You know better than I do though that the waiting period for this surgery is supposed to be for the swelling to go down. The range of motion is the key. It's difficult to get the motion after the surgery if they didn't have it going in. Interestingly enough the first real high profile athlete this was done with was Ozzie Guillen after he had that collision with Tim Raines. Up until that point it was common place to do the surgery as soon as possible. It was the case that brought the idea to mainstream sports medicine.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 08:02 AM) The drive the Redskins should have pulled him at was the one where he limped to the sidelines for an 8 yard scamper. Healthy he'd have turned that upfield for maybe 20 yards, maybe more. He followed that by a couple of poorly placed throws, IIRC, one of which went well over the receiver's head, which made me really start thinking he couldn't plant with the foot to throw accurately either. I mean, this guy threw for a 65% completion in the regular season and 52% yesterday. He couldn't help them by running and he couldn't throw the ball accurately. I have no issue with them starting him, but by that point, mid-3rd quarter, you have to say "The Seahawks are coming back in this game and no matter whether or not he got me here, I need someone who gives me a chance at points today". It's a ballsy move to take him out when he can still walk, I'll grant, but it was the move that gave the Skins the best chance to win. Especially in the long term. Short term gains sacrificing long term health is usually not a recipe for athletes, when it's a significant injury and player.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 08:02 AM) He was also examined by Dr. James Andrews on the sidelines. I cannot believe they wouldn't immobilize him if he was en route to surgery. He wouldn't go into surgery right away. There is usually a 1-3 week waiting period after the injury to allow the swelling to go down and to regain full ROM. The rehab will be easier and he would return to sport faster if this is done.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 6, 2013 -> 12:05 PM) I've been following this disgusting case in the last few days after my wife told me about it. This is an incident that would probably get me the death sentence if this happened to my daughter since I'd likely murder these boys with my bare hands. How can parents allow this type of thing to go on. It said there were multiple parties to which she was taken. Every parent of every house where this occurred should be in jail as well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 07:57 AM) I can't believe he'd have been walking around on the sidelines if he had a torn ACL. If nothing else I have to figure they'd immobilize it and be icing it, particularly in preparation for the surgery. This is true. However, it is more difficult to determine an ACL tear on a previously reconstructed knee. The tests aren't as accurate and it doesn't swell up the same. He probably didn't tear it because they let him walk around out there but I wouldn't totally rule it out either.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 07:44 AM) Not very well? He blew out his ACL once in college, and was very vague in his postgame comments on whether he thought he did it again. Research shows that braces are useless. They slide around too much to do any good. An ACL is entirely possible with that movement pattern.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 07:08 AM) The gif of RGIII's knee...... If there isnt damage in there that requires surgery I will be amazed. Wasn't the previous injury to the LCL? That's what I thought I heard. This injury is to the MCL or ACL. This video really shows how well braces work. If it's the MCL there will likely be no surgery as they only do those for last resort because they are difficult and don't do well. If it's the ACL....well those happen.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 6, 2013 -> 08:58 PM) Strasburg was already completely healed, the situations aren't close to similar. Correct. They were worried about the extra stress on the arm and muscle strength being able to handle the stress. So in their minds he had not fully returned from injury. So it is similar. Most non-contact ACL injuries happened during deceleration activties (landing) not acceleration activities (jumping) so I still think it was probably the landing.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 6, 2013 -> 08:51 PM) I thought the acl tore when he made the jump, which is why he freaked midair and got rid of the ball right away He may have, it looked to me that it was more likely when he landed. Either way it was from fatigue and the muscle couldn't handle the load.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 6, 2013 -> 06:38 PM) Nick Friedell ‏@NickFriedell Rose's injury was a freak accident. RG3 was already hurt and was limping around all game. Shanahan deserves criticism that will come his way He's wrong that it was a freak injury. You had a fatigued player who tried to make a jump cut and his tired muscles couldn't keep him on balance. The ACL tore because he fell awkwardly.