BREAK UP THE F-ING NATIONALS

[DeathFromAbove1979]

THAT is some of the best offseason news I've.... seen. Wow. I hope to see that thing at Nats Fest tomorrow!

[vansmack]

Indeed.  That's one fine beard.

Hand placement is key.

[HoyaSaxa03]

I always knew he had it in him, looked like he could work up a 5 o'clock shadow a few minutes after shaving.

[shemptiness]

'Nearly 5,000 fans gathered for the team's NatsFest.'  Pretty weak crowd for a really good team. 

[RatBastard]

GO BRAVES

[Bombay Chutney]

'Nearly 5,000 fans gathered for the team's NatsFest.'  Pretty weak crowd for a really good team. 

There had to be way more than that.  The place was jam-packed full of people.  You could barely move at times.  I saw other estimates of 7,000+.   There was a great turnout.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

'Nearly 5,000 fans gathered for the team's NatsFest.'  Pretty weak crowd for a really good team. 

There had to be way more than that.  The place was jam-packed full of people.  You could barely move at times.  I saw other estimates of 7,000+.   There was a great turnout.

There was a SHIT load of people early on, we got there right around 12:15 or so and the line was super long to get in then all 3 floors were packed, it did die down around 3ish and it was a lot easier to move around. I got this amazing picture of Espi:

http://instagram.com/p/U9vIbcuGgw/

[vansmack]

Gio's on the list, though he denies it.  His father was supposedly there for weight loss...

There's also the curious case of Gio Gonzalez, the 27-year-old, Hialeah-native, left-handed hurler who won 21 games last year for the Washington Nationals. Gonzalez's name appears five times in Bosch's notebooks, including a specific note in the 2012 book reading, "Order 1.c.1 with Zinc/MIC/... and Aminorip. For Gio and charge $1,000." (Aminorip is a muscle-building protein.)

Gonzalez's father, Max, also appears on Bosch's client lists and is often listed in conjunction with the pitcher. But reached by phone, the Hialeah resident insists his son has had no contact with Bosch.

"My son works very, very hard, and he's as clean as apple pie," the elder Gonzalez says. "I went to Tony because I needed to lose weight. A friend recommended him, and he did great work for me. But that's it. He never met my son. Never. And if I knew he was doing these things with steroids, do you think I'd be dumb enough to go there?"

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2013-01-31/news/a-rod-and-doping-a-miami-clinic-supplies-drugs-to-sports-biggest-names/full/

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Hearing possible 50 game suspensions for A-Rod, nothing for Gio as of yet... Both have released statements denying it... Oof.

[gaaaaaaaaah]

seems like both of the substances gio is listed with aren't even banned, unless ive read a bunch of wrong articles

i just hope his no contact with bosch statement doesnt come around to bite him in the ass. if he did have something to do with bosch, even if it was legal stuff, lying about it wont look good

edit: 50 game suspension could theoretically end a-rod's career, if he has to serve it after he comes back from the DL this year

[gaaaaaaaaah]

double post

[shemptiness]

Hearing possible 50 game suspensions for A-Rod, nothing for Gio as of yet... Both have released statements denying it... Oof.

Yankees might luck out and be allowed to void his contract.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Oh wow. 5 years, 114 million? Nice chunk of change to get rid of.

I was reading somewhere that Gio's name is listed under/near products that aren't banned by the MLB?

[stevewizzle]

Oh wow. 5 years, 114 million? Nice chunk of change to get rid of.

I was reading somewhere that Gio's name is listed under/near products that aren't banned by the MLB?

seems like the case thus far.  still more investigation to come from the league.

[vansmack]

I was reading somewhere that Gio's name is listed under/near products that aren't banned by the MLB?

seems like the case thus far.  still more investigation to come from the league.

I can play the part of devil's advocate....

Gio doesn't strike me as someone who needed weight loss injections, or needed to administer them himself. 

MIC is a weight loss shot and aminorip is a protein supplement.  One could argue that he was trying to replace fat with muscle using the protein, but at 6'0 200 lbs it raises an eyebrow.

Add to that the fact that MIC is about $40 a shot and Aminorip is $40 per 30oz bottle, that's a lot of shots and aminorip at $1000.

5 entries and you've got a bit of a head scratcher that MLB will be investigating.