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Hoopla over nothing: Ortiz and Steriods

You may have noticed a headline like this in a paper today making it seem like they have come across evidence to suggest Ortiz did steriods

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And yet when you read it, it's just another case of the media jumping at anything they can get and trying to carefully word quotes to create controversy. Basically, all Ortiz said is that he couldn't be 100% sure that steriods have never been in his body simply because he drank protein drinks when he was younger in the Dominician Republic where stuff like that isn't regulated like it it here by FDA, and for that reason he stopped buying them from DR long time ago, as well as stopped buying non-FDA regulated products (i.e. GNC products).

Really, not a story, yet media doing what they can to create a story even when there isn't one, creates a whole article out of it. Probably one of my pet peeves about the media

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Re: Hoopla over nothing: Ortiz and Steriods
This is why your name is 'Realistic.'

Yeah, this really isn't a story. I'm from the school of 'if it's interesting, it's a story,' but I just don't want this to be misconstrued. He was perfectly clear with everything he said.

by Randy Booth on May 8, 2007 5:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Hoopla over nothing: Ortiz and Steriods
Really, if ortiz was a shady steroid user his answer to the question wouldv been "of course iv never used steroids". Hes just reflecting on somthing that likely has happened to the youth in certain countries where they are given "protein shakes" and have no idea about what they may be drinking.

by spinz on May 9, 2007 12:55 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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