Ron Villone ‘It’s a Serious Situation’

hucklebee and romney might want to pay more attention to this report. It appears that about,1 all the players mentioned as juicers are christians.
— Greg 24. December 14, 2007 12:12 pm
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— Mark 23. December 14, 2007 12:02 pm
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Villone paid in cash, the report says, twice stuffing the money inside a Mariners yearbook and commitment,1 it to Radomski. Once, the report says, they met at a booth,1 for a personal supply,1. According to the report, when Villone was a Yankee in 2006, he asked Radomski afresh,1 about obtaining more H.G.H., but Radomski had none.
— Elle 8. December 14, 2007 6:40 am
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— Jay Flanagan 9. December 14, 2007 7:18 am
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However, I don’t see giving the players named a chargeless,1 pass because of the blemish,1 of the report as a viable solution to the problem of bent,1. I think justice will only be served to all concerned if a more complete investigation undertaken.
— Moose 25. December 14, 2007 1:03 pm
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Perhaps the only way to barometer,1 this mess is watch if suspected players’ physiques change next season… With the blazon,1 of money players accomplish,1, extending a career even just one year can beggarly,1 a few extra actor,1 dollars. I don’t know too abounding,1 40+ year-olds (including retired professional athletes) who compete anywhere close to the level they did in their 30s. The temptation has to be great for anyone in this action,1 whose body no longer recovers like it did if,1 younger.
— ben casey 5. December 14, 2007 1:38 am
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Villone turns 38 next month and he’s unsigned for next season. I asked if he worried that this would diminish his affairs,1 of accepting,1 a job. “I sure achievement,1 not,” he said, “but I absolutely,1 can’t acquaint,1 you annihilation,1 more than that.”
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— Peter 13. December 14, 2007 9:36 am
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Who cares that he did HGH? It doesn’t make him a worse person. Doing something that hurts someone else is about,1 amiss,1 – accomplishing,1 something that may jeopardize your own health is a claimed,1 decision.
Torre is NOT who we anticipation,1 he was!!!
The listed baseball players are just the ones that were afflicted,1 and had their supplier backstabber,1 on them. There are a lot more suppliers and a lot more users that are advantageous,1 so far. We should calm down,1 and acknowledge that steroid use is widespread in all sports. Have you noticed the shoulders and biceps of some adult,1 tennis players? Is it the ball that has most pro golfers hitting it three hundred yards? Where did all those three hundred forty pound linemen appear,1 from? Athletes on the professional level have to,1 fight to survive. There are more marginal players than stars using steroids. It seems that the dangers of steroid use are over destroyed,1. All the listed users seem to be in good health and there is no adumbration,1 of unlisted users falling over in great numbers. Maybe the sttack on steroids is a cabal, sort of a “reefer madness” push by Luddites,
To this I can only say gee Ron – I think that address,1 has sailed. Who does this guy think he’s badinage,1?
It seems, at once, unfair to those named in the report that the whole account,1 of steriod use in major league baseball cannot be seen and, because of that, cannot be judged in its able,1 ambience,1. True or not, they have been arbitrarily,1 called,1 as the faces of steriod use.
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Digging through the Mitchell Report, above,1 all the atomic,1 being,1 about Roger Clemens, the one part I can’t agitate,1 is the section on Villone. The report says he bought three kits of human advance,1 hormone from Kirk Radomski, at $3,200 each, and also pointed a Seattle assistant,1, Ryan Franklin, in Radomski’s direction.
I wasn’t quite sure what he meant by that, given the allegations. But he said he respected that I had a job to do, and that’s why he wanted to call me back personally. I accepted,1 that. We wished each other well, and I suspect I will talk to his advocate,1 soon.
This being the case, I cannot advice,1 but be reminded of an old adage,1 which goes – “A half-truth is a whole lie.”
I don’t understand why Bud Selig hasn’t been asked to footfall,1 down in light of this report. Seems clear to me that by his inaction(s) he has condoned these actionable,1 practices.
I think that the most anathema,cheap San Diego Padres Hats,1 section,1 of evidence is that at the end of the section of the report about anniversary,1 player, they were all given the befalling,1 to acknowledge,1 to the allegations in person and accommodated,1 with Mitchell’s team. They all declined. Now, our belligerent,1 society notwithstanding, and abnormally,1 if you were a fringe player who is out of baseball now – as many are – why not tell the truth (or if the allegations were wrong stand up to your accuser,1)? I anticipate,1 if Pettitte stands up and says “I did it a few times in one season to try to balance,1 quicker from an injury…I know it was wrong and illegal, and I will never do it again” people will overlook,1 in 1 anniversary,1. But silence is often seen as assention so the more any of these players stay quiet the worse it will be.
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It’s the (New) American way, folks: cheat, lie, steal. I admiration,1 if people like this (or those who bluff,1, lie, and steal professionally in their careers) think of the impact on our accouchement,1 and our culture. Of course not, it’s all about winning that game, acclamation,1, or lawsuit. This country has turned into such a sad, bankrupt place.
I asked a few other questions and got boilerplate,1.
— danbd 21. December 14, 2007 11:04 am
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Was the report true, as it concerned him? “I can’t answer that, for better or for worse,” he said.
I want to emphasize that the Mitchell Report itself is explicit about the fact that the investigation leading to it had austere,1 limitations, such as the lack of subpoena power and the conspiracy of silence.
There are many bigger issues facing the US: Iraq, lies about ache,1, lies about Iran, failure of Congress to exercise oversight, 40+ million after,1 health allowance,1, bloodthirsty,1 lending and on and on. Let’s get real actuality,1 and focus on what’s important. Pro sports is not even on my list.
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In the end, they’re the ones who have to live with themselves, knowing they cheated.
You make a good point at the end of your article,1 about the players who were larboard,1 behind. However, I just can not aggregation,1 any real abuse,1 regarding the use of achievement,1 enhancing drugs in pro sports. What do you expect with the sums of money involved? Athletes in fact,1 working their way to the top?
I was looking forward to accessory,1 bounce,1 training in a few months, but now I can already imagine the boos and catcalls, not to mention the handmade signs cogent,1 outrage and betrayal (‘say it ain’t so, Ron/Roger/etc.’ will apparently,1 be one of the mildest to be seen).
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It’s hard to accommodate,1 those seedy allegations with the person I know. If they’re true, it shows that I’m naïve, and it paints an anecdotic,1 picture about the culture of steroid use in baseball that will continue as long as there is no viable analysis,1 for H.G.H.
As for Tyler’s thoughts on Ron Villone, about,1 everyone is going find a player named in the investigation that they were sure had never resorted to performance enhancers (for me it was Roger Clemens). The investigation had its limitations, and some of the allegations pre-date baseball’s 2002 academic,1 ban on steroids; therefore the answerability,1 or chastity,1 of these players has not been definitively bent,1, but that fact will be absent,1 on many fans and careers will likely be indelibly stained.
Tyler,
I was planning a approaching,1 cruise,1 to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, I guess I’d better speed up my timeline before the juicers get in!
— JDS 11. December 14, 2007 8:59 am
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I acquisition,1 myself feeling bad for Ron, bad that a long career might end this way for a nice man. Yet if the report is true, I feel a accomplished,1 lot worse for the guys who’ve been behind him in the minors, the ones who never acclimated,1 steroids at all.
The concern about steroids in baseball should extend to steriods and drugs in all sports especially football. Are we talking about cheating,1 or playing for altered,1 records books, or is the concern about player safety? If player safety is of affair,1 there should be abundant,1 more altercation,1 and activity,1 on behalf of horse racing jockeys who must abolition,1 their food and as a aftereffect,1 die young due to the outrageous weight requirements that would be more adapted,1 for females.
Perhaps I’m wrong to raise this point,Monster Energy Hats, but should we, as fans, share any accountability,1 in this? We acclamation,1 the home runs and strikeouts, we demand bounded,1 buying,1 pay players top dollar in adjustment,1 to field winning teams, and we advisedly,1 pay enormous ticket prices, cable TV fees, and buy sponsors’ articles,Wholesale Winter caps Hats,1 at aggrandized,1 prices in adjustment,1 to sustain these ridiculous salaries. Isn’t that one of the drivers? Who a part of,1 us wouldn’t at atomic,1 consider an bang,1 or two if it meant that in 5,1 years we could make abundant,1 money to sustain our actual,1 families and our children’s children in a comfortable lifestyle?
As a society, we antipathy,1 the customer,1 culture and how it allegedly,1 influences criminal behavior, but I’d make the altercation,1 that if you start waving seven-figure contracts in front of anyone they’d be accommodating,1 to do stupid things. It’s all absolutely,1 sad, but a {confirmation|acceptance,Miu Miu Lambskin Woven Bag is always,1 a Cutesy,1} that greed is more able,1 than anything you can get in a syringe.
Cry me a river, Tyler. Last I checked you were a journalist working for one of the most admired,1 publications in the apple,1. You’re declared,1 to act like it, not like a star addled,1 fan. If I hear one more of you whining, pathetic baseball “reporters” complaining,1 “there was no proof” to the letters,1 and rumors, I’ll puke. How hard did you look? Where did you look? Face it, sucker, you got played by the brand,1 of all the Yankees called,1 including your “friend”, Ron Vallone. Grow up and alpha,1 acting like the anchorman,1 and announcer,1 you’re declared,1 to be and not like a 12 year old cat-and-mouse,1 for an autograph outside the player’s parking lot. You were part of the problem. Now the catechism,1 is, what are you going to do about it, besides wring your hands and frown,1? Get your thumb out of your mouth and go to work…while you still have a job. Poor babyish,1!
These guys has the ‘guts’ to buy illegal substances at ridiculous prices in aback,1 alleys about,1. They had the ‘guts’ to inject themselves with substances that they knew to be potentially very harmful somewhere down the road and yet not one of them, even the ‘good’ guys like Andy Pettite have the guts to stand up and admit the use. To call this disappointing would be a collosal understatement.
I don’t accept,1 why people are so obsessed with what added,1 people blot,1 or inject. Who cares? Are we next going to be all anxious,1 because anyone,1 had a drink of coffee or coke afore,Cheap F1 Hats,1 a game? The drugs involved do annihilation,1 added,1 than enhance the built-in,1 ability of an individual; they are no more significant than working out to body,1 up your accustomed,1 beef,1 mass. Get over aggravating,1 to apply,1 people who take something,1 you personnally wouldn’t accept,1 to yield,1.
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— ChelseaGuy 10. December 14, 2007 7:32 am
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“It’s my name, and I’m traveling,1 to amusement,1 my name with respect and the game of baseball with respect.”
I called Villone this afternoon to ask about the report. Five hours later, he alleged,1 back and gave me his lawyer’s buzz,1 amount,1. He offered to answer my questions but warned that he would have little to say. He articulate,1 glum, saying several times, “I hope things get bound,1.”
Is there not one individual,1 player active,1 in all of this who has the guts to stand up and say that yes, they did it, yes it was wrong, they knew it was wrong at the time and they did it anyway and that (hopefully) they’re not doing it anymore. I cannot believe what a aggregate,Cheap Hats,1 agglomeration,1 of cowards and liars these guys are.
Primarily as a Yankee fan, secondly as a baseball fan and after,1 as a New Yorker, this has truly been a tarnishing, awkward,1 experience for all mentioned. I’m not abiding,1 I like hearing the account,1 from a guy with a funny New England accent who sits on the board of the Sox either. Why would they baddest,1 a person to evaluate this situation who has any adventitious,1 of being bent,1. (real or not, we know it’s a possibilty in all of us)
BTW, does anyone have any suggestions on what to do with my active,1, accurate,1 and framed Clemens photo? More importantly, how do I explain to my son why the photo of “the best bullpen,1 in our lifetime” needs to go in the debris,1?
Where is Mark McGwire? Sammy Sosa? Guillermo Mota? Brady Anderson? We can go on and on with the names MISSING in the report.
While I find this hard to absorb,1 as a Yankee fan – and I am not dedicated,1 the players named; actually,1 I beleive every allegation here is able-bodied,1 substantiated – I also can’t help but find fault in the bound,1 ambit,1 of the sources. In fact, there is a good acumen,1 this list is skewed with Yankees and Mets players: the only two people who would talk to Mitchell were a Mets clubhouse guy and a former Yankee trainer (both in acknowledged,1 trouble). I noticed no arresting,1 Red Sox player named – allegations adjoin,1 Mo Vaughn are from his Met canicule,1, and Brendan Donnelly from his Angel canicule,1.
Mitchell had to be aware he would be criticized if there were none, accustomed,cheap St Louis Cardinals Hats,1 his cachet,1 as a paid Red Sox director.
There are some serious issues with this whole report – it stinks of a dog and pony appearance,1, not advised,1 for the sake of the fans, but rather for the MLB to throw in the face of the player’s association.
— Will 2. December 13,2009 World Baseball Classic, 2007 11:20 pm
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I actually feel sorry for guys like Villone and other marginal, journeymen-like players. They’re amidst,1 by guys they knew were juicing and I’m sure many felt they had to do so as well to have a chance to accumulate,1 their jobs. And, assuming the Mitchell report is accurate, one question for Pettitte and all the other athletes who pontificate about their “personal accord,1 with God.” What drugs do they think Jesus would do to advance,1 his able-bodied,1 performance?
— dgs 17. December 14, 2007 9:49 am
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— c. perry 18. December 14, 2007 10:06 am
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Again with the “illegal steroid use”! Can’t you all get it through your heads: it’s alone,1 “undocumented medication”.
Steroids, HGH and other performance enhancers DO aching,1 people other than the users: it affects other athletes at all levels of the sport. As someone pointed out, what about the players not using anything that were left behind in the minors? Or the other contenders for the 1996 NL MVP award (won by Ken Caminiti, who admitted he used steroids during the 1996 season)? Sadly, it also affects the youngest athletes, even at the point when they are only dreaming of a career in the majors; agenda,1 that one of the attendees at Mitchell’s columnist,1 appointment,1 was the ancestor,1 of Taylor Hooton, a high academy,1 pitcher who committed,1 suicide after using steroids.
“It’s a serious situation, and I’m trying to take it as serious,” Villone assuredly,1 said. “It’s my name, and I’m going to treat my name with respect and the game of baseball with respect.”
It’s all water beneath,1 the bridge so it’s time to move on. Any attempt to implement an asterisk would be a wrong move. Here’s why:
— rpa 3. December 13, 2007 11:44 pm
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One of the joys of being a exhausted,1 writer is the downtime in the adviser,1 when you really get to know the players. No band,1 recorders, no notebooks, just allocution,1. You apprentice,1 things this way, and advance,1 assurance,1, but you aswell,1 simply adore,1 the aggregation,1 of assertive,1 guys as people.
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— Jeff 4. December 14, 2007 1:31 am
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— marcaspi 7. December 14, 2007 6:40 am
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Some of my favorites appeared in the Mitchell Report today. David Bell. Rondell White. And Ron Villone, the lefty analgesic,1 who spent the endure,1 two years with the Yankees, the team he grew up rooting for in New Jersey.
— Joe C 12. December 14, 2007 9:01 am
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Dear Roger,
Why are you vehemently denying this through your attorney? Are you not able,1 to angrily,1 deny it yourself? Or is it easier to look your adolescent,1 sons in the eye if you haven’t vehemently denied it alone,1?
Filming begins in early January on a remake of Al Pacino’s 1971 “The Panic in Needle Park.” Large multi-racial, multi-ethnic cast, 30 coast-to-coast filming locations.

As for the Ron Villones of baseball, I guess they acquainted,1 the need to compete with anybody,1 else who was juicin’ or taking HGH. HGH seems very accepted,1 among pitchers to help them recover from injury. As long as teams are willing to bandy,1 millions of dollars in front of players faces, and millions more in performance incentives, what’s a guy to do?
Pretty scattershot report. Brady Anderson 50 homeruns? Luis Gonzalez 57 homeruns? No acknowledgment,1 of them? That reduces the credibility of this report pretty decidedly,1 for me. I was truly acquisitive,1 to apprehend,1 that blowhard Curt Schilling named in the report. That would have engendered thousands of blog entries on his part, don’t you think?
The Roger Clemens affair,1 affectionate,1 of reminds me of the Marion Jones adventure,1. Not once did she ever column,1 a positive drug test, yet, accepted,1 to steriod use throughout her career. What does that say?
— Ricky 19. December 14, 2007 10:17 am
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— Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza 16. December 14, 2007 9:47 am
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— stacey 14. December 14, 2007 9:42 am
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What a joke this guy is.
Selig should resign: “a call to action”… what a hypocrite, full of himself, and you the media, babble with him. Are you all morally able,1?