Okay, I lied about that. I don't actually think that the Cardinals dimunitive short stop is on steriods. If he is they aren't working very well. But there is one major leaguer that I think is on steriods and surprisingly his name isn't Barry Bonds. In fact, it's someone that isn't even on the radar screen for most people. It's Colorado Rockies firstbaseman Todd Helton.
Helton was actually accused of using steriods last year and fiercely denied the allegations. As such, the controversy settled down but I never forgot about that because Helton went on to have a down year last year that may or may not have been the result of his coming off of steriods or other enhancements under baseball's new drug testing policy. However, if you combine his off year with news this week that he is on the disabled list indefinitely with a stomach virus and I feel strongly enough to now go on record as saying that Helton was on steriods. After all, Yankees slugger Jason Giambi is an admitted steriods user and he suffered from an intestinal parasite the year after he stopped using steriods. Is it merely coincidence that Helton now has a mysterious stomach virus? Or could it be a result of him coming off of steriods as well? I'll let that marinate in your head as I move on to make some more absurd sports assertions:
1. Reggie Bush WILL NOT be the #1 pick in the NFL draft: Most people think it's a foregone conclusion that Reggie will go first overall to the Houston Texans but I have my doubts. Primarily because I just wanted to say something outlandish but also because I actually think that North Carolina State Defensive End Mario Williams will go #1. If you think about it the Texans already have a good running back in Domanick Davis and could use the help on defense more. Technically they need offensive line help and probably should trade down to take the only dominant lineman in the draft in manbeast D'Brickashaw Ferguson. Either way I have a strong feeling that Bush will not go #1 and this was before all the allegations came out that his family ilegally lived in a house that a sports agent put them up in. If Bush is found guilty of wrong doing there he could have his Heisman trophy revoked and go down in history as the greatest bust of all time. Reggie Bust anybody?
2. Lebron James IS NOT the best player in the NBA: Tough thing to say, especially after King James dropped a triple double in his first ever playoff game over the weekend. But I'm willing to say that Miami Heat guard Dwayne Wade is the better all around player and will be the first player from that draft to win a championship. Could just be my newfound Florida bias talking but I think I might actually be onto something.
3. The Florida Marlins will win the World Series in 3 years: Again the Florida bias could be working over time especially since the Marlins figure to be the worst team in baseball this year. But with their young core of rising stars they have the talent and the rare ability in today's era of free agency to actually grow into a team together. Twice in their history they've won the World Series and then had a fire sale and considering the talent of this group they could easily do it again. I'm also going to go ahead and call that they are also going to win the World Series in 2014 and 2019.
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