Great Gabe Kapler PED piece

[Warner2BruceTD]

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=21574

It's very long by short attention span standards, so for you lazy types who can't be bothered to read something for like 8 minutes, here are the cliffs:

-He believes we are underestimating the effects of PED's on performance, not overestimating

-He says it's totally unfair to assume people are using based on eyeballs

-He personally peaked physically at 24 or 25, which was interesting (and unfortunate for him), losing mass & power, and says PED's absolutely could have helped him extend his peak (which is what many guys like Bonds, Palmeiro, Clemens, used for).

[NAHSTE]

Good read, sure there will be much debate on his points but let me say as an aside that Kapler has really been a rising star in the analyst realm for a while. As a former player his insight is great, but he seems to take a pretty level headed and open minded approach to answering questions. A few weeks back he wrote a really interesting breakdown of the Japanese approach to batting practice and how much more efficient and useful it is than the typical American set up.

http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2013/08/07/our-turn-to-learn-a-baseball-tradition-reconsidered/

[jms493]

Does Gabe claim he didnt take them? Wouldn't have mattered probably...he sucked.

[DJ Rhude]

Nice find WTB, and the Hebrew Hammer did not suck JMS, he just didn't live up to the potential he had and the expectations people put on him