On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:52:25 -0700 (PDT), Ron Johnson
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> wrote:
>On May 9, 7:33 pm, "RJA" <r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Kevin McClave" <kmccl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>
>> > First of all, crack is worse then "regular" cocaine, no? Secondly,
while
>> > Raines may have had a career (and lots of injuries) until he was 42,
is
>> > that type of mircale really the type of thing we want to rely on? How
>> > many guys are not only not playing but dead before their time?
>
>Allan Wiggins and Rod Scurry clearly had their careers and life
>shortened by substance abuse issues. Strawberry, maybe Gooden
>(more likely he was simply worked too hard young). Howe?
>DIdn't seem to affect his arm, but at minimum you have to
>count the time lost to his suspensionss.
>
>You can argue for John Mayberry or Willy Aikens -- though
>I don't see it myself. Daryl Sconiers was a big-time prospect
>who washed out. You can argue for drugs here but there's
>no way of knowing.
>
>Dale Berra, Vida Blue, LaMarr Hoyt and others had their
>careers affected by drug related prison time. Blue's
>career actually ended when he failed a court ordered
>drug test during spring training. Mike Norris was dealing
>with injury problems and legal problems at the same time.
>The injuries would have killed his career in any case.
>Jerry Martin couldn't catch on with anybody after he did
>time. Willie Wilson ent to prison at the same time and
>basically continued his career without interruption.
>
>Others (like Caminiti) had no obvious affect on their career
>but died young.
>
>But Raines isn't a miracle at all. Plenty of guys had normal
>career arcs after picking up a coke habit.
Like I said, crack is not the same as "regular" cocaine. How many of
those guys were crack addicts?
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Kevin McClave
"Courage, the footstool of the Virtues, upon
which they stand." ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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