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He's still the same low-average/high-strikeout power guy. He just isn't getting on-base at the same clip he used to. Wilkerson is just a one-dimensional hitter who got slightly worse.

It's good to know you would call him a steroid user -- okay, sorry, "suggest" he was a steroid user -- when the only "evidence" is your own assumption.

The statement suggesting, however indirectly, steroid use is unethical, despicable and disgusting, and incidentally, is based on one of the most elementary logical fallacies.

Lighten up guys.

I did the following:

Stated "After his 2004 season, then just 27-years old, Wilkerson looked like a star in the making."

This is a fact.

And, I stated "On January 13, 2005, MLB and the MLBPA strengthened baseball's drug policy."

This is also a fact.

Then I stated "In the three seasons following 2004, Wilkerson was never the same player (that he showed in '04)."

Again, a fact.

Lastly, I offered "Draw your own conclusions."

This means you can connect the dots or not. It's your call. And, I'm not saying that the dots should be connected. I'm just offering some interesting facts that MAY be connected, if YOU choose to connect them.

Climb down from your ivory towers for a minute and read what I wrote before you start throwing stones at me, which, by the way, is despicable and disgusting.

Add on, for those who want to consider the dots, here's something from Bard himself:

Washington Nationals outfielder Brad Wilkerson, who has said he used creatine and protein powders in the past, isn't taking any chances in baseball's current climate.

"A lot of guys have limited what they're taking," Wilkerson said Tuesday. "I really don't take anything anymore. I really don't know what's in what."

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2123301

So, perhaps you have to factor in the creatine and protein powders into the mix for the drop-off too.

Steve, at least be honest. If you make a statement and then ask someone to draw a conclusion, where there's only one possible conclusion to draw (in this case that he used 'roids), it's a just a cheap way of saying something with a way to weasel out of it.

You're not asking anyone to connect anything, because you connect it already.

So don't talk about ivory towers if you're not even going to admit what you did.

Whisper, whisper.

Did you hear? Fact: John was talking with Mary 3 months ago. Fact: Mary looks a little heavier recently. Fact: Mary left school early to see a doctor today. Draw your own conclusions. Heh, heh, heh.

Oh, I think I'll post this on everyone's e-mail in the school and write it on the walls in all the locker rooms.

However unfortunate, EVERY player in MLB is under suspicion of using PEDs until a more comprehensive and potent drug policy is implemented. Until then, it's not impugning a player's reputation to speculate that a significant drop-off in performance MAY be due to the abstention of PED use. It's not slander; it's not libel; it's not even bad manners. It's just the reality we're living in.

Bob R., your rebuttal is made of straw. Speculating on a professional baseball player who plays in a league that has historically aided and abetted cheaters is not at all tantamount to spreading suggestive rumors about a girl's possible impregnation.

However unfortunate, EVERY player in MLB is under suspicion of using PEDs until a more comprehensive and potent drug policy is implemented. Until then, it's not impugning a player's reputation to speculate that a significant drop-off in performance MAY be due to the abstention of PED use.
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Especially considering that we haven't proven that they actually work.

Players have fluctuations for whatever reason. Howard Johnson and Bret Saberhagen used to alternate good and bad years. Was this due to PED use? Players have mentioned that PED use has been around since the 60's & 70's. Why do those players get a pass?

I CAN,T BELEIVE THAT YOU ARE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HIS INJURIES IN THE PAST YEARS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REASONS FOR AN ATHELETES PERFORMANCE. I WILL SAY THAT THIS ATHELETE PLAYS THE GAME THE WAY IT SHOULD BE PLAYED.

I CAN,T BELEIVE THAT YOU ARE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HIS INJURIES IN THE PAST YEARS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REASONS FOR AN ATHELETES PERFORMANCE. I WILL SAY THAT THIS ATHELETE PLAYS THE GAME THE WAY IT SHOULD BE PLAYED.