Papi handles the issue with class...doesn't duck or deny like others...

[joeybee12]

...and still the Satan worshippers try to spin this.


David Ortiz issued a statement after Boston’s 8-5 victory over Oakland, saying that he was “surprised” by the report but confirmed that he did test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. Here’s the complete statement:

Today I was informed by a reporter that I was on the 2003 list of MLB players to test positive for performance-enhancing substances. This happened right before our game, and the news blindsided me. I said I had no comment because I wanted to get to the bottom of this.

I want to talk about this situation and I will as soon as I have more answers. In the meantime I want to let you know how I am approaching this situation. One, I have already contacted the Players Association to confirm if this report is true. I have just been told that the report is true. Based on the way I have lived my life, I am surprised to learn I tested positive. Two, I will find out what I tested positive for. And, three, based on whatever I learn, I will share this information with my club and the public. You know me - I will not hide and I will not make excuses.

I want to thank my family, the Red Sox, my teammates, and the fans for their patience and support.

[inthebrain]

1. He's pulling the same shit as Bonds

He's not confirming that he took steroids. He knows he did.

I'm waiting for him to pull the Chewbacca defense;


Cochran
...ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!

Gerald Broflovski
Damn it!... He's using the Chewbacca defense!

Cochran
Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests

[joeybee12]

4. Interesting spin...Bonds said he never knowingly took them...

...then a previous test showed up and showed him to be a liar...nice try, F-

[inthebrain]

6. That's exactly what Ortiz is saying

Do you see him ADMITTING that he took steroids?

I don't.

He's saying he doesn't know what he tested positive for. Which basicly is the same thing as saying he didn't KNOWINGLY take them.

For the record here. Ortiz is one of those players that I had suspected for a while was taking something. That guy has all the physical S/S of a roider.

[joeybee12]

10. Hmmm...waiting months to conccot a story like Bonds did as opposed to

at least addressing the issue within hours...AFTER having to play a game...you don't see the difference.

[DaveinMD]

2. wow

that's some spin by you. What does he have to find out. He knows what he took.

[joeybee12]

3. Wow...and you know for a fact he was informed of the results previously?

Gee, you Satan worshippers are not only evil, you have telepathy.

[DaveinMD]

5. he knows what he took

either he took it or he didn't. He doesn't need to find out what he tested positive for first.

Satan worshipers? You are taking your fandom a bit too far with that one.

[joeybee12]

7. I can't wait for the series in NY when those "classy" Yankee fans boo Papi

and then cheer A-Hole...what a bunch of hypocrites.

[DaveinMD]

8. you mean

like when the Red Sox fans cheer Papi and boo A-Rod. Yeah all Red Sox fans are super classy. You are making yourself look silly.

[inthebrain]

9. Hey Brotha!!!`

Red Sox fans don't chant "steroids'?

Lets be honest.

Not one of these fans stuck needle in anyones arm. Not one of these fans forced these guys to juice.

Maybe you and the Yankees fans should just call it even and leave it at that.

[Upton]

11. LOL

you've attacked all the other suspected and confirmed steroid users up and down this board....and laughed at those that would dare defend them, but now that one of your Red Sox heroes has been implicated, your tune has changed completely....

I find this hilarious.:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

12. +1

This is the one time that I miss your twin. He would be having a field day today with this!

[trumad]

13. Cboy4 died and was reincarnated into Joeybee.

Wow!

[madinmaryland]

14. Funny isn't it!

Imagine the shitstorm if cboy4 was actually here!

:rofl: