Doc JoeDoc Joe
FACT if I stop posting, trillions and trillions of transistors would be out of work.
Registered: 12/14/08
Posts: 4862
Loc: Minnesota
Grew up in NYC watching the Yankees in the late 1970's and the Mets in the mid 1980's, then Yankees again late 90's ( ) and early 2000's.
Now, generally hate all baseball ball players since the salaries got all out of hand, mainly middle relief getting millions for an innings work. I know the owners get much more, which is why they can afford to pay those salaries. Still, lost its magic for me. What?...be a Twins fan?
I don't care what you are taking I won't strike out anyone if I take 'roids, I can't get up one hill climb in France if I take 'roods, and I would not last a round in the ring if I took roods.
To ascribe the skill that Roger Clemens has completely to steroids is nuts.
No, but when you combine steroids with incredible talent you get some pretty incredible results. It's not a secret Bonds started taking because he was angry about seeing guys with a lot less talent then him (Sosa and McGwire) smashing 65+ HRs a season. Clemens supposedly because he was angry about the way Boston and Duquette treated him before deciding to leave for Toronto.
It dissects (heh) the way medical issues are handled in the comics. For instance, in regards to the story in Strange Tales #115 about the origin of Dr. Strange:
For those of you who don’t know the story behind the Master of the Mystic Arts: originally a brilliant and arrogant surgeon, Dr. Stephen Strange’s hands are severely injured in a car accident. Told that he will never operate again, he refuses offers of assistance and charity and turns to the bottle becoming an alcoholic bum. Eventually, he overhears someone talking about the mystic “Ancient One” and he journeys to the Himalayas to persuade this wizard to heal him. No spoilers here, you’ll have to finish the tale yourself. (Try Marvel Masterworks: Dr. Strange or The Essential Dr. Strange) Let’s look in on the scene where the doctor is talking to Strange after his car wreck… Doctor looking at X-Rays: I don’t know how to tell you this… Strange: Speak up, man! I can take it! What do the X-Rays show? Doctor: Although your hands seem to be all right. The nerves have been severely damaged! There’s a major problem here. X-Rays are good for looking at bones, lungs, and certain other organs and masses. They do not show nerves. You’d need an MRI for that. In fairness to Lee and Ditko, MRIs did not become common until the mid-1980’s, long after Strange Tales #115 was published. Frankly, I’m not even sure today’s MRIs would be able to show the fine motor nerves that Strange injured; you’d probably need a nerve conduction study. Regardless, an X-Ray wouldn’t help. Now I’ll stop picking on Dr Strange before Neilalien sends the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth after me…
) and early 2000's.
