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The Ramble: Smaller Baseball Players, an Olympic Weightlifting Drug Scandal, Drug Snitches and Drug Cheats, Hamstring Injuries and Tiger Loses the Masters

Written by Sal Marinello
Published April 14, 2008
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Tiger Loses the Masters: I propose that since Tiger Woods is definitely the greatest golfer to ever hold a mashie niblick, from now on the coverage of all golf tournaments should deal strictly with Tiger either winning or losing. Who needs all the extraneous nonsense that deals with the people at the top of the leader board when all we really need to know is, "Where's Tiger?" Since Tiger losing – especially a Major – is way bigger that the story of whomever actually wins, who cares about these other people? I also think in an effort to cut down on superfluous verbiage, let's just refer to him as “Tiger.” Referring to him as “Woods” confuses people. In keeping with my new, smarmy edict, I’d like to report that Tiger lost the Masters this past weekend to some other golfer guy.

Drug Snitch Fingers Olympic Athletes: A witness involved with the wide ranging federal investigation into the use of illegal PEDs by athletes says that he gave embattled track coach Trevor Graham banned substances and helped Graham and his high-profile clients use these drugs. Angel Heredia says that he helped Graham, Marion Jones, Maurice Greene and other champion track and field performers use the drugs that Heredia says were responsible for them winning medals. By his count Heredia had 12 clients who were Olympic medallists. Interestingly, during his upcoming trial Graham’s lawyers are planning to portray Heredia as the drug kingpin who continues to dispense drugs to this day, and Graham's lawyers will reveal the names of prominent athletes who are in Heridia’s sway. This could get interesting; as is always the case when drug snitches are pitted against drug cheats. Alleged drug snitches and alleged drug cheats.

Jose Reyes’ Hamstring: Not the title of a body-part, tell-all book, but the injured muscle in question of the young New York Met shortstop with a history of a cranky hamstring. Reyes injured his hammy last week. IMHO, this injury can be attributed – at least in some part – to Reyes off-season long distance running regimen. The last thing that a baseball player needs to do in the off-season – or ever – is distance run. Hopefully someone from the Mets will assert themselves and make sure Jose gets on the right path and agrees to never distance run again, and that this hamstring problem will not become chronic. In light of Pedro Martinez’ hamstring, I hope this injury bug doesn’t become contagious.

Join me this and every Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST on Performance Enhancing Radio to discuss these and other relevant issues.

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Sal Marinello is a National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer, a U.S.A. Weightlifting Certified Coach, a full-time, private Professional Strength and Conditioning Coach, an assistant football coach and a Head Strength Coach for a suburban New Jersey High School. He writes a lot and has no free time.
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The Ramble: Smaller Baseball Players, an Olympic Weightlifting Drug Scandal, Drug Snitches and Drug Cheats, Hamstring Injuries and Tiger Loses the Masters
Published: April 14, 2008
Type: News
Section: Sports
Filed Under: Culture: Crime and Court, Sports: Baseball, Sports: Olympic, Sports: Other
Part of a feature: The Ramble
Writer: Sal Marinello
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#1 — April 17, 2008 @ 18:17PM — Hairynipples [URL]

CBS & Direct TV had dedicated coverage to Amen Corner and the 15th and 16h holes. Tiger cam is next. "Tiger is only 5 back of the fish in front with 3 to play, I am sure the "fish" is feeling the heat". If Tiger did finally make one of the short putts he kept missing, Fish Immelman would have surely self combusted.

#2 — April 17, 2008 @ 19:29PM — sal m

was abe vigoda in the masters' field?

#3 — April 18, 2008 @ 17:58PM — Hairynipples [URL]

Minute to minute updates on his mortem.

Don't bother with the song, it blows.

I still can't believe Michael whacked Sal (not you). Those ginnies had no morals - Sal and the Godfather went back a long way (again not you).

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