The Billiken's Bluff

Anyone who has watched Major League Baseball the past 7 years or has been to Sound Factory :
should be able to spot a juicehead when they see one. Sure there is Barry Bonds. You don't have to take a urine sample to know that a 30 year-old athlete does not put on 40 pounds of muscle in the prime of his career. But even after the fallout of the BALCO investigation, Bonds is still looking muscle bound this Spring. He must have found a new 'supplement,' to keep his biceps bulging and his cranium growing. But what I'm more interested in is Jason Giambi, another player who was listed as a client of the infamous BALCO lab. Let's look at some before (quitting steroids) and after (quitting steroids) photos:

BEFORE

Here is Giambi at the This is Giambi at the 2003 All Star game. Notice the muscles bulging out of his forearms.


Here is Giambi looking mean and vicious


AFTER

Here is a picture of Giambi from this 2004 Spring Training, post steroids. Notice the thin, almost human looking arms


And finally here is a projected picture of what Giambi should like like by the end of the season, once his system is completely clean.


Now granted I did see Giambi hit and opposite field homerun against the Devil Rays opening day in Japan. Maybe there is some hope for Giambi in life after steriods. A-Rod hits 50 homeruns a year and is hardly muscle bound.

But Barry's still bulky, and getting away with it (for the time being), so maybe Jason should have listened to Mobb Deep's advice. There ain't no such thing as a half way crook, they're scared to death scared to look. Your either in, or your out. You ball to you fall, or your body gives out like Ken Caminiti, Jose Canseco, or Mark McGwire's did. You don't just deflate yourself in the off season. Steinbrenner must be wicked pissed.