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Sad and surprising news out of Philly! Chooch was the last we thought would cheat! He tested twice positive and only 25 game suspension! Lots of players taking it and talk locally he could have easily had a doctor prescribe it for him as having ADHD!

Looks like decent amount of players take Adderall but who really has ADHD? Complete surprise to me and looking into it, lots of students take it! Ruiz did have his best statistical year of his career!

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The competitive advantage of Adderall

If you're wondering what performance-enhancing advantage suspended Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz might have received from taking the amphetamine Adderall, there is a terrific story by Larry Stone in Wednesday's edition of the Seattle Times.

In the story, Dr. Gary Wadler, a past chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Prohibited List Committee, goes into great detail about why the medication used to treat ADHD -- attention deficit hyperactivty disorder -- is considered a performance-enhancing drug.

"It masks fatigue, masks pain, increases arousal like being in The Zone," Wadler told Stone."It increases alertness, aggressiveness, attention and concentration. It improves reaction time, especially when fatigued. Some think it enhances hand-eye coordination. Some believe it increases the mental aspects of performance."

Wadler, an associate professor of medicine at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, described Adderall as "one of the quintessential performance-enhancing drugs. There's no question it's a performance-enhancing drug."

The doctor was also skeptical about the total number of baseball players who have been approved to use Adderall and the amphetamine Ritalin through Theraputic Use Exemptions because they were diagnosed with ADHD. That number was 105 players in 2011.

"I'm an internist, and I see lots of patients," Wadler said. "I can count on one hand the number I've seen over the years who had (ADHD) to such a degree that they required medicine."

Wadler added that ADHD has become "the diagnosis du jour in our society.
 
Thanks MCB, football will be down for awhile, b-ball, well only a few teams really every year can win the NBA title, Sixers just an average team forever until a big man arrives, and Flyers AWOL!

It's up to the Phils and Ruiz back to .250 avg with 40 RBI's but good defensively still adequate to win it all as long as the other guys come through!
 
MCB, had to look back!

My first 6 child years of into Phillies bases! Averaged 92.6 losses!

My first 6 child years of into Eagles foots! 22-57-5 record!

My first 6 child years of into 76ers b-ball! 208-284 record!

My first 6 child years of into Flyers hockey! 159-203-98!

Flyers 7 and 8th years did produced Stanley Cups but that was by far my 4th fav sport! But the whole area jumped aboard the bandwagon! Only joy there was, so we had too, tough, toothless Canadians beating up on each other! Nice!

So as you can see, I have had consecutive years of losing! Being a kid is the toughest time to go through it IMO, but I know the drill!
 
FairWarning
My first year of being a Cubs fan was 1969, top that!
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I can't! Remember it fondly and was rooting for your Cubbies! Big Glenn Beckert fan! Kessinger, B Williams, Santo, Banks, Hundley, Jenkins, was Holtzman with them? Quality team! Can't think of the manager? I remember those teams better than the ones five years ago!
 
Archie
I'm sure there are a lot of teams that would have offered way more. Might be more to the story
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Think about it from economics point of view. They have to sign Kimbrel and Venters and even Heyward to long term contracts and they need Delgado or Tehran as starters who make peanuts so there was no cap room to sign Hanson to long term contract. They are trying to lure another big bat to replace Chipper or left fielder.
 
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