Gagne

So much for the steroids conjecture. Gagne is down with an elbow injury.

In my prior post, what I meant to say was he could have been using steriods as a recovery-enhancement aid versus a muscle-building one in which he would be larger and "cut" like Brett Boone at the All-Sta game a few years ago.

I still stand by the assertion that the steroid use was more for overcoming muscular soreness. This supports the fact that starting pitchers who rest five days are excelling as the relivers and hitters, who are used everyday cannot recover as rapidly as "suplementation allowed.

Interestingly, I conjectured Gagne to have been using some sort of now-banned recovery-enhancement aid while completely ignoring that possibility for Jason Schmidt.

Other than a comment on this site, all the reporting about Schmidt has assumed an injury when, in fact, everyone should be remember that the "water" in the San Fransisco clubhouse could be to blame.

How's Dustan Mohr doing in Colorado?