The former 'Two And A Half Men' star is by all accounts not half as clever as he thinks he is, so perhaps he really believes his latest piece of self-promotion. According to Sheen, during the filming of the comedy 'Major League' two decades ago, he took steroids for several weeks in an attempt to put some juice on the fastball of his character, erratic closer Rick 'Wild Thing' Vaughn.
According to Sheen, he elevated his heater from 79 to 85 mph while consuming steroids. What a transformation: from Al Nipper to Phil Niekro. Wow. I would laugh, except this would imply that Sheen is actually witty in person.
The truth is, any reasonably healthy, average-sized adult male who works out regularly can show marginal gains in velocity....and they would be in the range of radar gun readings Mr. Sheen mentions. The main benefit of steroids is not that they would enhance gains in arm strength, but that they would improve recovery time for muscle fibers after repeated bouts of throwing. Besides, muzzle velocity is largely a function of the speed with which an arm can be rotated, rather than muscle mass.
Besides, I've seen the movie. I've seen Sheen's "pitching motion". It's not the least bit athletic-looking, and the fastballs that emerge from his hand are, as far as I can tell, special effects. What a chump.
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Thanks for posting that, Mr. Hatfield. Interesting stuff.
Can I have access to the main blog account so I can post my opinions here too?
Maaaan I got all excited and thought it was an actual update.
On another note i refuse to talk about sheen, by talking about him, you're doing what he wants which unfortunately results in.. yes.. him winning
If anyone wanted to submit an opinion piece to the bloglords, it would likely be published....better yet, publish it to your own blog, and we'll link to it.
I admit that this post does give the former Mr. Estevez one more mention in cyberspace. On the question of relevance, your mileage may vary.
By that logic, don't you have your own st friars page Scott? I think we should keep opinion pieces off the main blog page. That should be reserved for BARB updates.
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