He had 1 great season and was uncooperative and constantly made selfish decisions (not playing center when buck was hurt, the shot because lord knows that thing isnt safe but pig steroids are)
I don't really give a shit whether people got the covid vaccine or not. Personally I did, but it's proven and even known then to be a mostly tame sickness that mutates like crazy, just like the flu. Do you hate everyone for not getting a flu shot every year? I got the covid vaccine but I will never fucking touch a flu shot.
In the baseball thread someone said he may have started because he was playing so crappy, we don’t know when the test was from. That kinda tracks for me if so.
Manfred should order a home invasion to pull the Pohlads out of their mansions in the middle of the night, without league approval or oversight, fly them to NYC, and install a new ownership group as a way to combat their drug dealing.
Epitrenbolone is a metabolite/analog of trenbolone, a synthetic androgen originally developed for veterinary use to increase muscle and appetite in cattle.
Probably one of THE MOST extreme and most powerful anabolics out there.
Probably not worth the energy I'm giving it, but any time a player gets busted for PEDs it bums me out how excited the r/baseball sub gets to dogpile on the guy like it's some deeply moral failing rather than just a stupid ass decision. It's disappointing and it was obviously incredibly stupid of him to take an animal growth hormone, but I just feel weird about how much you can tell people are licking their chops to shit on a guy they didn't have a strong opinion on the day prior. Might just be thinking about it more because I've got a sentimental soft spot for Kepler, I don't know.
Very fair, and there's obviously a great irony to a guy who wouldn't get vaxxed being alright with putting illegal steroids in his body. But my feeling is that a lot of the people shitting on him don't really care about him being anti-vax on a day-to-day basis, more so they just know that that is an easy dogpile that will get engagement. Like if this didn't happen and it was announced that he signed 1 year deal with the Brewers I doubt people would be bringing it up; from what I saw there was very little mention of Dylan Cease being anti-vax when he signed with the Blue Jays, but in this situation it's convenient and so people will use it.
To be clear, I'm a believer in vaccines myself and 2020 helped me realize that I am likely nowhere near aligned with the average baseball player's beliefs. But the more time I spend on the internet the more I notice how disingenuous ~50% of the activity in larger subreddits are, much more geared towards engagement than legitimate attempts at conversation.
That was the entire 90’s. Pretend they were all clean and act like they were monsters when they were “caught”. And I use quotations because these guys had necks the size of pumpkins and like 4 mlb players were actually clean.
And even the non-jacked ones could've been on the stuff too. Palmeiro wasn't jacked and he was on it. Which makes sense, since one of the effects of them is increased energy, which starts going down overall as you push past 30.
If you've seen the documentary Icarus, you'd remember that energy bump is the one thing the film-maker noticed immediately when he got on the stuff.
Redditors tend to just hate their own lives so much that the moment a public figure makes a mistake they pile on them to make themselves feel better about their own problems.
Man, Kep could have been a lifetime fan favorite, but between the anti-vax and bullshit statements, stubbornness to play center field or try to make any sort of meaningful adjustments, and now this, I'm glad to be done with him
Man that sucks. Can't imagine a team gives him a shot at this point. Between this and failing to be productive since the juiced ball season dudes in the rocks
Not to go all 'I never liked the guy' because Polanco got suspended for the same amount of time and I still like him, but I never warmed to Kepler.
I think it mostly has to do with him not wanting to play center and people thinking that was OK. Also COVID denialism.
EDIT: Also compare/contrast with the gigantic avalanche of shit that Kevin Slowey got for not wanting to move to the bullpen. Kepler never got that for some reason for making the Twins shuffle their lineup and play old man Jake Cave in center.
The first thing I thought when I found out several years ago that he hangs out with Barry Bonds during the off-season is I wonder how long before he gets caught pedding. Glad we don't have to deal with him anymore, good riddance.
No chance he makes the HoF now.
Bro coasted on Pretty Privilege
He had 1 great season and was uncooperative and constantly made selfish decisions (not playing center when buck was hurt, the shot because lord knows that thing isnt safe but pig steroids are)
Let's not forget his off the field shit too like putting that Blue Lives Matter thing on Instagram.
"I'm not from America so I didn't realize what it meant.... even though I've lived here for over a decade"
I don't really give a shit whether people got the covid vaccine or not. Personally I did, but it's proven and even known then to be a mostly tame sickness that mutates like crazy, just like the flu. Do you hate everyone for not getting a flu shot every year? I got the covid vaccine but I will never fucking touch a flu shot.
Its exhausting having to exist with yall
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That was the joke
Wooooooooosh
Damn. Not even a masking agent, just straight up steroids. His career trajectory is a real shame.
He’s just the standard sacrifice to make it seem like the MLB does aggressive testing.
Everyone of those guys use performance enhancing drugs of some kind. These guys have access to drugs that the MLB doesn’t (and won’t) even test for.
Ok guy lol
He played like that when he was JUICED?!
In the baseball thread someone said he may have started because he was playing so crappy, we don’t know when the test was from. That kinda tracks for me if so.
Yeah, I could buy that.
It takes more than one positive test to get to the suspension stage.
Copy that. Yikes
This is good for Barry Bonds
Nice.
So clearly he's not THAT scared of needles.
Well played, stranger. Well played.
I must be out of the loop here. Please don't tell me that Max is some sort of brain dead anti-vaxer.
Yes.
He refused to get vaccinated when Canada required it to cross the border.
Oh shit, I think I vaguely remember that but probably chose to ignore it and pretend that he wasn't a dumbass.
All thats come out and you still think the Covid vax's positives outweigh the negatives?
Oh honey, you do be dumb.
Uhh yes? Lmao man covid has just broken people.
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^ Max was not an Army brat. His parents were actually ballet dancers.
Isn’t Max from Germany? Europeans, like the rest of the world, cannot understand those in the MAGA crowd
underrated comment
that explains why his bihh was so thicc
Can no longer see that Twinsie
BBL Maxy
Knew he was injecting stuff into dat assssss
Bros this meme is literally the reason why i fucking love Max Kepler and he can do no wrong with me.
That and he was legitimately good that year.
wasn't he also not doing so hot on the field? yikes
Pretty common story, struggling veteran tries to get an edge
always hate to see it
not since 2019.. or before 2019..
Blame the Pohlad family. They gave him the steroids. Maybe it’ll make MLB force them to sell the team.
I like where you're going with this...
POHLADS ARE DRUG DEALERS
Manfred should order a home invasion to pull the Pohlads out of their mansions in the middle of the night, without league approval or oversight, fly them to NYC, and install a new ownership group as a way to combat their drug dealing.
I wonder if he'll just quietly retire.
I had this same thought. If i looked like him, id say “fuck it, I’m a handsome millionaire. Let me build a harem.”
He'll probably go to Japan and finish his career there.
last time the germans and japanese linked up it didn’t go so hot
And he'll say it really quietly, like a whisper
Goddamnit Max. Now I gotta change my flair
Just do It in all caps
I'm not sure if you capitalized 'it' on purpose or not, and I don't want to know
Really disappointing to see this from Max, he was a really solid Twin
Nahh
whoopsie
Isn’t Epitrenbolone pretty hardcore too? Jeepers.
Epitrenbolone is a metabolite/analog of trenbolone, a synthetic androgen originally developed for veterinary use to increase muscle and appetite in cattle.
Probably one of THE MOST extreme and most powerful anabolics out there.
Good thing he doesn't play for the r/minnesotatwins anymore
Ope
Noooo.... Not the Strudel!
Comment deserves more love
Max never loved the game anyway. That's probably it for his career.
Probably not worth the energy I'm giving it, but any time a player gets busted for PEDs it bums me out how excited the r/baseball sub gets to dogpile on the guy like it's some deeply moral failing rather than just a stupid ass decision. It's disappointing and it was obviously incredibly stupid of him to take an animal growth hormone, but I just feel weird about how much you can tell people are licking their chops to shit on a guy they didn't have a strong opinion on the day prior. Might just be thinking about it more because I've got a sentimental soft spot for Kepler, I don't know.
I’d have some sympathy if it weren’t for, you know, the whole anti-vax thing from Covid
Very fair, and there's obviously a great irony to a guy who wouldn't get vaxxed being alright with putting illegal steroids in his body. But my feeling is that a lot of the people shitting on him don't really care about him being anti-vax on a day-to-day basis, more so they just know that that is an easy dogpile that will get engagement. Like if this didn't happen and it was announced that he signed 1 year deal with the Brewers I doubt people would be bringing it up; from what I saw there was very little mention of Dylan Cease being anti-vax when he signed with the Blue Jays, but in this situation it's convenient and so people will use it.
To be clear, I'm a believer in vaccines myself and 2020 helped me realize that I am likely nowhere near aligned with the average baseball player's beliefs. But the more time I spend on the internet the more I notice how disingenuous ~50% of the activity in larger subreddits are, much more geared towards engagement than legitimate attempts at conversation.
Oh ive hated him before this dont worry
Sincere question, do you actually believe that you hate the guy? I get thinking that he's stupid or disappointing, sure, but full-blown hatred?
Hes a bootlicker
Selfish jerk who would make selfish decisions like refuse to play centerfield when buck was hurt
2b/3: The Antivax shit
he was an ass to one of my friends
also he sucked
so yeah
hate
I see
Story Time! What did he do to your friend?
it was deserved either way, i saw his friend go into the mens room with an ice cream cone.
he wasnt any good, was my reason.
That was the entire 90’s. Pretend they were all clean and act like they were monsters when they were “caught”. And I use quotations because these guys had necks the size of pumpkins and like 4 mlb players were actually clean.
And even the non-jacked ones could've been on the stuff too. Palmeiro wasn't jacked and he was on it. Which makes sense, since one of the effects of them is increased energy, which starts going down overall as you push past 30.
If you've seen the documentary Icarus, you'd remember that energy bump is the one thing the film-maker noticed immediately when he got on the stuff.
the first mlb player suspended was some light hitting shortstop.
Redditors tend to just hate their own lives so much that the moment a public figure makes a mistake they pile on them to make themselves feel better about their own problems.
What a fall from grace.
He's barely been a capable player since 2019 and was fucking awful last year.
I don't blame him to trying to do whatever he can to make more money cause he's THISCLOSE to being unplayable for anyone.
https://preview.redd.it/2yyz3vfajecg1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b8099c7fdde95789b6d9f5e467f239d9461005e
Shambles
Test him for greenies
Look his vet said it was heartworm meds! I swear man!
Bad look
holy shit?
Are they sure?
OOF
Ringworm perhaps?
I'm sorry but I find this hilarious
Man, Kep could have been a lifetime fan favorite, but between the anti-vax and bullshit statements, stubbornness to play center field or try to make any sort of meaningful adjustments, and now this, I'm glad to be done with him
What an asshole. Couldn’t get vaccinated to save others or cross the border to play in Toronto
Man that sucks. Can't imagine a team gives him a shot at this point. Between this and failing to be productive since the juiced ball season dudes in the rocks
Not to go all 'I never liked the guy' because Polanco got suspended for the same amount of time and I still like him, but I never warmed to Kepler.
I think it mostly has to do with him not wanting to play center and people thinking that was OK. Also COVID denialism.
EDIT: Also compare/contrast with the gigantic avalanche of shit that Kevin Slowey got for not wanting to move to the bullpen. Kepler never got that for some reason for making the Twins shuffle their lineup and play old man Jake Cave in center.
Bullshit
We used to have fun watching this team. Except in the early 2010’s. That was a period.
Yet they let A Rod play for years.
Nah we dont hate arod anymore, he made up for it by sending Glen Taylor to the shadow realm
Wow. Just not someone I would have expected.
Not Max 😭
One thicc bih, indeed…
Shame his twinsy probably shrunk.
So disappointed
without the juice he'd have been below the Mendoza line
The first thing I thought when I found out several years ago that he hangs out with Barry Bonds during the off-season is I wonder how long before he gets caught pedding. Glad we don't have to deal with him anymore, good riddance.
I get the sense that some in the local media suspected something was up with him years ago.
That one year offensive blip looks even more suspicious
Walks into Philly and immediately starts doing drugs.
At least he didn’t eat horse crap…. Yet
/s
jebus, it made him lose his hair too!
Owned, fuck you kep
Lmao. Never liked this guy on or off the field