A Big Hoax?
Gary Sheffield wondered aloud why some players who follow exercise programs have their superior fitness levels attributed to their dedication while some players who follow exercise programs have their superior fitness levels attributed to something else. Some players are accused of using banned substances while some players are believed to be so committed to excellence that no sacrifices of time or effort are too great for them. We have been told that Barry Bonds' probably has cheated while Roger Clemens trains harder than anyone else. Gary Sheffield believes it is a big hoax.
"I get sick and tired of everyone wanting to flaunt their training method, to show that they're the biggest and strongest and baddest, All of that is a big hoax. Nobody trains harder than anybody else. It's a bunch of garbage and I'm sick and tired of hearing it."
Barry Bonds has admitted taking creatine phosphate (CP), which is a naturally occurring substance found in cells. When sudden, rapid activity occurs, adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP) is unavailable to the mitochondria (the cell's energy factories) for the first few seconds; therefore creatine phosphate is utilized until ATP is available. Creatine phosphate supplements are legal and produce no adverse effects.
Major league hitters have outstanding reflexes. They must go from a state of almost total inaction to the highest levels of exertion in a fraction of a second, which means that a batter's cells use creatine phosphate, not adenosine tri-phosphate, for energy. Studies reveal that creatine phosphate can increase the amount of work done in short duration, maximal effort trials, a discovery that is extremely significant because it may explain why Barry Bonds has done at the back end of his career what he did not do earlier.
Creatine phosphate can increase the amount of work done in SHORT DURATION, MAXIMAL EFFORT TRIALS. Nothing in sports requires a greater effort for a shorter period of time than hitting a baseball. A rigid exercise program, a fantastic amount of discipline at bat to ensure swinging only at certain pitches and creatine phosphate supplements may explain why Barry Bonds has become Barry Bonds.
But Barry is not nice to the media, or at least that is what most members of the media believe. Barry Bonds has a negative image. He is a showboat on the field, often admiring his home runs before trotting towards first base. Sometimes he misjudges a fly ball, a mistake for which an outfielder can be forgiven but Barry sometimes misjudges a fly ball that HE has hit and instead of running immediately, he trots until he realizes that the ball will stay in the park. It can be and has been costly.
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