[tdarko]

parappa,

greenies or "beans," do not work like steroids in that they do something to your muscle growth to increase your ability. the toughest part of a baseball season is the grind, its different than any other sport in that mentally it will drain you and usually the best players are the ones that can overcome the difficulty of a season.

think of drinking a red bull, now multiply it by a number...maybe 25?? thats what greenies do to you. so when you are in the bullpen and at the tail end of a 14 game road trip and its the 7th inning and you have been baking in the 102 degree weather and 95% humidity all day and feel completely zapped, "beans" do the trick. just twist the cap, sprinkle the bitter powder on your toungue and chug a red bull or spark or whatever energy drink it is you prefer with it and you are an entirely different person in about 2 minutes.

its not really cheating anymore since if you DON'T do it you are the minority. this is a fact.

greenies are really powerful and not only for what they do to you while you are on them but what they can do to people when they do not take them. many players simply can't perform without them. i know players that freak out and play shi*ty w/o them, as if the only thing that has got them to the where they are is greenies and nothing else, so strange.

back in the 50's and 60's not as many players used amphetamines and it was looked down upon. these players kept it hidden as best as they could, this is why they have the cute nicknames such as "beans." today, they are accepted and passed around in the lockerroom, if you run out, give a teammate $2 and he will give you one of his. but 4 decades ago amphetamines were used to gain an edge just as steroids are today, but once everyone is doing it the edge is then erased. imagine if everyone did steroids, would there then be an edge?