Quote of the day

Pitcher Tommy John, the left-hander and 288-game winner who spends 26 seasons in the majors, on players looking for a pharmaceutical edge during a career that spans the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s:

“Amphetamines were the big thing back then. Everybody took ‘greenies,’ but they didn’t make you stronger. They just made you think you were stronger.”

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