It’s Official: MLB Players Still Don’t Get Steroids Issue
Back in March Independent Sources commented on Major League Baseball’s consistent unwillingness to tackle steroid abuse in “5 Strikes and You’re Out!” More recently we wrote about Rafael Palmiro in “Hall of Fame Hypocrite.”
Even with those two posts, the player’s union appears unwilling to adopt a realistic steroid policy. Finally, they are being called out on this issue by someone who seems serious to not give them another pass:
“Are you and the players living in such a rarefied atmosphere that you do not see this as a transcendent issue?” [Senator John] McCain asked. “Don’t you get it? Don’t you get it?”
Why does the union remain so opposed to a policy for punishing cheaters? The only plausible answer is that the extent of the cheating is far, far greater than what has been reported to date and the union is praying that by delaying action the issue will move to the back burner as it always has.
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September 29th, 2005 at 10:27 am
….and the fans still show up in droves…even Bonds’ has managed ta slither back withoutta whole lotta flak…you can fugeddaboudit…the game as we knew it iz over…we jus’ gotta see what happens when that @sshole approaches 714 and 755….maybe then, it’ll sink in…doubt it………
September 29th, 2005 at 11:03 am
I agree on Bonds. I figured he’d retire rather than try to play off of the juice. How about Palmiro? Now there’s a real piece of work.
September 29th, 2005 at 11:09 am
No sh!t….makesya long fer the good ol’ dayz when the Mick and Billy-n-Whitey jus’ showed up drunk and beat da heck outta ya…..lol
September 29th, 2005 at 12:20 pm
….or Doc Ellis throwin’ a no-hitter high on acid….ahhhhh….the lost innocence of yesteryear…………
September 29th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Question for Senator McCain: With the biggest deficits in the history of Mankind and with healthy young Americans being maimed in Iraq, how do you find the time to worry about what’s in a ballplayers urine? Don’t you get it? Don’t you get it?
September 29th, 2005 at 8:22 pm
McCain is a camera-mugging boob. There’s no glamour in fighting for fiscal restraint. You want airtime? Subpoena some athletes. When that blows over, go after Hollywood. Get some movie stars before your committee. Soundbite city.
September 29th, 2005 at 8:52 pm
You guys all seem to be giving a pass to the players. Real records are going to the wayside while juiced up cheaters pound away. Because they do, others cheat to keep up, high schoolers do as well, etc. Then they sanctimoniously whine about how clean they are and the media is picking on them. Bonds, Palmiro, Sosa, McGwire, etc., are a joke with the only thing funnier being their union who claims to be against cheating on one hand but against any meaningful testing/punishment on the other.
September 30th, 2005 at 5:32 am
I’ve fired off some pretty scathing letters to The Houston Chronicle about my feelings on this issue(everone printed and in the Jammy archives) and have put up several posts on thejammy.blogspot.com regarding my feelings on this issue….I’m the LAST person that’s givin’ ‘em a “pass”. Az a matter of fact, my bottom-line opinion on it iz that all violators should be banned from the game for life (ONE violation) and records striken from the books…Notta realistic solution on the “records” part tho’ cuz then you’d hafta change all the pitchers’ ERA’s and God-knowz what else…1 bogus dinger during a season could change who winz the phuckin’ World Series ferchrissake..It IZ about the sanctity of the game and statistics in baseball have alwayz been the engine that drives it….LEGIT stats….Thanx fer yer time.
Sincerely,
Ty Rade
September 30th, 2005 at 11:34 am
McCain never met a camera he didn’t love. In addition to the the above mentioned dog and pony shows, he also wants to waste taxpayer money on a Government agency that would regulate boxing. Way to prioritize, Senator. Bring Washington to a halt with your “No Middleweight Left Behind Act”.
October 1st, 2005 at 2:40 pm
McCain is an empty suit, historically irrelevant and intellectually puny.
October 6th, 2005 at 2:23 pm
Today’s L A Times has a table of average home runs per game since 1969 … used to be about 1.6 but every year since 1994 its over 2.0, several years above 2.2. There was a big step up ‘93-’94 and another about five years later. Expansion … or juice?
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November 3rd, 2005 at 11:08 am
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