Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Past Time Hypocrites.........

Over 250 players have been caught and suspended in addition to the 80+ names revealed in the report. I guess they are going to have to put an asterisk on everyone's record, which validates the point I made long ago.....

How can you single out Barry when 1/3 of the pitchers he hit homers off of were probably taking some type of performance enhancing substance? Whether you used it to heal, provide an energy boost, or improve performance, it's the same thing.

All of this is hypocritical. They didn't make such a big deal about players being injected with pain killers in order to keep them on the field on game day. They didn't, and still don't care about the players whom the league (NFL) forgot about after the game was done with them. If they really want to do something good, they should implement the same drug testing requirements for all major sports "across the board".

I wonder what percentage of players in football, pro wrestling, and soccer would have been exposed. But since they have already vilified baseball, I'm sure people would be a lot more careful now.

Also, notice how devoid the "Mitchell Report" is of prominent Red Sox players. I suppose the Sox Nation is super clean, super smart and/or super talented, to not have any of their main players during the "steroid era" mentioned (at all) is truly an accomplishment. But I can't help to think Mitchell may have shown a "little" favoritism to the organization he worked for.


Since they want to convict Barry and the rest on assumption, why don't they take a look at Manny's before and after pictures. He blew up significantly, and he is injury prone as well. We could speculate forever!!!!!!, but without actual proof, it is what it is, speculation.

Implement strict drug testing across the board, and judge people accordingly, don't go back and retroactively condemn/suspend people based on circumstantial evidence. How many of us would like to be judged on our past transgressions, 5 years after it occurred, or based on the testimony of an unsavory character. I think a majority of us would be convicted by a jury of our peers, of something.............

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