Steroids and Baseball
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Steroids and Baseball
By
You know, even as a little kid, I loved sports. The problem was, I was
extremely small. At 3- foot- nothing, and 70 pounds, I was lawn-gnomish.
However, there was one sport I truly loved to play, and could play well…
that sport was baseball.
A lot of idols and heroes come from the sports pages, and a good many of those from baseball. The Babe, Willie Mays, Yogi Berra , Jacky Robinson, and of course, Barry Bon- er, wait, I’m sorry. This is about heroes in sports, not superheroes in the marvel universe. Man, I’m just waiting for Bonds to turn green and change his name to “Bruce Banner”
But honestly, steroids have been the focal point of all recent MLB scandals (or one big one if you want to get technical) and recently, they have been opening more investigations, hoping that certain people *cough Conseco cough* will screw up, then rat a bunch of other players out. Ok, guys, listen, there is an easy to spot those who juice. Two things happen when you take steroids, your head balloons, and your balls deflate. If a guy can fit into his helmet, and his cup keeps slipping off, check him out!
Enough ranting, though. Down to business. The whipping boy of the past.
Few months in
the steroid cases has, of course, been Barry Bonds. With indictments,
hearings, and contempt (for his former trainer, anyway,) the poor guy barely
has time to stick himself in the butt with a needle.
And of course, with scandal comes the media, and with the media come leaks. Right now, two such reporters are appealing a judge’s order to fess up to who leaked the testimony of Bonds and other players caught up in the controversy. The gentlemen apparently, and this is a quote, “would rather go to jail than reveal their sources.”
Honestly guys, I respect your integrity (however warped it may be), but we’re talking about charges of obstruction of justice and perjury! Than again, journalists don’t seem to mind the thought of jail. Hell, If it gets them coverage, all the better!
Everyone had to have known this would erupt into a media circus. The baseball greats of yesteryear must be turning in their graves. Or blocks of ice.