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Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I think if he was dosing anything, it was chocolate milkshakes.
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I gotta say that after watching ARod, Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, Palmeiro, etc. get raked over the coals for steroid abuse and listening to manager after manager lament steroid use in baseball and owner after owner whine about the integrity of the game (most recently Tom Hicks, who feels abused because ARod lied to him about taking steroids), as well as suffering through the sanctimonious pieces authored by the many sports writers who all have an opinion, I gotta say I'm pretty thoroughly disgusted.
The players are being punished and that's cool with me. They're fucking cheaters. But what about the managers? Are you telling me Torre knew nothing about steroid use? He watched as players went from one body type to another and
purposefully turned away because he was getting the production he wanted. He and all the other managers are complete fucking hypocrites. Torre was okay with allowing an exception to a team rule so Giambi could have his personal trainer with him in the clubhouse? And then he says he didn't know anything about steroids in baseball. "Sure you hear things, but I never suspected anyone" (or some such bullshit). He is so full of shit.
And Hicks. "This whole episode caught me totally by surprise," Hicks said. "I feel personally betrayed and deceived by Alex. As I said before, I'm shocked." Fuck. You. Your team was
riddled with steroid cheats. You had no idea? You just said basically the same thing about Juan Gonzalez. "I have no knowledge that Juan used steroids. His number of injuries and early retirement just makes me suspicious. In any event, we paid him $24 million for very few games." Palmeiro was on the juice. I bet 70% of your players were juicing. And you had no idea? You're either a huge liar or an incompetent asshole. Or a huge, lying, incompetent asshole.
As for the press, are you serious? You all loved the home run derby season that brought baseball back from the strike. You fueled it. You saw the builds on these guys. You watched their 'roid rages. You willfully ignored all of the statistical evidence. No one has come close to touching 61 home runs in a season until 3 guys do it with ease within, what, 2 years? Each of them look like hulking mutants. You're selling papers with your venom over the betrayal, but you are as much to blame as anyone else.
The whole thing makes me sick. The players should get blamed for being greedy assholes. But what about everyone else who benefited? Why do all these other jackasses get a pass while sitting in judgment?
TM
