jay gibbOns' big chance
what do gibbons, rafael palmeiro, troy glaus, rick ankiel, jason giambi, sammy sosa, mark mcgwire, guillermo mota, barry bonds, gary sheffield, jason grimsley, countless minor leaguers, and so many others in the majors have in common? a couple things...
1) we're pretty certain they used steroids or hGH, maybe after it was illegal
2) they've been linked in some concrete way to said substances
3) so far, none has given a full, public accounting
there is a smaller group of players -- most famous among them david ortiz, miguel tejada and alex rodriguez -- who have been whispered about but who have never been linked to steroids and they are not part of this group.
so what does wayward O want from gibbons now that he clearly will never play in the majors again? wayward O wants gibbons to differentiate himself from this sorry lot by standing up in public like a man and giving a full accounting of his cheating ways.
don't do it for yourself jay ... do it for the thousands of screaming ten-year-olds who went to camden to root for you to hit home runs. when they're older they'll appreciate your candor.
wayward O is very sympathetic to players who used steroids and other now-banned substances before they were banned and sees no need to punish any such behavior. however, gibbons, it appears, continued to use and mask after baseball's wake-up-late policy was enacted.
on another note ... was it:
-- the new york times
--- espn
-- the daily news
--- the networks
-- and everybody else
who said george mitchell's little "probe" was impotent? yes. all of them...
the former senator from maine is the man behind the curtain, friends. he's getting it out there in ways no mere baseball player considered possible.
he got the irish to sit down and talk. did the meathead baseball players think they were going to outsmart or outlast him?
1) we're pretty certain they used steroids or hGH, maybe after it was illegal
2) they've been linked in some concrete way to said substances
3) so far, none has given a full, public accounting
there is a smaller group of players -- most famous among them david ortiz, miguel tejada and alex rodriguez -- who have been whispered about but who have never been linked to steroids and they are not part of this group.
so what does wayward O want from gibbons now that he clearly will never play in the majors again? wayward O wants gibbons to differentiate himself from this sorry lot by standing up in public like a man and giving a full accounting of his cheating ways.
don't do it for yourself jay ... do it for the thousands of screaming ten-year-olds who went to camden to root for you to hit home runs. when they're older they'll appreciate your candor.
wayward O is very sympathetic to players who used steroids and other now-banned substances before they were banned and sees no need to punish any such behavior. however, gibbons, it appears, continued to use and mask after baseball's wake-up-late policy was enacted.
on another note ... was it:
-- the new york times
--- espn
-- the daily news
--- the networks
-- and everybody else
who said george mitchell's little "probe" was impotent? yes. all of them...
the former senator from maine is the man behind the curtain, friends. he's getting it out there in ways no mere baseball player considered possible.
he got the irish to sit down and talk. did the meathead baseball players think they were going to outsmart or outlast him?
Labels: arOund the big leagues, histOry
posted by the wayward o at
11:00 AM
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Why I Love Dave Trembley.
"Anybody can have a ball slip from his hand," Cabrera said. "I don't know why everybody is making such a big deal."
Trembley didn't appear pleased with Cabrera's response.
"The dog ate my homework, too," Trembley said, sarcastically.
-from the O's home page.
Love this guy. Now we need some players and it might just be a team.
-brO
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