Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Time To Fake Outrage - Another baseball player caught for PED use

First, let me say, I am sick of the performance enhancing drug story in baseball. It is disappointing but at the same time, who can blame the players - the league certainly didn't care, so why shouldn't they have taken something that would make them better players, more famous, earn more money etc. We are unwilling to hold those who let it happen accountable (Bud Selig is still raking in millions as commish), so I don't find it fair to just blame the players. (I don't feel the same about players who are still getting caught, such as Manny Ramirez).

But, right now on the ESPN.com main page is the story about Sammy Sosa being caught for PED use. Then, at the bottom of the page, is a box with a link to a story about Ivan Rodriguez with the question who is the greatest catcher of all time - Isn't there something wrong with tearing down any baseball player who happens to get caught, but at the same time, acting as if a player who just happened not to be outed (yet) accomplished all of his achievements the natural way? Shouldn't we either not care who took PED and just assume most players did it, or be far more skeptical of any accomplishment in baseball over the last 15 years? But simply vilifying the minority who have been caught, and championing anyone else, seems to me rather naive and absurd.

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