Along with an unusual amount of 'mysterious' injuries this year, there's an underlying feeling of discontent in Mudville. Especially among the old school guys, the broadcasters and sportswriters, who know, deep down, that baseball is far from the pure sport it was thirty years ago when guys named Willie and Micky lead the way. The old 'spring fever' isn't there. No surprise what with the continuing stream of players testing positive for chemical enhancement and the unknowing who IS and who ISN't 'on' something.. Sadly, the young generation - under age 20 - has never seen baseball played CLEANLY , now over 10 years since Bonds made Ruth turn over in the grave and Henry Aaron wince a lot, when Bonds hit 73 dingers in San Francisco, where homeruns used to be scarce; Bonds was really the one who set things off, though McGwire and Conseco played a smaller role but were a mere blip on the radar years earlier.
So,'Commissioner' Selig and MLB decide they have to make a point, lest they continue to look even more like 'turn the other cheek' laughing stock, as they've been for over a decade now. They come up with some names, much like Edgar Mitchell did - remember the Mitchell report that went nowhere? - and threaten a lawsuit against this new Miami-based version of San Francisco's BALCO. Good luck guys. Sounds like going after straws again. Give 'em a little scare, I guess. Without real hard evidence, you're putting yourselves in position for a reverse lawsuit - and to further upset the game.. Nothing's going to change at this point, especially with the speed and ineptness that Selig and his 'yes men' do things. Baseball's players union is very strong and you're not going to get very far. Meanwhile the fans will suffer, or will they? The young ones don't know any other way than baseball on steroids. It's sad for both those who haven't had the opportunity to see REAL baseball , and , us 'oldtimers' who remember how great the game can be if played honestly. But, like so many things today, there are easy short cuts to easy money, thanks largely to advanced chemicals, computers and , perhaps, a society gone south.
I, for one, have pretty much lost interest in baseball (especially living in the SF area ( PED headquarters) but it looks like things may be going bi-coastal . As Buster Olney noted in his ESPN column today, the problem is now so entrenched . Easily half the SF Giants are on the stuff, in my opinion, lead by the Venezuela connection of Scutaro and Sandoval. (Scutaro comes over mid season to suddenly become Babe Ruth and 'teach' Sandoval his 'tricks' just as A-Rod did with M Cabrera, before Cabrera took his 'secrets' back to Kansas City where he taught his fellow Venezuelan Scutaro and Mijarez before THEY came to the Giants... and on and on it goes.. Incestual relationships all over the place but either I am the only one who sees them or perhaps one of the few who cares enough to speak out. So the Giants lose another star of 2010, Brian Wilson. No big deal.. J ust go back and get old suspects from 2010 , Andre Torrez and Rafael Ramirez, who had their best seasons with Giants, as have most of these guys. Across the bay The A's bring back Bartolo Colon, who will either still have to be on the juice , at 39 , to perform well, or will be a throwaway. Here today , gone tomorrow, just like the experiment with Manny Ramirez, last year; that failed, leaving him out of excuses and into retirement. Finally. More @ http://wheredidyougojoedimaggio1.blogspot.com/
