On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:49:27 -0800 (PST), Padredog
<padredog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The Mitchell Report says pretty much what a lot of us have been
>thinking all along. The powers that be in baseball have known of the
>growing problem of steroids for over 20 years, but looked the other
>way. Major League Baseball looked the other way beacuse it made them
>money. Attendance rose to record number as fans came to see the
>exciting brand of baseball being played. Shiny new ballparks were
>built, and fat contracts were handed out. Fat contracts to players
>that were probably juiced, but owners looked the other way. Looked the
>other way because it made them money and got them new stadiums. Oh,
>but now its time for self-righteous indignation.
Agreed... the owners and Commissioner bear much responsibility in this
major mess.
But that does not let the offending players off the hook or make them
blameless.
They cheated, pure and simple. They denied success and rewards
to the honorable men who relied on their own natural ability. Those
are the people often forgotten: the guys who never got past Triple A
because they have principles and integrity.
A very small group of those who did steroids (Caminiti for example)
admitted to it and called themselves out as fools. Almost all the
rest lied or obfuscated. They do not deserve our sympathy.
Hoover
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