This sucks. This really, really, really, really sucks. Manny has let down an entire city and tons of little kids who were in the process of growing out their dreadlocks.
The first thing that came to my mind after hearing the news was, "how is this shit show better for baseball than having the more lenient/limited drug testing that they had in the '90s". The MLB's strict testing, while giving some distorted sort of moral credibility to the league, is destroying its product and ostracizing its most charismatic and talent players--A-Rod, Bonds, Clemens, and Manny. Can you imagine if baseball fans had never found out about any of these players' steroid usage? The league would be in the best shape economically, and in terms of its popularity, ever. These test are merely speed bumps, if a player wants to juice, he's going to. What they need to do is make adjustments to the cars--make stadiums bigger-- or change the speed limit so that these players go unpunished and the league can watch the money come pouring in. Also, is anyone else surprised by how out of the blue this news is? It makes me think that there was a serious investigation for a substantial amout of time. If this is the case, the MLB needs to stop the witch hunt and move the f@#$ on. We know everyone is on steroids!
As far as what this means for the Dodgers.... Juan Pierre is popping champagne and running around naked. He will finally get his chance to be the everyday left fielder for the Dodgers. This isn't so bad. Let's not forget that he has batted over .300 four times in his career and was the spark plug for the 2003 Marlins (who won the World Series). We now have three players in our lineup who can steal 50-60 bases in a year. We also are going to bring up Xavier Paul, a kid with a lot of power who could've been in the majors a long time ago. So what does this mean? Torre needs to re-evaluate our style of play. I'm convinced you'll see the Doggies execute more hit and runs, be more agressive on the base paths, and bunt a helluva lot more. It's also important to note that we still play in the NL West--the worst division in baseball. I'm very confident that, come July 3rd, the Dogs will still be sitting on top of the NL West.
Lastly, Fat Colletti needs to take advantage of this, shitty, situation. We need to extend Manbone's contract while he's suspended. Rather than wait for him to come back and start right where he left off, we need to tack on a couple cheap years. Trust me, Dodger fans are going to embrace him when he gets back, and he's way too aloof to let this ordeal get to his head. Tack on 2 years for 11 million. By taking a paycut Manny might save face a little, and the Dodgers keep their money and production machine for a couple more years.
Depressed,
Doom Bizzle
dave, your pro-steroids stance is retarded. never mind that you're trying to cover up a complex culture-wide health and moral issue with an easy proclamation: Hey let's legalize 'em! You're talking about drastically altering america's pasttime. baseball is lame for many reasons, steroids being one of them (hard hit line drives hit directly at outfielders being the biggest problem), and we're gonna have to live with it.
ReplyDeletewhat's retarded the double standard by which baseball players and every other athlete in the world are held. if you're talking about a complex culture-wide health and moral issue why aren't NFL players getting caught with weed every weekend and not tested for steroids not a big deal? I'm not saying they're good for the game or for anything else, but the fact is that they're there and they, unfortunately, are part of the evolution of professional sports. Baseball (and maybe track and field) is simply the scapegoat for all professional athletes. Baseball maybe America's past time, but football is america's now-time and it's silly that baseball players are persecuted exponetially tougher than NFL players. This isn't gonna stop. We'll continue this discussion in few months when Albert Pujols, David Wright, and Prince Fielder get caught.
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