‘No to the man with 762 home runs. No to the pitcher who won 354 games. No to the hitter who got 3,060 hits.’
10th January 2013
I’m glad I don’t give a shit about sports, or this would piss me off big time.
10th January 2013
I’m glad I don’t give a shit about sports, or this would piss me off big time.
January 10th, 2013 at 15:40
Okay, I’ll bite. What part of it pisses you off big time? Not voting for a cheater? Voting for a cheater? The presumption of cheating? Giving a d@mn about what is, after all, a game? (Did I cover all the options?) I’m truly curious.
For the record, to me this is a real question because my favorite baseball player used steroids and has Hall of Fame statistics. He had HoF statistics before he started using, too.
January 10th, 2013 at 17:54
15-yard penalty for improper use of the term ‘cheater’. Context is important here.
Baseball has rules for how the game is played. I have no problem with that. Major League Baseball also has Bullshit masquerading as rules attempting to govern how the players live their lives. I have a big problem with that. It’s none of their goddamned business.
All of these guys played the game within the rules of the game. Their performance entitles them to respect — and, probably, a place in the Hall of Fame. This crap is like denying a war hero the medals that he’s earned because he was drunk or high when he was a hero. I don’t care how he got there, just that he got there, because the getting there is what we reward … or ought to be.