My heart hurts
Posted by TFG on November 15th, 2007
Baseball star Barry Bonds to face charges over steroid probe
Baseball superstar Barry Bonds has been indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice after lying to investigators probing a steroid scandal, justice officials said Thursday.
A statement from the California Department of Justice in San Francisco said Bonds had been indicted for lying to investigators during a grand jury hearing into the notorious BALCO steroid scandal.
As a lifelong baseball fan who has completely and totally soured on the greatest game ever invented, I want to know who was paid off, and how much, to delay this indictment until he broke Hank Aaron’s home run record.
Bud Selig, I detest you with the fury of 10,000 white-hot super-nova suns for allowing this con artist to contemptuously ruin MY game. Everybody knew the indictment was coming, and you wouldn’t step in and put a stop to the sham. You couldn’t fathom endangering yourself in the interests of baseball. I have no doubt that you pussed out over lawyer-talk. I’m just disgusted and heartbroken.
And Hank Aaron still wears the home run crown, forever and always. You always have been and always will be an inspiration to me, sir.
November 17th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
We need another Kennisaw Mountain. I love George Will’s description of him in Ken Burns Baseball series. I believe it went something like ” Shock white hair, th eface an angry jove”
November 20th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Do not forget that in the end, professional baseball is a business. Barry and Bud suckle from the same teat.
While homeruns rained, excitement rose, we fans grew more enamored with the game. Excitement brough a spike in interest which translated into a spike in revenue for the owners, who in turn paid more outrageous salaries to those players who could hit these mamouth shots. Steroids provided a competitive edge to a competitive endeavor with the promise of not winning one for the team or the fan, but putting a few more dollars in the pockets of the greedy–player and owner alike.
I may condemn a man for using them, but when the boss is winking all the way to the bank and willing to pay he who can deliver such shots–no questions asked, the condemnation cannot rest on player shoulders alone. I say the stench reaks from a deeper crevace than the players’ locker. The stench comes forth from the front office and it springs forth from the commissioners office as well. The owners, and the commissioner himself have profited mightilyfrom this arrangement There is guilt enough for all to share.
College baseball is a sport. The minor leagues is a sport. High school is a sport. In the end I share your disgust and heartbreak. I only cast my net wider for those who are the subject of my disgust.