Today i read that Manny Ramirez is back to baseball, with the Dodgers minor league AAA Affiliate. I guess I thought he was suspended till July 3rd. But the minor league club is okay to reap the benefit of having a big league superstar in their midst for a week or so huh? hmm. I don't really know how I feel about that. On the one hand, you have Manny taking something er other. Whatever it was, it really didn't sound like it was going to help him hit 400 for the second half of the year last year, or help him center the bat on more balls right? And how come noone ever talks about defense when it comes to steroids? And if someone did say that steroids helped outfielders field their positions better, would it kinda not matter if Manny did it anyway? Since he's a terrible fielder? And since the Big Club Dodgers can't benefit from someone who is "taking drugs" because he might help their club illegally, why then is it okay for him to help the minor league club sell tickets? Doesn't that seem a bit shady? And he's working for free too, just so everyone knows. Where is the union? Shouldn't they be there saying "one of our players doesn't play for free, he has to at least make the minimum." Thats what unions do, right? Sounds to me like the union doesn't want to be around Manny right now. Sounds to me like Manny is getting special treatment. Sounds to me like maybe the Dodgers and the Isotopes are really cleaning up on this suspension. Good? Bad? I still don't know how i feel about it.
I love baseball and I love the intergrity and the stats and the history of baseball. But how is PED's different than greenies and amphetamines that the players took in the 70's, 80's and 90's? Look, baseball has all these traditions and acts like it has all this integrity, but the truth is, there has always been something behind the scenes. What is it... the bats are harder now, the balls are crisper, the batting gloves have better technology. Did you ever see Mickey Mantle wear the body armor that Barry Bonds did? No. I'm not so sure I care too much about steroids. I think they have a handle on it now. I say make even stiffer penalties. What happened in the past sounds like it was going on everywhere, even with the good guys. And i don't want to know what is on that list of 100 players that is supposed to be sealed forever. You can't go back in time. YOU CAN'T GO BACK! Let's move on. Manny and A-Rod are Hall Of Fame quality baseball players, that played in an era that led to the banning of steroids. I just can't get all worked up about it. Baseball allowed it to go on for a very long time before they did anything about it. I just don't think we can condemn a decade if not more because of this. The playing field was level. You can't discount Bond's homeruns. How many would he have hit if he weren't taking a banned substance...allegedly?
We need to move on. Elvis found out what taking drugs does to a person, he knew it while he was taking them. So did Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison and thousands of other people in the history of the world. They all knew...its BAD FOR YOUR BODY. Period. If baseball catches you, you're gonna be out of the game. You have to live with your body forever...or until it fails. But I'm not going to hold it against anyone. And i'm not going to get all holier than thou about it either. Manny sounds like an idiot. He did something stupid by all accounts. Shocking? Not in the least. Let's move on.
I love baseball and I love the intergrity and the stats and the history of baseball. But how is PED's different than greenies and amphetamines that the players took in the 70's, 80's and 90's? Look, baseball has all these traditions and acts like it has all this integrity, but the truth is, there has always been something behind the scenes. What is it... the bats are harder now, the balls are crisper, the batting gloves have better technology. Did you ever see Mickey Mantle wear the body armor that Barry Bonds did? No. I'm not so sure I care too much about steroids. I think they have a handle on it now. I say make even stiffer penalties. What happened in the past sounds like it was going on everywhere, even with the good guys. And i don't want to know what is on that list of 100 players that is supposed to be sealed forever. You can't go back in time. YOU CAN'T GO BACK! Let's move on. Manny and A-Rod are Hall Of Fame quality baseball players, that played in an era that led to the banning of steroids. I just can't get all worked up about it. Baseball allowed it to go on for a very long time before they did anything about it. I just don't think we can condemn a decade if not more because of this. The playing field was level. You can't discount Bond's homeruns. How many would he have hit if he weren't taking a banned substance...allegedly?
We need to move on. Elvis found out what taking drugs does to a person, he knew it while he was taking them. So did Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison and thousands of other people in the history of the world. They all knew...its BAD FOR YOUR BODY. Period. If baseball catches you, you're gonna be out of the game. You have to live with your body forever...or until it fails. But I'm not going to hold it against anyone. And i'm not going to get all holier than thou about it either. Manny sounds like an idiot. He did something stupid by all accounts. Shocking? Not in the least. Let's move on.
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