Baseball (Page 2)

a little different.

Shoeless Joe gambled on his own game.  He threw a world series for crying out loud, there's no heart there.

Charlie Hustle played with heart and passion and there is no evidence that he gambled at all while he was a player.  The games he bet on were after his playing days.

What I want to know it why are players getting caught just in the last week.  You saw a few small namers get busted in the first couple weeks of the season and now 90 games later they are busting bigger names.  I think it is lead up to the end of the season, Hey Yankee fans you're whole team will end up suspended in the last 10 games of the year.

As for Bonds, maybe the knee injury was just good timing, but he is being smart staying out of the steroid hunt. 

I understand that these guys are taking something, but I doubt at this point they are still shooting anabolics.  But maybe baseball just needs to legalize them, but control them.  Must be controlled by leagues doctors or something.  Guys are getting hurt left and right this year and the teams are just down right ugly to watch.  Is it the roids that was making the game watchable? 

I know the argument, what about the kids, well kids can't drink alochol, but adults still drink it in front of them.  And alcohol is much easier to come by the Roids.  By controlling it these pro athletes may be saving there bodies from the daily wear and tear.  It can't be proved either way at this point.  Although Lyle Alzado is great example of what can happen if consumption is not controlled, how many of guys didn't go to his extreme and we don't know the truth.  It is Pandora's box and the only person who tried to open it was Jose Canseco.  With his past discretions of gun touting and wife beating he is not believed.  But maybe if we listened to what he had to say, we would all know the truth.

The two most recent causalities Palmeiro and Franklin, didn't need them anyhow, but with old age, maybe it is what has kept careers alive.  Franklin was a gold medal pitcher in 2000, Raffy has had a great career (one of the best).  Are they both trying to relive their greatness?  Only time will tell what happens to the Steroid era, but now that we are entering the Marijuana era.  What are the reprocusions of that? 

If you use Football as an example they went through the Steroid era in the 70's, marijuana in the 90s.  So baseball is just a little behind.  As for basketball, they are in the era of fighting. 

Enough ramlbings.  Pete Rose, stay home.  Raffy did cheat on baseball and Barry is just smarter than everyone and hasn't been caught.