Comments on: Another Cheating Liar Caught: NY Times Reporting AS FACT That Sammy Sosa Tested Positive for Steroids in 2003

By: JRod

JRod — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:00:02 +0000

@Think Blue Crew, and more people who never read the Ibanez post continue sending traffic to the Ibanez post. I can’t really complain.

By: Think Blue Crew

Think Blue Crew — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:53:07 +0000

ESPN is talking about you on the Phillies-Blue Jays game. Blogger with ‘no accountability’ and ‘no journalism standards’ making these ‘accusations about Ibanez’.

By: pdflds

pdflds — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:22:29 +0000

look at sammy the first season him and Mark McGwire was slugging it out, then look at sammy the second season of that slugfest. A moron could tell sammy had been well enhanced during the off season.

By: JRod

JRod — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:15:34 +0000

@KVB, sounds like a hell of a post. Who do we believe in the most? As I’ve stated ad nauseum, I don’t believe totally in anyone. But there certainly is a list of guys (Jeter, Hurt, Griffey, Ibanez among them) that I would put at the top of my “It would shock me the most” list.

Get the debate going KVB.

By: KVB

KVB — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:29:52 +0000

@JRod, Let’s say this: This opens the door for a clean player like Frank Thomas to be a first ballot HOF guy. The seven year stretch where Frank accumulated stats that only Ted Williams could boast should have been enough, but his whole career was not in some eyes after the overall jump in stats during this era that we now know was tainted.

I would like to focus on that now, who are the handful of players that we know should be first ballot guys like Frank and Jr. Griffey? I know suspicion is all around us and it is warranted but we can keep the faith and raise praise to all that is pure and natural in the son of Ken Sr. and the former Auburn football player.

By: JRod

JRod — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:28:17 +0000

@josh q public, I just feel dejected all the way around. I know that we all expect it now, especially from a guy like Sosa…but every time it comes out it’s still such a downer.

Maybe it shouldn’t be, maybe I/we just shouldn’t care. But at a certain point, it’s hard to fully embrace the game without trying to believe in it. Honestly, in the aftermath of the Ibanez situation the thing I questioned the most was whether or not I should really be suspicious of baseball players. Obviously, that was more wishful thinking/hoping than anything. Because the truth is that I AM suspicious, and this is exactly the reason why. In the last three months: ARod, Manny, Sammy. Three of perhaps the 10 most prolific hitters in MLB history.

Seriously?

I don’t know what else to say…

By: josh q public

josh q public — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:07:59 +0000

I’ll tell you why this bothers me. The Raul Ibanez reaction http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2009/06/raul_ibanez_steroid_issue_expo.html was ridiculous. We didn’t paint this landscape. We were all once believers. Like my main man flavor flav always says, “It was you that chose your due. You built this maze you can’t get through. I tried to help you all I can. Now I can’t do nuttin’ for you man.” Don’t come finger waggin’to us.