Major rumor running around that a number of players, including Ryan Braun (again!!), Alex Roid-riguez, and two other Yankees (Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson) could be suspended for steroid use.
I agree with my anonymous friend (hat tip!) who tipped me off to the rumor: A-Fraud needs to go for any number of reasons, and this should be strikes one AND two for Braun -- see you in 2014, if at all!!
But the biggest problem is the one which should've been apparent, now, for about 10 years: Can anyone hit the freaking ball with any consistency whatsoever and NOT be on the gas?
I expect this to get covered up. Seriously.
The imbalance toward the pitchers is getting dangerous to the marketers of the game. It is what baseball needs to be to have any legitimacy, but the fact of the matter is that MLB is paying for a deliberate coverup of a drug culture which was, honestly, believed necessary on their part and the part of the MLBPA to keep baseball viable post-1994 strike.
(Even if all that was proven a sham when Congress forced them to open their books, but let's not let the facts get in the way of a good story...)
And that the Yankees are centralized in these rumors makes me wonder if A-Rod might be more than just taking the gas, as it were. We know the son of a bitch has been on roids for some time and that he has some very slimy connections in New York (the underground poker illegalities, Mr. Selig??), so would it shock me if he was supplying some of the stuff to other players as well?
Keep an eye on this one.
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