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Gene Wojciechowski's take on Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa's All Star Status

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Just read Gene Wojciechowski's article on ESPN's site basically stating that the common baseball fan's belief that both Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds cheated by using steroids is a mute point and both belong in the All Star Game just because of what both have and will accomplish this year. Personally, this is the most idiotic and maddening stance I've seen a journalist take in a very long time. First of all the All Star Game is based on fan balloting and if the nation of fandom want to silently protest by not electing these two to the All Star game then so be it, in fact more power to 'em. It is a very clouded issue, but it is somewhat depressing to hear people and reporters alike saying things like "well that's all in the past can't do anything about it now." or "we don't know and never will how many people have done what so that's that." I think it great to see the fans of the game get some, albeit small, piece of revenge on two figures of baseball that are shrouded in doubt. Any thoughts?

ESPN - Wojciechowski: Sosa, Bonds belong in All-Star game - Columnist
 
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adj.
  1. Subject to debate; arguable: a moot question.
    1. Law. Without legal significance, through having been previously decided or settled.
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On the topic, I think Sammy Sosa should be drawn and quartered. I don't care that he's probably used roids. I don't care that he's used a corked bat. I just don't like him and I want a black hole to swallow him up and crush him out of existence.

Bonds... eh.... I don't care.

Bottom line - I'm like everyone else in that I'm sure these two guys juiced. But.. A) I don't care and B) there's no proof that they did (no positive test)

Might as well put everyone who played in this era under the same suspicion. And, regardless, it's not as if Pitchers weren't on the nut shrinkers too.
 
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TRON;871478; said:
Bonds did fail a drug test.
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True, but not steroids

Regardless, I don't care. Yes, I prefer a player like Griff who excels without juice, and no I don't condone drug use to enhance performance. But, really, I can't bring myself to care what Barry Bonds is putting in his body.... and People have been playing on one drug or another for a long, long time. I suppose I'm just de-sensitized to it.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;871488; said:
True, but not steroids

Regardless, I don't care. Yes, I prefer a player like Griff who excels without juice, and no I don't condone drug use to enhance performance. But, really, I can't bring myself to care what Barry Bonds is putting in his body.... and People have been playing on one drug or another for a long, long time. I suppose I'm just de-sensitized to it.
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Word.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;871512; said:
I hope the next time he does that stupid fucking home run hop thing of his he is immediately transported to the surface of the sun.
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Just what exactly are you trying to tell us here BKB? Speak up man, you're among friends here, Say what you mean . :biggrin:
 
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