The “world’s best fans” are showing up here in droves in my comment moderation queue (okay, by droves, I mean maybe ten), and unfortunately, I’ve had to delete the majority of the comments left.
There are three pretty simple rules for commenting here:
1. Do not insult me.
2. Do not insult other commenters.
3. Use a valid email address.
You may criticize my views all you like, but anything personal will be deleted. I reserve the right to delete any and all comments that I don’t think fit the congenial atmosphere that my readers have helped build here over the last two-plus years.
Ah, steroid use – where everyone frowns on it until it’s a guy on their team, and then the claws come out on anyone who even *sounds* critical.
That’s really all many fans do — frown on it. Not many fans are up in arms about it like the media.
I don’t like steroids, but it seems a little self-righteous to punish players for steroids, then turn the other cheek when Tony Larussa takes a vodka-induced nap at a stoplight.
Damn Nate McLouth has been posting like crazy, hasn’t he Keith?
Can we stop referencing every illegal drug to alcohol? Soon the powers that be will decide that making it illegal(again) is a good idea. Don’t turn me into a criminal.
He said Vodka-induced nap.
Not to threadjack, but I don’t see the controversy in the Cardinals (or their fans) letting the legal system determine the appropriate punishment for a 62 year old first time offender who blew a .093.
As someone who lived in Garden Grove Ca, Viet capitol of USA, we used to joke that as non-viets, when we ate at a PHO joint, we were very specific about the meat we wanted in our soup. I always made whichever native Viet speaker I was with translate to the cook because chicken bladder’s or beef skin should never be eaten.
Huh, didn’t see any of the offending comments, but sure.
And Tony La Russa drives me nuts.
Ronaldo, the legal system did what it did (or didn’t) with LaRussa, just as it did (or didn’t) with others accused of steroids or other questionable behavior. I belief the point is that people will get up in arms about a guy taking an illegal (or possibly legal but banned) supplement, but no one seems to care that Tony LaRussa was caught DUI, not long after (or was just it shortly before?) one of his young players crashed and died driving under the influence. The “public/media outrage” does not seem appropriate, given the real-life consequences of the different acts.
BSK, that’s fine, but 90% of “outrage” in the sports world is artificial.
People boo Manny because it’s fun to boo them and they want to wish for a game without PEDs. And every one of them would cheer if he was on their team. It’s insincere and everybody knows it.
And PEDs are within the sports universe. People are “outraged” about them because they affect something specific about the sport they love.
La Russa screwed up. And only once so far as we know. Every single person on this website has done or has someone in their life who has done the exact same thing or worse. That doesn’t excuse it, of course, but it provides a context that explains why the “outrage” isn’t the same.
Does calling you (or implying that you are) old make my facebook comments disappear?
No way. I don’t remember ever deleting a comment of yours. I did whack a bunch from someone yesterday (on Facebook) because he told another reader to “get a f-ing clue.”
Keith, you’re an old fart!
Are baiting fines tax-deductible? 😛