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Monday, May 28, 2007

B Pro: Sheehan: Break with the Past

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

Nothing new here, except the Jessup problem:

The acknowledgement that the blame for PEDs extends upwards from the clubhouse is sure to be an unpopular one within the game. However, I think of it as the Colonel Jessup problem. Bud Selig has stated that he had never heard of a steroid problem in baseball before 1998. However, elsewhere he claims that management tried to negotiate a PED policy with the MLBPA as far back as 1994.

jss Posted: May 28, 2007 at 11:16 PM | 7 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. Chris Hansen, NBC Dateline Posted: May 29, 2007 at 12:04 AM (#2381783)
Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be assaulted by men with bats. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Mr. Sheehan? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Murphy, and you curse the PEDs. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That the flagrant record breaking, while tragic, probably saved this league. And those steroids, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saved this league. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want those steroids in the league, you need those steroids in the league. We use words like honor, code, revenues. We use these words as the backbone of a game spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the spreadsheet of the entertainment product that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a baseball bat, and try hitting home runs yourself. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
   2. Lassus: Posted: May 29, 2007 at 12:23 AM (#2381841)
Go away.
   3. McCoy Posted: May 29, 2007 at 01:04 AM (#2381977)
We use words like honor, code, revenues.

That should be "We use word like ratings, caps, revenues"
   4. greenback Posted: May 29, 2007 at 01:29 AM (#2382102)
While I appreciate the opening for the wall speech and "you can't handle the truth", if you accept the possibility of Selig as proactive on PEDs, this isn't a Jessup problem.
   5. PJ Martinez Posted: May 29, 2007 at 01:56 AM (#2382156)
"sleeps under the spreadsheet of the entertainment product that I provide"

clever
   6. J. Cross Posted: May 29, 2007 at 03:20 AM (#2382217)
if you accept the possibility of Selig as proactive

I don't, but I see your point.
   7. Smitty* Posted: May 29, 2007 at 10:42 AM (#2382312)
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire


Yeah! Burn you stupid pants!
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