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1. i'm not STEAGLES and you shouldn't be either Posted: April 05, 2008 at 09:22 PM (#2731981)if there weren't so many others in this issue that also deserve to be tarred and feathered, i'd be leading the mob to get canseco. i don't give a #### that he's right, the guy was a piece of #### then for using his position as a veteran to introduce younger players to steroids, and he's a piece of #### now for turning on them after leading them astray.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure we are at or past the point where it's best for everyone if we just ignore Canseco. You just know that his third "tell all" is going to be a bunch of unsubstantiated rumors, and then when he needs his fourth payday I'm sure he will have graduated into full-time making-stuff-up.
Since Michael Lewis (and, to be fair, Billy Beane himself) set up Kenny Williams as Beane's foil in Moneyball, it's interesting to compare the two. In the case of steroids, I think Williams's White Sox represent the anti-Athletics, who had Big Mac, Canseco, Giambi and Tejada all star for them. By contrast, the White Sox don't have one name associated with steroids.
So I think that the White Sox, on this specific issue, have built up enough credibility to shake off anything Canseco might say about them.
Do you mean star players associated with steroids? Because along with Canseco, Schoeneweis had shipments delivered to Comiskey.
I did think it was interesting that Karchner told Mitchell about seeing steroid use around the Cubs, but not the Sox. But who knows. I don't think it's smart to engage Canseco on any grounds, because he's pretty desperate, if this account of his finances is anywhere near accurate. Eventually, he's going to run himself into the ground.
But you're right, I'd forgotten about Schoeneweis. OK, star level players. And let's hope I'm not forgetting about anyone else.
Also, great game today. It's good to be watching real baseball again, even if it's Paul Konerko flailing weakly at three pitches from Francis Beltran.
And as a plus, Nick Swisher seems like he can play center field on a regular basis, and is also awesome.
Don't assume for one second that the Mitchell Report was all inclusive. It was just the opposite. There were players on the list associated with Balco and Radomsky and McNamee and that was about it. But it's reasonable to assume that there were people like Radomsky or McNamee associated with the White Sox and every other club. There probably still are.
No, reckless disregard for the truth can also be a foundation for slander. He'll have to show a basis for why he made the statement -- and "he's a former player" probably wouldn't pass the test. That said, the way Canseco formulated the allegation -- as a supposition rather than a statement -- probably protects him.
I agree. I can't imagine that Williams or virtually anyone else involved in the PED era wants to open themselves up to pre-trial discovery.
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