What does that have to do with Romero? Well, he cheated (even though he denies or maintains he didn’t know that he was cheating) and he got away with it to the extent that he was able delay his 50-game suspension and pitch in the World Series.
My feelings on the subject were aroused by an e-mail from a reader, a municipal bond lawyer and former Tampa Bay season ticket holder now living in Denver. He said I could use his name, but his firm may become involved with Major League Baseball and I wouldn’t want to affect that potential arrangement.
Romero, the lawyer wrote, was “busted twice with Andro in his body,” yet is allowed to pitch in the post-season and star for the Phillies. Calling Romero an illegal player, he said, “I think world series star suspended for being a drug cheat (yet allowed to play when it mattered) is a pr disaster for baseball that they have tried to spin on the rest of us.”
The lawyer was especially concerned with the reaction of his 9-year-old son with whom he watches games on television.
“Now I don’t know what to tell my son Jimmy,” he wrote. “Is it right to say the Phillies cheated? I think it is. They had a player that (no matter the circumstances) benefited from the andro-like testosterone in his system (as late as Sept. 19th - Met fans may have a beef here too). MLB had the multiple evidence on him BEFORE the World Series and still didn’t whack him. He was a critical player in the Series. I don’t think you can say the Series was played on a level playing field given those facts. Do you?”
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1. catomi01 Posted: January 09, 2009 at 06:48 AM (#3047272)Actually, he has no idea whether Romero benefited.
So, stick that in your pipe and smoke it. And then get suspended for smoking it.
A group like no other...group.
God damnit Crashburn, what the hell did we tell you about letting facts get in the way!? THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Ooooooh. A muni bond lawyer! I am all ####### ears.
Has something changed?
Yes ... and "Guy who had 225 yards from scrimmage in AFC championship game and Super Bowl suspeneded for being a drug cheat (yet allowed to play when in mattered)" is ... mentioned in 6-point font under the classified ads.
Maybe he meant eunuch group.
Rhodes was suspended because he was caught drinking and driving http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2925395. Was he suspended a different time?
My apologies ... I'd always heard "violation of substance abuse policy" and I swore there was some PED discussion in reports when the suspension came down. I never heard anything about drinking and driving.
Damn, that always struck me as such a good argument about the unfairness of fan/media reaction to PEDs in baseball vs. football ... I just wish it were true!
A symptom, no doubt, of your unregenerate andro use.
Well you see the NFL has a certain level of substance abuse, just as any group does. That's why they have to have a policy. But they have no PED use, just the best athletes in the world. They're so good they don't need PEDs. PEDs are for lesser folk trying to be like NFL players. EDIT: Or, of course, drunk drivers.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=neyer_rob
jeezus gawd
if chass really thinks that someone who tested trace positive for andro months before the WS but not DIRECTLY before/during the WS is the EXACT same as throwing the WS to gamblers for money he seriously got mental problems
Well played...RDF.
Best Regards
John
That of course is an opinion, and an argument that the arbitrator heard and obviously rejected.
In case it isn't crystal clear at this point, let me spell it out: the policy is that the player is ultimately responsible for what goes into his body.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm.
yeh a player is responsible for what goes into his body
but if a guy buys a bottle from GNC that is marked "Vitamin C" and theres no other ingrediewnts marked on it, it is hardly reasonable to accuse him of "cheating" if that bottle is contaminated with steroids (don't laugh - bottles of plain vitamins actually HAVE ben found to be contaminated)
it doesn't mean he can't be punished under baseball laws, but he did NOT "cheat" - unlike, say, miguel tejada
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