Post#14 » by Howling Mad » Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:38 pm
Hey man, thanks hippie, but I want to clear things up.
Its not that I care so much, or don't care at all. Its news, big news.
This thread has had over 220+ clicks, people obviously care, and are returning to see what others say.
So here's my rant...
If Bonds and/or Clemens(I think their fates are intertwined) are prosecuted for perjury and eventually found guilty for doing steroids (Lord I hope so), then I believe its just the tip of the iceberg.
That will allow others who have done steroids or have been affiliated with steroids to be looked upon on a different light. I mean, look at Chargers' LB, Shawn Merriman, he frickin' won DPOY. How? He was suspended for cheating, steroids. I don't understand it.
I'm a big Cub fan, but if Bonds, Clemens, Merriman, among others, can be forgiven for what they did, how come White Sox fans can't rest
at peace with their black sox scandal? Know what I mean?
I once payed big bucks to watch Sammy play over the years, not to mention all the countless hours I sat on the concrete of Waveland avenue waiting to get into the bleacher gates at Wigley field. I could've sat anywhere else in the field, and didn't have to wait for hours so I could get a bleacher seat against the wall, but I wanted a Sammy Sosa HR ball. Never got one, by the way.
I was duped. Duped into believing I was watching something that was historic, special, but in the end I lost belief that Sammy did it the pure way. Hes never been caught doing anything but Sammy didn't do it the right way.
He went to "his guys" in the Dominican to get his roids. In the DR, he is King, "his guys" aren't going to turn him in, and the government can't subpoena Sammy's "guys".
Bonds, and Clemens were just fools. Bonds going to a corrupt trainer and a bay area crooked drug lab, and Clemens going to a crooked ex-cop with a fake medicine degree.
I know I'll never get my money back, that fine. I know I'll also never be able to get my time back, but...
For all those years I payed big bucks, this would be my closure, and I would then lose my grudge on the whole situation.