That's hilarious. Like the article mentioned, you gotta appreciate the backtracking that whoever did that had to do.

Confirming what we all knew:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

It's taken so long, I really don't care whether or not Bonds goes down. Selig and co. turned a blind eye to the steroid era and now these guys (Bonds, McGwire, Clemens, Palmeiro, etc.) are pariahs. There's going to be this whole class of hall of fame caliber players who won't make it into the hall despite helping baseball's resurgence after the strike. Why add injury to insult; let them live with their awards, their numbers, and also their shame.

Oh, A-rod. First Madonna, then this?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?eref=T1

It's about time MLB got around to testing these urine samples from 2003. I'm surprised piss keeps that long. Better late than never I guess, though I'm seriously thinking that MLB players should do a Spartacus thing and just all say they used 'roids. It'd just be easier that way.

Very rehearsed admission/apology from A-Rod. They should add a steroid era wing onto the Hall of Fame.

I agree. I could do an entire floor with it.

"Oh, what floor are you going to sir? 1st, 2nd?"

"Asterisk please."

With the signing of Ryan Howard, the Phils have completed their task of ensuring the key core players are locked in for the next 2-3 years. Add to this the rapid rehab of Chase Utley, and the Phils look to be pretty well set for the 2009 season.

I'm looking forward to baseball season. :)

So, can we put asterisks next to Babe Ruth and all those players that used corked bats before they were banned? What about pitchers that doctored the balls?

Don Sutton and Gaylord Perry are surely laughing their asses off right now.

A-Rod is trying his best to do damage control and garner sympathy. His statement today wasn't too shabby, but his choking up moment when asked about his teammates seemed phony. I wish the other names on the list would come out already.

Jesse Ventura had an interesting take on why Selig is shoulder blame, citing the precedent of Vince McMahon in the early 90's.
"In the early '90s, the federal government came into pro wrestling and tried to put (WWE Chairman) Vince McMahon in prison for steroid use of wrestlers. My question is: They've now determined 104 baseball players failed their steroid test in 2003 - 104. They indicted Vince McMahon, why aren't they indicting Bud Selig? He's the head of baseball, it happened on his watch."

That fact that you used a quote by Jesse Ventura (although i'll begrudgingly admit that he has a point) is laughable. That guy is a joke and is also bat shit insane.

You voted for him, didn't you? :(

No, I was only 15 back in '98.

My mom voted for him and believe me when I say that I still giver her shit about it to this day.

lol... I like the comment he made (even though McMahon was thought to have been actively giving his athlete's steroids) because I do feel as if Selig bears a certain amount of responsibility. Plus I found that sweet poster. We lost the war on drugs.

Ya, the big difference is that supposedly, McMahon was requiring it of his guys.

Can we put all the sports writers that knew it was going on over the coals as well?

Good point, but there were plenty of dissenting voices in the media even when the rest were content watching Big Mac hit balls to Mars. The ones who knew are probably as fine with it as many fans are.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3966766

Wonder what The Rocket is going to say about this.

I have got to get to a Dayton Dragons game this spring. I missed out on that awesome fight last year when the worlds of hockey and baseball came so very close :/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUlFc7voX4Y

What he's been saying all along: "McNamee is a lying sack of shit. The DNA is not mine. I never used PED's. Plus, I was buying toys for orphans at the time."

Clemens is a c-sucking bastard, and deserves all that he has coming.

US gets their asses handed to them by Beltran, Rodriguez, Delgado and Lopez. Mercy!

http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/base...20&league=wbbc

Now they need to beat the Dutch to stay alive. :\

America's pastime indeed.

Does anyone really care about the WBC?

Apparently not. ;)

Roughly a week from now my roommate and I will be driving down to Tampa and Ft. Myers to catch the tail end of the Twins spring training. If anyone is interested I'll try to get some pictures of the games. I think they are playing the Red Sox, too.

Gee, ya think? On this forum, I think you'd be trashed if you didn't!

Sucks to be us though. Have fun in FLA! :rock