tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130708.post5973010115447024376..comments2023-09-26T10:01:27.011-05:00Comments on Death to Flying Things: The Mets and BondsSparkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798343254974909305noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130708.post-2872694912194274702008-03-12T07:41:00.000-05:002008-03-12T07:41:00.000-05:00You been hanging out with Girardi?You been hanging out with Girardi?Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132506499091135457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130708.post-18842165694207485962008-03-10T14:09:00.000-05:002008-03-10T14:09:00.000-05:00Remember, this is just a spring training debate, s...Remember, this is just a spring training debate, so don't bring your A game.Sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798343254974909305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130708.post-66582600682360993832008-03-10T14:00:00.000-05:002008-03-10T14:00:00.000-05:00Its not as much a sliding scale of justice as a sl...Its not as much a sliding scale of justice as a sliding scale of incentives. Whether or not Bonds benefited the most is not the point. His prominent example creates the incentive for children to put their health at risk, more than it does for a middling player. <BR/><BR/>McNamee is right, but that doesn't mean baseball should continue to sign players that we know used (and lets not have that debate). Even if we can't catch them all, should those that did cheat, especially on as grand a scale as Bonds, get a free pass? No way.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132506499091135457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130708.post-11146181498612474512008-03-10T10:11:00.000-05:002008-03-10T10:11:00.000-05:00Mota got $5 million, which is nice cash. And I don...Mota got $5 million, which is nice cash. And I don't think there should be a sliding scale of justice based upon how a player performed.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I'm not hung up on the issue because no one truly knows how wide spread the problem was/is. There are a great many players that will skate through this mess because they don't fit the profile of a muscle-bound HR hitter or 40+ flamethrower.<BR/><BR/>Baseball as a whole, management and players, failed to deal with the situation. As Brian McNamee says, "It is what it is."Sparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798343254974909305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130708.post-4732521823972667622008-03-08T22:18:00.000-05:002008-03-08T22:18:00.000-05:00Guillermo Mota came clean immediately, and frankly...Guillermo Mota came clean immediately, and frankly, sucked. He hasn't cashed in the same way as Bonds. <BR/><BR/>Gary Sheffield back atcha.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132506499091135457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12130708.post-79814780872330642102008-03-08T21:16:00.000-05:002008-03-08T21:16:00.000-05:00Guillermo MotaGuillermo MotaSparkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798343254974909305noreply@blogger.com