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Thursday, December 09, 2004 |
The Stink Of Pitch, The Roar Of The Mob
Bill James agrees with me, kinda, about the reasons for the BALCO witch-hunt. The Georgia Peach would be proud... and also, a laurel and hearty handshake to Matt Welch, who has his own thoughts upon the BALCO non-scandal:
In 2001, the San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds, one of the five best players ever to wear a baseball uniform (he has won an unprecedented seven Most Valuable Player awards, including the National League's last four), broke Mark McGwire's single-season home run record, with 73, far surpassing his own previous high of 49. Unluckily for him, he did so in a media market inhabited by an ex-jock IRS agent who didn't appreciate Bonds' famously surly attitude."That Bonds. He's a great athlete," Internal Revenue Service criminal investigator Jeff Novitzky told California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement agent Iran White three or four years ago, according to White's account, as reported in a remarkable May 2004 Playboy article. "You think he's on steroids?" When White reckoned that Bonds was, Novitzky reportedly answered: "He's such an asshole to the press... I'd sure like to prove it."
Remember, kids: Don't be an asshole to the media!
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