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December 03, 2004
BALCO
The faux-indignation polluting the NY newspapers, most notably here, here and here, is really starting to get ridiculous. Does anyone actually believe that if Jason Giambi hit .330 with 45 HRs the last two years and/or didn't have an over-market contract that these same people in NY would be so outraged?
Witness Gary Sheffield, every bit as guilty as Giambi. The above three articles mention his name exactly zero times, even though he admitted out in the open that he'd done pretty much the same thing, with the caveat that he "didn't know they were steroids" (so he's a cheater and not so smart I guess). The real caveat in this is that Sheffield crushed the ball last year for NY, and probably will do the same next year.
Build 'em up so you can tear 'em down, the eternal cycle of sports reporting.
Posted by stan at December 3, 2004 10:11 AM