This made me angry

I did not read the column, donl;t care, don't get the idea that an internet (or newspaper) column can actual make sme so angry as Shea seems to be.

However, this "kid asking daddy" BS is total crap. How can the commissioner "insist" on testing for HGH when no reliabe test exists?

Even the blood tests for HGH are not yet reliable and if anybody thinks the MLBPA is going to allow every player to be blood tested, they are more stupid than I could ever imagine.

If this kind of "logic" flows through Adelson's column, then it is useless.

 

The incredibly muddled thinking and lack of engagement with the world contained in this paragraph alone:

I want Bonds to break the record because as a member of the media, if I want to ask him a question, I know where to find him. He will probably not answer my question, but at least I can ask. Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jason Grimsley aren't exactly making themselves available to the media these days. Barry Bonds comes out every day and goes to the ballpark, where millions can see him. When the world thinks of steroids, they think of "Barroid," even though he is only one of many suspected of using them.

assured that I didn't finish the column.

 

I'm still thinking about what a great line this is.

 

I didn't say it was written well, but I thought most of the points he made were valid. I too had a problem with the whole "kid asking daddy" line because it did not make much sense, but I still don't see the anger-inducing commentary here.

 

I didn't care for the column until the last line. Must say, that was a knockout punch of a finish. Maybe baseball does deserve a villian home run king. I think the writer hit on something.

 

You mean the trip to the VIP room isn't real and spontaneous and meaningful? Boy, are there going to be some disillusioned hacks on this board ...

The most thought-provoking line for me was, "If Bonds weren't so good, baseball wouldn't be forced to deal with its steroids problem."

 

I read the line. I just didn't buy it.

 

I actually agreed with the column, though I don't think it was exactly all that exciting to read.

 

Some people somewhere cheat sometimes, so we should allow everybody everywehere to cheat every time.

Concocted bullshit.

 

I don't think that's his point.

I think his point is the piling on Barry Bonds has reached ridiculous levels and now he is actually rooting for Bonds because so many of the people pointing fingers are so hypocritical on so many levels. He isn't the only one who allegedly used steroids --in fact others who have even tested positive get less shit than he does -- but you'd think he was by the way the media feeding frenzy has been.

 

Pretty much all the other alleged/suspected/generally accepted steroid users -- Giambi, McGwire, Palmiero, Sosa -- have all been publicly ostracized.

Kenny Rogers, another one, caught a world of shit after his pine tar episode in the World Series last year.

 

It didn't make me angry, but...
I want my two minutes back