Go Away Selig! (Dattilo)

I’m sorry, but i am not sorry for posting for a verry lonnng time. I do not know how many people actually read this blog, but a few people gave me an ear full of whining (including cry baby Chandler), because i have not posted in awhile. Well all i have to say is, tough shit, i could give a rat’s ass about you think. As a Browns fan would you post after the browns did not score for 5 straight games? Would you post after they hired Mangini, when they could have hired these better choices: Dan Reeves (who is looking into O-Coordinator roles...wtf?!?!?), Steve Spagnullo, and Jon Gruden? Would you have posted after the fact the Browns hired a GM (after hiring a coach… bad move) from the Ravens organization, even though they already tried this with Savage, and obviously that was a failure? I didn't think so. This new format should revive me, since I do not have to specifically talk about Cleveland sports.

Anyway, when the Phelps story came out and then the Arod story came out, ESPN must have been foaming out the mouth thinking "thank god something has happened during the most boring time in the year for sports... now we can make more of a story out of nothing." Does anyone find it odd that every time football season ends, some dramatic story develops? If you don't believe me, check the date and time when Roger's steroid case started picking up. Still don't believe me? Check the date and time of when Pac-Man Jones' debacle developed. All occurred around this time period. Seems to me ESPN has something to do with these stories, so they can fill up time between the end of football season and the beginning of March Madness.

(EDIT: I swear i wrote this before reading Beck's post. Sorry Beck, my bad, won't happen again)

As for Arod, I do not condone using steroids in anyway, but is it really all of Arod's(or Big Mac, Bonds, Canseco, Caminiti, Tejada, Clemens, Pettite, etc) fault? In my opinion, Selig is just an idiot. How do you not implement a steroid policy, and then expect 100% of your league not to try any performance enhancing drugs. It's like putting a guy in a room with a red button... The guy is obviously going to be tempted to press the damn button. You screwed up a long time ago Selig, in a big way. By not implementing a steroid policy you knew there was a likely chance of your guys giving steroids a try. The problem is, after the strike in 1994, Major League Baseball had a huge black eye. Ratings and general interest dropped dramatically. What was going to bring the interest back? Simple solution... the long ball. When there was a drastic increase in homeruns per year, you knew damn well there were guys taking steroids. When Big Mac and Sosa were in a huge homerun race to break the single season record, you knew damn well they were taking something, i mean Big Mac openly had andro set on top of his locker while being interviewed. This was your chance to finally fix a wrong; instead you turned your cheek, because you knew the long ball was finally generating interest. Tim Kurkijan said it himself, that Big Mac and Sosa's HR chase saved baseball. Once the interest was back in baseball, all of a sudden Mr. Selig, you started to show concern for steroid use. Now when a player is caught roiding, he is excommunicated by the MLB, the media, and the fans. You know what the NFL did when they realized they had a steroid problem, back in the 70s? They immediately implemented a steroid policy. When NFL players get caught roiding, they serve their 4 game suspensions and that’s it. There are no daily media updates shunning the player from life, the player learns his mistake, and then the player moves on in his career. In short, the MLB and Mr. Selig fucked up. Mr. Selig you need to retire, before you ruin America's past time to the point where it can never be repaired. The MLB would be better off having Gary Bettman as the commissioner.

Welcome Beck! If you haven't had a chance to read Beck's debut post (below my post), I suggest you do so.

-Dattilo