tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post5449057156458587072..comments2023-10-29T08:25:50.241-04:00Comments on The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus: List HuntMetstradamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-56284377829396876602009-02-12T21:46:00.000-05:002009-02-12T21:46:00.000-05:00Mike Francesa can go jump in a lake. That is if w...Mike Francesa can go jump in a lake. That is if we can find one big enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-42818540770681210432009-02-12T19:17:00.000-05:002009-02-12T19:17:00.000-05:00JP, yeah, that's a bit ridiculous. At the very le...JP, yeah, that's a bit ridiculous. At the very least that's a Tampa site acknowledging a guy who was a part of the hometown Rays. Of all the teams Alomar played with, a newspaper in Orlando just chooses the Mets out of thin air, and they didn't even mention everyone else. They made it seem like Alomar hit that home run off Matt Mantei. It's different than the papers here mentioning he was a Met.<BR/><BR/>Unser, yes ... the players who are clean should be rewarded. But you know as well as I do that when/if that list comes out, that's the last thing that anyone is interested in doing: rewarding people.<BR/><BR/>El, I guess that's my point as well: I don't want to be dragged back to this every two weeks. To me, making the list public doesn't solve or change anything. It would be just to satisfy a witch hunt. If someone gets caught cheating NOW (or since '05), that's different. They deserve to be punished and you have to do something. But to take a big issue with what happened in '03, it's just going through an exercise for the sake of it.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, A-Rod's an idiot for doing it. But when baseball creates an atmosphere where it's easy to make a decision like that, some of your weaker willed people are going to do it. A-Rod's demon, when it comes down to it, is peer pressure, the need to be accepted. Bonds' demon was jealousy stemming from the McGwire/Sosa lovefest. Clemens' demon? He's a psychopath. All who took them had their demons.<BR/><BR/>So yeah, I put pretty much all of this on the owners and on MLB. I'm sure you guys know from experiences in your own lives that sludge rolls downhill. If there is a player who disappoints me more than the others it's McGwire. Not only for taking the fifth, but more so because he kept saying at that hearing that he wanted to turn this into a positive and be a shining example to kids ... that's why he wanted to stop talking about the past, right? So he can do something about the future and be a positive role model.<BR/><BR/>Well, it's been three, four years and we're still waiting for that first steroid PSA from McGwire. McGwire's right in that talking about the past isn't as constructive as fixing the future. He had a chance to turn it around and do something that was worth something for the future, and instead he became a hermit and a coward. Empty promises piss me off.<BR/><BR/>No, athletes shouldn't be role models. That doesn't mean they aren't.<BR/><BR/>/long rantMetstradamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023215480704948183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-90263896911670511752009-02-12T18:07:00.000-05:002009-02-12T18:07:00.000-05:00I would like to see the list now, if for no other ...I would like to see the list now, if for no other reason than to get it out of the way all at once, instead of dealing with this trickle of information that drags us back into this crap a couple of times a season. Do it like a band aid - or explosive diarrhea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-14091564980946882402009-02-12T15:44:00.000-05:002009-02-12T15:44:00.000-05:00It would be pretty funny if the remaining 103 name...It would be pretty funny if the remaining 103 names were largely scrubs. No one would care - it's the EFFECTIVE use of steroids that offends everybody.<BR/><BR/>I want to know - the players who stayed away from it should be rewarded. I thought Keith's comments were right on the money, although I'm not sure he's the right messenger . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-43357006366272829572009-02-12T11:25:00.000-05:002009-02-12T11:25:00.000-05:00I agree to some extent with Anonymous, uneducated ...I agree to some extent with Anonymous, uneducated as he may be. If you have a personal stake in a player, you like to believe that he (and almost you the fan by association) is outside of all of this. <BR/><BR/>On another note, what the hell is wrong with Bud Selig. Much as I hate A-Rod, and enjoy any controversy that surrounds and may distract him, how can you talk about considering suspension? It pains me to defend A-Roid but he was on a list that MLB agreed to never release. Now it gets leaked, and A-Fraud owns up to it, and you will take action? This will really encourage other players to step forward when confronted. Future headline...Albert Pujols admits that allegations by his 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Crabtree, that he cheated on a spelling test are true. Selig considers suspension. Okay maybe not a great comparison but he shouldn't have cheated, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-20843146196545058042009-02-12T10:54:00.000-05:002009-02-12T10:54:00.000-05:00Former Met Great Roberto Alomar is almost as ridic...Former Met Great Roberto Alomar is almost as ridiculous as "Former Ray Roberto Alomar. <BR/><BR/>http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=100291&catid=8<BR/><BR/><BR/>He signed with the Devil Rays but retired during spring training and never actually played a game for them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689608375534340731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-40174210269897427682009-02-12T04:17:00.000-05:002009-02-12T04:17:00.000-05:00The only name I'm scared of hearing is Mike Piazza...The only name I'm scared of hearing is Mike Piazza. I think I'd got to pieces if that happened. *shudders*MetFanMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191993046517726498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468344.post-64625042617166154262009-02-11T23:46:00.000-05:002009-02-11T23:46:00.000-05:00You know, the whole thing of nobody being shocked ...You know, the whole thing of nobody being shocked by anyone who took roids thing.. I agreed with that, but I also think some names to me (an ignorant, very bias and uneducated Met fan) could really burn. Guys like Clemens and Bonds mean nothing to me. But what if Mike Piazza was on that list? My favorite player of all time doing the thing i consider cheating. I've heard a few people say they believe he did it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this DOES have a point. Perhaps no name may be able to shock me anymore, but there are some names that would really hurt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com