Comments on: Bonds Indicted for Perjury http://www.flumesday.com/2007/11/16/bonds-indicted-for-perjury/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:25:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: RB http://www.flumesday.com/2007/11/16/bonds-indicted-for-perjury/#comment-9484 RB Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:09:24 +0000 http://www.flumesday.com/2007/11/16/bonds-indicted-for-perjury/#comment-9484 First of all J Mackey, while this website is filled with humorous anecdotes about life in America and abroad, it is first and foremost a NEWS blog/website. The owner of the most hallowed record in *American* sports being indicted on federal perjury charges certainly qualifies as news. Unfortunately, a journeyman relief pitcher like Jason Grimsely, who happens to be white, who was busted for allegedly distributing HGH is not quite newsworthy enough for a website based in a country where even the most regular of readers wouldn't know Jason Grimsley from Jason Voorhees. The black guy was certainly the easy target here, except he was targeted because he's shattered records with that smug grin all the while knowing he's a cheat and a liar, not because he is black. The last time I checked, Bonds is the only person to be criminally charged with any crime in connection with MLB's steroid scandal. Finally, if you look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_ players_suspended_for_steroids#Major_League_Players_Suspended I'd be willing to bet simply by looking at the names that the only white people on the list of 20 are Grimsley, Mike Morse and Ryan Franklin. So a league that is 60 percent white has 15 percent of its steroid suspensions. But those are just facts, I mean who cares about those when you can just make absurd claims about inherent racism and latent bias. First of all J Mackey, while this website is filled with humorous anecdotes about life in America and abroad, it is first and foremost a NEWS blog/website. The owner of the most hallowed record in *American* sports being indicted on federal perjury charges certainly qualifies as news.

Unfortunately, a journeyman relief pitcher like Jason Grimsely, who happens to be white, who was busted for allegedly distributing HGH is not quite newsworthy enough for a website based in a country where even the most regular of readers wouldn’t know Jason Grimsley from Jason Voorhees.

The black guy was certainly the easy target here, except he was targeted because he’s shattered records with that smug grin all the while knowing he’s a cheat and a liar, not because he is black. The last time I checked, Bonds is the only person to be criminally charged with any crime in connection with MLB’s steroid scandal.

Finally, if you look here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_
players_suspended_for_steroids#Major_League_Players_Suspended
I’d be willing to bet simply by looking at the names that the only white people on the list of 20 are Grimsley, Mike Morse and Ryan Franklin. So a league that is 60 percent white has 15 percent of its steroid suspensions.

But those are just facts, I mean who cares about those when you can just make absurd claims about inherent racism and latent bias.

]]> By: J Mackey http://www.flumesday.com/2007/11/16/bonds-indicted-for-perjury/#comment-9479 J Mackey Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:47:32 +0000 http://www.flumesday.com/2007/11/16/bonds-indicted-for-perjury/#comment-9479 Its amazing that all of you just concentrated on Bonds and somehow again let all of the white athletes go easy. You have put enough vitrole in the news about your feelings about bonds but nowhere do i read where you all call any of the others liers, and other nasty remarks..It is almost as if you make it easy for people to say this is racebaiting at its best..Lets get theblack guy he is an easy target. I don't condone any of the allegations if they are true, but put more oped pieces in there about McGuire and the rest, not mention him is passing in a lets screw Bonds piece. Its amazing that all of you just concentrated on Bonds and somehow again let all of the white athletes go easy. You have put enough vitrole in the news about your feelings about bonds but nowhere do i read where you all call any of the others liers, and other nasty remarks..It is almost as if you make it easy for people to say this is racebaiting at its best..Lets get theblack guy he is an easy target. I don’t condone any of the allegations if they are true, but put more oped pieces in there about McGuire and the rest, not mention him is passing in a lets screw Bonds piece.

]]> By: Beau http://www.flumesday.com/2007/11/16/bonds-indicted-for-perjury/#comment-9457 Beau Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:04:02 +0000 http://www.flumesday.com/2007/11/16/bonds-indicted-for-perjury/#comment-9457 I'm not sure the fact that he increased his previous record homer total by 24 says much about his drug use. Everybody was hitting tons of homers those years, and I think that had more to do with the baseballs than the roids. The biggest help roids have been to Bonds is keeping him healthy enough to actually accumulate those stats. Just like McGwire, who was injured, missing games all the time until his head and arms grew fourteen sizes. Just as many pitchers were on roids as batters, but it's just not as obvious with them. Sadly, he was a hall-of-famer before he started using. Just arrogant enough to believe he's above the rules everyone else plays by. Hopefully he can at least spend some time behind bars and maybe write a children's book. I’m not sure the fact that he increased his previous record homer total by 24 says much about his drug use. Everybody was hitting tons of homers those years, and I think that had more to do with the baseballs than the roids.

The biggest help roids have been to Bonds is keeping him healthy enough to actually accumulate those stats. Just like McGwire, who was injured, missing games all the time until his head and arms grew fourteen sizes. Just as many pitchers were on roids as batters, but it’s just not as obvious with them.

Sadly, he was a hall-of-famer before he started using. Just arrogant enough to believe he’s above the rules everyone else plays by. Hopefully he can at least spend some time behind bars and maybe write a children’s book.

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