Kenny Rogers: Drugs tainted era
posted in 2007-08 offseason |
Inescapable today was coverage of Roger Clemens and former trainer Brian McNamee going before Congress and pretty much, clearing up nothing. (Say what you want about Mitch Albom, but his column seemed spot on to me.)
But Clemens wasn’t the real point of this post. The Tigers’ reaction today — and specifically another 40something pitcher — was a bit more interesting.
Rogers thinks baseball swept steroids (and HGH and other things) under the carpet for far too long, and compared it to the Black Sox scandal, in talking with reporters.
Sphere It“It’s similar. You fixed the results of the game,” he said Wednesday (in Jason Beck’s article). “Anybody who says that stuff doesn’t benefit you greatly, it’s obvious [it does]. Back then, when they decided how these games were going to end, it’s the same thing. You’re able to do things better than you ever were before. And to me, that’s like fixing the results.”
I think most fans agree with Rogers–but he’s probably not a guy who should be too outspoken about cheating, given the Great Pine Tar Scandal of 2006.
Kind of hard to relate the issues, don’t you think?
Nice job working in the Mr. Garrison reference