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So Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera, currently serving a 50-game
suspension for a positive drug test, could win this season's NL batting title with a .346
average.
Commissioner Bud Selig says MLB likely won’t interfere because “once you
get into that, it would never stop.”
Here’s how you do it, Bud. If a player tests positive during a season,
his statistics for that season get erased. Period.
Such a penalty might actually curb the use of enhancement drugs in MLB.
There are some players, despite never having tested positive, who have been grouped with drug users. Those players' stats should not be affected.
Doesn’t seem right? Hey, life isn’t always fair.
Besides, people such as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, etc., might not have tested positive but they still must live with many people convinced they used illegal enhancements.
Some Redskins fans are Twits
Joshua Morgan’s boneheaded actions on
Sunday didn't inspire comment here. After all, was it really news a player committed a stupid, selfish act and hurt his team?
If you missed it, the Redskins receiver was flagged for
unsportsmanlike conduct on Washington’s final drive during a 31-28 loss to St.
Louis. The costly penalty hurt the Skins' chances of at least attempting a game-winning field goal.
But now, Morgan should be commended for how he has dealt with fans' reactions, such as death threats expressed on Twitter. Sick.
Morgan said the threats have motivated him to stay focused. He also
planned to keep active his Twitter account.
“The only thing I take seriously is football and my family, and nothing
really scares me,” Morgan said.
High school hijinks
Upon first learning that Oregon high school star Thomas Tyner rushed for
644 yards and scored 10 TDs in a game last weekend, I was embarrassed … for
Tyner and his coach.
Allowing one player to compile such numbers in a high
school game is a joke, though the opposition probably doesn't agree. And those numbers go beyond the ol', "If the defense doesn't want to be embarrassed, it should have stopped him." Please.
It wasn’t like Tyner needed the publicity. The Aloha HS star is one of the country’s
top running back recruits and has verbally committed to Oregon.
Then I focused on the final score: Aloha 84, Lakeridge 63.
Does anybody play defense in Oregon? Lakeridge at least should have tried a box-and-1.
Then again, maybe Oregon High School football plays 7-on-7?
Or perhaps, as a Canada neighbor, Oregonians use a CFL-sized field?
NHL -- No Hockey Long-term
Prediction: Either the 2012-13 hockey season begins with the Winter Classic, or the entire season will be lost.
Black eye for Jays' Escobar
Blue Jays shortsop Yunel Escobar was given a three-game suspension for displaying a gay slur on his eye-black during a recent game.
Escobar and Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen, among others, said the derogatory word Escobar displayed often is expressed in a joking manner among some Spanish-speaking people.
Even if that's true, Escobar certainly needed to take responsibility. But there's a bigger issue.
MLB and the teams need to do a better job educating Latin American ballplayers about
U.S./Canada cultures and customs. The league also should demand players learn some English and speak it publicly.
Many Latino players understand, even speak, English but choose not to.
One reason is they fear being misunderstood. Other reasons include
laziness, selfishness and choosing to be uncooperative.
Nobody's saying Latino ballplayers should become orators. They simply should exhibit an understanding that they know where they are living the American dream.
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