Writing that 2005’s Rafael Palmiero revelations “might have been just the tip of an enormous iceberg,”, the Baltimore Sun’s Rick Maese cringes over the disclosure of Oriole stars being named in the Jason Grimsley affidavit.
Not Miggy. Not Jay. Not B-Rob. These are the heroes. Their posters hang on bedroom walls. Their autographs decorate caps and cards.
Miguel Tejada , who we once compared with Cal Ripken Jr. Who was supposed to lead this franchise into a new era.
And Jay Gibbons , a fan favorite and clubhouse leader. An underdog who made Camden Yards his home when other teams didn’t want him.
And Brian Roberts , gritty, a hard worker. The kind of player your grandfather would’ve loved.
The 21st Century Oriole Way: Available with a fake prescription, delivered by a “trainer,” or snuck into the country.
When we talk about steroids, we hope that baseball roots out the “bad guys.” Go get Barry Bonds because he seems standoffish. And Jason Giambi because he looks like a comic-book character, not some- one you’d invite over for dinner.
This latest batch of names isn’t a group of cretins, monsters and purse-snatchers. These are the guys you identified with. The ones you half-expected to run into at the mall. Players who found their success through hard work, long hours and sheer determination. Right?
this is a good place as any to bitch about this story being broken four months later and because the furor, or furher has died down. the crunch wrap supreme eating motherfucker doesnt have to issue a public apolgoy about pulling names out of a hat, or just using rampant speculation and using a source that claims with 90% certian that albert pujols was using roids. i really wish pujols would sue the crunch wrap eating supreme motherfucker who is hiding behind the fact that he runs a “blog” that even though its corporately funded and making someone else money he can pretend he is just an independent journalist. this man tries to fellate himself a bit to much to open his mouth and issue an apology.
jefe,
Crunchy never claimed Pujols was juiced. He merely stated his source ID’d Albert’s trainer being named in the affidavit — which might still be the case, nothing in yesterday’s LA Times report contradicts that.
I’m also not sure I consider Gawker Media to be “corporately funded”, unless accepting dough from corporate advertisers counts (and if it does, get ready to hate on CSTB — I’ll take the corporate loot just as soon as someone hands it over).
But if Albert still wants to deliver a beat down to Will, i have no problem with that. The high pitched cries of “but…but…I LOVE YOU” inbetween the sickening thud of a lousville slugger hitting Screechy’s midsection…heck, it could be the funniest MP3 this side of Scott Van Pelt’s pickup lines.
i know screetchy leitchy never said pujols was roiding, he merely hid behind/(invented) the fact he had a “source who requested annoymoninty who was had access to the document who was 90 percent pujols name was in it”
i am sure gawker media in some since is corporation, i am the kid with a communist tattoo..i dont know much about business law. it’s funny having a sickle and hammer tattoo and my biggest complain the crunch wrap supreme eating motherfucker is he ruins his comments much like pravda.
JWFG,
sorry to belabor the point. I mean, there are many things I’d rather be doing on a lovely sunday night than defending Will Leitch.
Unless my memory is fucked, Leitch never claimed Pujols was named in the affidavit. Actually, my memory ISN’T fucked. Here’s the passage in question from Deadspin :
“Grimsley says that a former employee of [redacted] and personal fitness trainer to several Major League Baseball players once referred him to an amphetamine source. Later, this source — not the trainer — provided him with “amphetamines, anabolic steroids and human growth hormone.” This trainer? His name is Chris Mihlfeld, a Kansas City-based “strength and conditioning guru.” (And former Strength And Conditioning Coordinator for the Royals.)
Does Mihlfeld’s name sound familiar? If it doesn’t, he — and we assure you, this gives us no pleasure to write this — has been Albert Pujols’ personal trainer since before Pujols was drafted by the Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1999 draft. We have no confirmation that Pujols’ name is in the affidavit … but Mihlfeld’s is. If you read the document, it doesn’t say the trainer/Mihlfeld supplied all the HGH and what-not; it just says the trainer was the referrer. ”
So there you go. Chris Mihfeld. True, Leitch implicated Pujols by extension, but he couldn’t/wouldn’t reveal Mihfeld’s name unless the trainer had some connection to a big league ball player. To not mention the most prominent client would’ve been kind of silly —- somebody would’ve figured it out.
Whether or not Will was justified in dropping Mihfeld’s name is entirely another matter. The part that seemed disingenuous to me was Leitch’s refusal to vouch for the veracity of his source(s). The dudes from the LA Times are presumably, 100% certain their source isn’t full of shit. If they’re merely 80% sure, that’s not good enough (though having another, independent source to verify the original claim is pretty helpful).
Regarding the corporate angle, you’re entitled to your opinion. I mean, we have a right to think about where the money is coming from and where it is going. At the same time, if you’re gonna take a stand against corporations, you might wanna be consistent about it. For instance, I’m not sure how Nick Denton’s company is any more or less of a creepy corporation than Verizon. Are you conflicted about using the latter to read and post to CSTB?
stiffing them on the bill might be a neat protest, however.
i am sorry mr. gerald cosloy i will return to making post about jim kelly beating his wife. and i am sorry for everything else, i will go back to hoping you make posts about the shawon dunston at hot dougs. i am not conflicted about using verizion to post to CTSB espically since it isnt something i own, and merely just happens to be a computer i am using..although if you get off on tracking isp’s more power to you. but you have better things to on lovely sunday night than discuss this.
i wont leave an easy way for you to make fun of me..i am sorry about the “l”
JWFG,
actually, tracking IP numbers is super easy with our fancy pants wordpress software. It’s the method we employed to ban Rog from CSTB for long time until he found a way to circumvent the process by generating an IP number that couldn’t be traced. If only our CIA had someone that crafty in charge.
But I digress. My general point is that there’s all sorts of corporate intrusion into our day to day lives. It isn’t for me to say what products you should consume and which you should boycott. My hangup with Deadspin is entirely based on content and Screechy’s more boring-than-Bennigan’s worldview. If being financed by Denton gives Deadspin a competitive advantage over genuinely independent blogs, so be it. Having something to say gives Sidearm Delivery a competitive advantage. Not sucking out loud gives Rebuilding Year a competitive advantage. As a certain NY catcher once said of a certain RHP, “I just think it’s pretty funny that all the money in the world can’t buy you class.”
You’re naturally free to disagree with some or all of this, and your continued participation in this forum is welcome, no matter how badly you mangle my name.
i am a jeff weaver fan, (but not a cardinals fan), i cant be that smart. but, maybe i can buy you some duck fat fries..if its a friday or saturday to make up for it. my problems started off similiar to yours and just grow more inchoherrent with the more genesse beer i drink. i will now shut up for a while.