“We can™t be shocked by any names, any more” sighs Curt Schilling via his WEEI.com-hosted 38 Pitches blog. He’s not, sadly, referring to Mutha Records recording artists Barney Rubble & The Cunt Stubble, but rather, this week’s sordid tales of Alex Rodriguez’ experiments in chemistry.
I™d be all for the 104 positives being named, and the game moving on if that is at all possible. In my opinion, if you don™t do that, then the other 600-700 players are going to be guilty by association, forever.It™s not about good and bad people, because Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi are two of the kindest human beings ever. Andy Pettite is a fantastic person. That™s seemingly got nothing to do with anything. One hundred and four players made the wrong decision, and it appears that not only was it 104, but three of the greatest of our, or any, generation appear to be on top of this list.
And before anyone asks, I™ll make it clear: My name will not appear on any lists of positive tests. I™ve never tested positive for steroids or HGH, and I™ve never taken steroids or HGH in my life, ever. You don™t need to call the union, or an agent to verify that.
No, I just take shots in my ankle to perform when I otherwise wouldn’t have been able to walk. You know, those other guys cheat and I’m sick of it. I’m a man of God and men of God don’t cheat, which is something that I know because, well, you know, I’m a man of God. (I’m also smarter than everyone in baseball, but that’s a different matter.) If MLB wants to know who all the cheaters are and the effects of their cheating on this sacred game (where cheating isn’t tolerated), they should hire me on retainer and I’ll tell them. ‘Cause, since I’m smarter than everyone, I can use my hardened blood-stained sock like those Indian people–feather not dot–in Arizona use sticks to look for water and point ’em out. That’s what I do, I point things out and that’s why everyone listens to me.
Oh, one more thing: Even though there are no scientific studies that equate effective performance enhancing in baseball with HGH, I’m going to continue to say that science is wrong here. Since I’m also smarter than science, I’ll telling everyone that HGH = 2 extra home runs for guys weighing over 225 lbs who play in Chicago or Philadelpia and .63 points of ERA for pitchers in the American League. How do I know this? Remember, I’m smarter than everyone.
I’m glad he finally weighed in on all of this. I guess he couldn’t save this stuff for his radio show on WEEI. Blogging was tailor-made for Curt Schilling. Now that he’s retired, I’m sure we’ll be treated to the same frequency of updates as other sports blogs but without the forced Cubs material every other day. Life is swell, isn’t it?
The failings of this blog to live up to its charter as the one-stop Cub update site is not my fault. If the Cub updates around here have to struggle for attention so much with steroid/NFL/british football/and “indie” music news, it’s not the Cub update that’s forced, it’s the rest of the sports world herein used as filler.
I agree with the post by “Kurt Shilling” in response to Curt Schilling’s blog. Curt Schilling is obnoxious, somewhat of a hypocrite and the epitome of a holier-than-thou type individual. That being said, he is right on point with his insistence that the other 103 names should be released. Why shouldn’t they be released? Some will say that “we need to move on” and/or that “it will do no good.” Well to that I say that in order to move on and establish some sort of closure (and re-estbalish some sort of trust and fairness in the game abroad) we must disclose the remaining 103 names in the same fashion that many details of the Mitchell Report as well Alex Rodriguez’s positive tests were disclosed. I really believe it is only fair to the fans and the other players that the remaining 103 names be released. To a degree Alex Rodriguez is taking the fall for every player and MLB associate involved with this “anonymous” testing. That is not right regardless of whom you like or dislike in the game of baseball.