Collusion? More like Confusion.
A news report published on SI.com today states that Donald Fehr and the MLBPA will look into why Barry Bonds, the new Home Run King, still does not have a job. As part of the inquiry, Donald Fehr says he wants to look into the possibility of collusion amongst owners as one reason why Bonds is slamming more twinkies while sitting on his couch and watching the View these days than home runs.
Wow, I am confused. Did the MLBPA just toss a softball to those cynics of Major League Baseball's ways (pun very much intended) or what? Yes, I thought many in Major League Baseball circles have been clueless for years, which is just one reason why the sport has gone from America's greatest pastime to a sport that is just another runner up to the NFL, but I didn't know they were delusional.
But, once again, the leaders of the MLB and MLBPA set forth more evidence that they are about as far away from reality as the astronaut who wore diapers while driving cross country in an attempt make claim to her man. Yes, from the same man who isn't sure that drug testing makes sense for his players - after the recent drug abuse scandals amongst some of his players has marred the reputation of many of the game's greatest and perhaps hardest working innocent players and has absolutely shredded the integrity of the game - now comes the suggestion that collusion...yes, COLLUSION...is the reason why Barry Bonds doesn't yet have a job.
(snap, snap) Hey Donald! I know, I may not have sat in the same seat as you all of these years. I may just be another average guy off the street, with a reasonable but not great IQ, without all the inside knowledge that you have, but even at that I can tell you why Barry doesn't have a job. And it sure as heck ain't collusion.
If you have paid attention to baseball over the past fifteen to twenty years, you would know that Barry isn't the easiest guy with whom to get along. He can be cantankerous, obstreperous, recalcitrant, and just a plain 'ol pain in the butt towards management, fans, and the media. He is grossly overpaid and is likely to be under worked, as his ability to play the field on a regular basis no longer exists. He is a public relations nightmare, with plenty of baggage that contains stories of mistresses posing for Playboy and abuse of illegal drugs. Tto top it all off, Bonds was indicted in November on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice, stemming from 2003 grand jury testimony in which he denied knowingly using illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
The fact of the matter is, Donald, Barry isn't such a nice person. And now that his talent is in decline, teams are less willing to put up with his moodiness and the distraction that he creates. Now that I have saved you all of that money on discovery, maybe you can invest the money and your time into putting a drug testing policy in place that makes sense and restores the integrity of this great game.
Wow, I am confused. Did the MLBPA just toss a softball to those cynics of Major League Baseball's ways (pun very much intended) or what? Yes, I thought many in Major League Baseball circles have been clueless for years, which is just one reason why the sport has gone from America's greatest pastime to a sport that is just another runner up to the NFL, but I didn't know they were delusional.
But, once again, the leaders of the MLB and MLBPA set forth more evidence that they are about as far away from reality as the astronaut who wore diapers while driving cross country in an attempt make claim to her man. Yes, from the same man who isn't sure that drug testing makes sense for his players - after the recent drug abuse scandals amongst some of his players has marred the reputation of many of the game's greatest and perhaps hardest working innocent players and has absolutely shredded the integrity of the game - now comes the suggestion that collusion...yes, COLLUSION...is the reason why Barry Bonds doesn't yet have a job.
(snap, snap) Hey Donald! I know, I may not have sat in the same seat as you all of these years. I may just be another average guy off the street, with a reasonable but not great IQ, without all the inside knowledge that you have, but even at that I can tell you why Barry doesn't have a job. And it sure as heck ain't collusion.
If you have paid attention to baseball over the past fifteen to twenty years, you would know that Barry isn't the easiest guy with whom to get along. He can be cantankerous, obstreperous, recalcitrant, and just a plain 'ol pain in the butt towards management, fans, and the media. He is grossly overpaid and is likely to be under worked, as his ability to play the field on a regular basis no longer exists. He is a public relations nightmare, with plenty of baggage that contains stories of mistresses posing for Playboy and abuse of illegal drugs. Tto top it all off, Bonds was indicted in November on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice, stemming from 2003 grand jury testimony in which he denied knowingly using illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
The fact of the matter is, Donald, Barry isn't such a nice person. And now that his talent is in decline, teams are less willing to put up with his moodiness and the distraction that he creates. Now that I have saved you all of that money on discovery, maybe you can invest the money and your time into putting a drug testing policy in place that makes sense and restores the integrity of this great game.
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