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Category: Ethics
I was only 14 when McGwire hit 70 home runs in 1998. Earlier that summer I worried that I’d miss his 62nd home run while paddling a canoe on a Missouri lake, far removed from secular radio: including broadcasts. I…
I wish to believe I am morally superior to Alex Rodriguez: the cheater, the jerk, the fraud. That if I had his talent, I wouldn’t need PEDs to get a bit closer to God. (That is, of course, if God’s…
After the news of Marlon Byrd’s suspension for 162 games for PED use (again), I simply could not summon the words. Because I already have. If you missed it the first time, find my rendition of Carrie Underwood’s “Before He…
Check it out! A second video, this one inspired by steroid use AND Carrie Underwood’s hit tale of revenge! Share it! Text: Right now, he’s probably buying some high-dollar ‘roids Outlawed by the M-L-B Right now, he’s probably taking pills…
Oh Pete Rose: Who can say whether I’d gamble on my own games if I could. I know I shouldn’t. I might do it anyway. Maybe I’d resign myself to sitting in a folding chair behind a conference table, signing…
There is no need to be melodramatic, for Ruben Tejada was already that, leaning on his cane while waving to Met fans before Game 3. He’d tossed his crutches after just a couple of days. Remarkable. He resembled the Penguin…
I remember writing “I saw #63” underneath the bill of my Cards’ cap. That I saw #17, too. And that I was worried I’d miss seeing the record-setting home run by attending summer camp. In June. He would unfurl, and…
Pete Rose applied to be reinstated to the Hall of Fame once more. When I hear this, I sigh: I do not like to cripple my life with legalism. Let him in. And I do not like to forgive unless…