 In Need Of A Fix
If you're a fan of baseball like some members of our staff, you were probably well prepared for the stack of suspensions that Major League Baseball handed out on Monday. Maybe you even felt a lump in your throat, or had a slight twist in your stomach when the punishments for drug use came down. We saw players we've enjoyed (and maybe even cheered for) revealed to be like so many other pro athletes caught cheating - just another group of technologically enhanced frauds.
There's a part of us that looks at the crumbling metaphorical pillars of our iconic national pastime and wishes that America still had baseball heros like Aaron, Maris, Ruth, and Robinson. Today we'd all be lucky to even get another Cal Ripken Jr.
Instead, we get guys like Alex Rodriguez, the one-time golden boy of professional baseball, now "the party guest that won't leave," in the words of USA Today's Christine Brennan.
Whether he stays or goes, Rodriguez may be just the kind of hero America currently deserves.
As Dave Zirin of The Nation noted earlier this week, the hypocrisy of Major League Baseball on the issue of performance enhancing drugs is...
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