Sosa, among other things

[the_archfiend]

(DISCLAIMER: I'm a White Sox fan. Keep in mind that the player in question used to be on our team a long time ago, but before he discovered the merits of Frankensteining his body to the point of engaging in a suspect home run derby with another Frankenstein who used to be employed by the St. Louis Cardinals. And yeah, I hate them, too.)

Well, this little tidbit comes as no real surprise.

From the article:

Sosa joined McGwire and Palmeiro at the Congressional hearings in 2005, where Palmeiro wagged his finger at congressman, saying infamously that he had never done steroids. He tested positive later that summer. Sosa denied use of "illegal steroids'' at the hearing, with a lawyer reading his statement and explaining that Sosa was uncomfortable with the language.

He rarely seemed uncomfortable speaking English around Wrigley Field or when it served his commercial interests. His use of an attorney at the hearings raised eyebrows but the reality is that he stayed in the wings at the hearings, with congressmen primarily focusing on McGwire, Palmeiro and Jose Canseco.

I'm gonna say that Sosa, really really lies poorly in public.

It's also not a good idea to do that to Congress in particular. Ask Roger Clemens or Miguel Tejada. 

The matter, however, is not helped by this bit of silliness penned by Trib columnist Dan McGrath that was published in the Sunday edition:

In the absence of guidelines from MLB and/or the Hall itself, here's a modest proposal: blanket amnesty for players from the Steroid Era, defined any way you wish; say, from settlement of the 1981 strike to the present. Come forward, acknowledge what you took, disclose where you got it, explain what you were seeking to achieve, etc. No penalties. Your records will stand, and you'll be eligible for the Hall just like Maddux and Biggio and Frank Thomas and all the other "clean" guys.

You're kidding, right?

Why is it that apologists for all of these f***ing cheats always take the line that "it's in the past" and that the only way to effectively deal with the inflated stats and unfair competitive advantages that these mopes got through their various illegal drug deals is to grant them impunity and pretend like it never, ever happened, no sirree, Bob?

Idiots.