Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Say It Ain't So, Raffy
Baseball star Rafael Palmeiro - one of only four players in Major League history with both 3,000 hits and 500 home runs - has been suspended for ten days, after testing positive for steroids.
His place in baseball history and the Hall of Fame - both seemingly secure 24 hours ago - are now in question.
Palmeiro denies intentionally ingesting steroids. I hope he's telling the truth.
It's getting to the point where we don't need to put an asterisk (*) next to certain names in the record books. We need to put a big asterisk right on the darn cover. In the end, who will history judge more favorably...Ryne Sandberg and Cal Ripken...or, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds and - dare I say - Rafael Palmeiro?
