Another reason people don’t take you seriously…

Manny  Ramirez has been one of the most dangerous hitters in baseball.  He can do what’s very difficult to do in baseball…single-handedly change a outcome of a game.  He’s a very talented hitter, and he has over 500 home runs to show for it.  He’s been very dangerous, especially when he’s motivated.  Just look how he carried the Dodgers into the playoffs last year. 

Now I’m not about to defend how he acted in Boston and got himself traded.  But at the same time, Boston let him get away with childish behavior for way too long.  Guess they learned Manny being Manny was only good when they were winning.  And that hair is just ridiculous.

So all the off-season tabloid fodder has surrounded baseball players and whether or not they’re on steroids.  Who’s juicing?  Who’s not?  Are records legit?  Now one of the great things about baseball is that over the course of history, the game itself has evolved from the introduction of non-white players, to the 162-game season, to division play, to the designated hitter, to the wild card and expansion teams.  Records one year may not necessarily have the same set of scenarios as the next season.  They’re being played in different stadiums with different dimensions.  And different players.  So what? 

So now the question is whether or not steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs really do give players a competitive advantage.  Some can quantify it, others say the jury is still out.  But we do know one thing…they’re not proverbial cans of spinach.  I’m the sam age as Derek Jeter, and you can shoot a gallon of the stuff in my ass, I’m not about to start fielding like Jeter or swinging the bat like Reggie Jackson any time soon.  Or even a single-A player. 

So it’s old news that Manny Ramirez got caught.  He denies it.  OK, what else is he going to do.  He’s trying to land one more big contract.  Per wikipedia, “According to an ESPN report, the drug used by Ramirez is human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a women’s fertility drug typically used by steroid users to restart their body’s natural testosterone production as they come off a steroid cycle. It is similar to Clomid, the drug Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and others used as clients of BALCO.”  If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, well, any idiot can draw their own conclusions. 

Now come out the clowns at Peta issuing a press release.  http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=13036 “We want to turn Manny on to the wonders of ‘veggie Viagra’–a healthy vegetarian diet–so that he can get his ‘big stick’ back in the game without having to use any weird ‘performance-enhancing’ drugs,” says PETA Assistant Director Dan Shannon. “Guys who stuff their bellies full of dead animals in the kitchen are often unable to score in the bedroom.” 

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??? Manny Ramirez makes an excuse that’s as hollow as can be to maybe he can get another $50 million dollar contract.  If I were him, I’d say anything short of being Jesus to get that kind of coin.  And the dopes at Peta are taking him at face-value to push their vegan agenda?  It’s no wonder this diddy din’t get much press coverage.

For the record, I have no problems grilling up some veggies next to my steaks.

Who is this guy? And why does he think he can be President?

I used to think that if W can be elected, then any schlub could actually make Leader of the Free World.  However, since Obama was elected, I realize I don’t hold a torch to him.  He went to Harvard.  So did I.  But he went to the University, where I went to the Tower Records and Out of Town News in Harvard Square…I don’t think they come out to be the same thing.  But Obama has great ideas, and so do I.  So I figure I have a good decade or so to polish and prep.

While it seems like the President takes a beating every day in the news, it can seem like a thankless job.  But the perks, including a salary much higher than what I’m making now, are great.  Private plane, house staff, and if Obama doesn’t rip it out, your own bowling alley!  So could you say I’m pursuing this for the money?  Well, it’s not bad work if you can get it.

My goal here is not necessarily to plot out policy and election strategy, but to throw out ideas, give alternate views to things going on.  No heavy lifting here.  And more often than not, try to get away from politics, as we need to take a step back, and have a laugh from time to time.  As always, take everything with a grain of salt, as there’s at least three sides to every story.

Oh, and me?  I grew up on Long Island.  I went to school in Boston, where I ran for Hall Council President (where I stole the name of this blog), winning the second time around.  Upon graduation, I’ve been up and down the east coast, finally settling down in the great state of Delaware.  I’m a die-hard Yankee fan, and a huge baseball fan in general, having been to over 20 MLB stadiums so far.