I heard some smarmy dude on NPR last night comparing Barry Bonds use of steroids (not illegal at time) to Babe Ruth's use of alcohol (illegal during Prohibition). He maintained that Babe Ruth was not stigmatized for breaking the law, and what was really going on was racism, just like when Hank Aaron took Ruth's record back in the 70s.
Which is a crock. I could give a rats ass about Babe Ruth, that pickle-eating jerk. And drinking liquor was breaking the law, but it wasn't cheating, and it didn't make him better or do him any good. He died at 53 of throat cancer from another vice, cigar-smoking.
Bonds, on the other hand, was cheating, using performance-enhancing substances to get better at his profession. Mark McGwire, a white boy, has gotten no free ride himself. The real problem with Bonds is not that he took drugs, but that he's a droid. He looks like a cartoon character.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Transgressions of the Babe
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did you give the quarter to natalie upon your return? ns
You said it brother. Barry causes his own problems. Notably lying and cheating and deliberately being hostile.
Quarter was indeed delivered, and she didn't have it.
She did, however, break her piggy bank, not surprisingly, given how fragile the thing was. I have no idea where the hell it came from.
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