David Ortiz, congratulations, your credibility is forever tarnished.
I'll have a lot to say on David Ortiz and his hypocritical ways later tonight and it's sure to be a post of epic proportions. All I have to say right now is that I'm not surprised, just extremely disappointed. I called this out in May, even though I tried to back out of it, but the proof is in his stats, and was fairly plain to see. This comment that he made to the Times today is all you need for finality on him being guilty or not.
Asked about the 2003 drug test on Thursday in Boston, Ortiz told the Times. “I’m not talking about that anymore,” he said. “I have no comment.”
Big Papi is Dead. Long Live Big Papi.
Go Patriots.
What a shock. Not rubbing salt int he wound, but maybe Sox fans will shut up about 04. Your two big boppers - the ones that killed us - Juicers. This is disappointing. Nothing is real. For any team. A joke.
While I'm happy about this, naturally... sorry you had to hear this crap D. It always sucks. Giambi - Aroid.... same thing.
Posted by: Erik | July 30, 2009 at 03:07 PM
I have no comment. What happened to "suspend steroid users for a full year?" Can't say I am overly surprised, but I wish baseball could get over this crap.
Red Sox Nation Trying to Retroactively Legalize Steroids in 2003 (Satire)
Posted by: Real Fake Sports | July 30, 2009 at 03:13 PM
Sorry, here's the link.
http://realfakesports.blogspot.com/2009/07/red-sox-nation-trying-to-retroactively.html
Posted by: Real Fake Sports | July 30, 2009 at 03:14 PM
From WithLeather.com, one of my favorite sports blogs:
We don’t know who was on what, or when, which makes these “revelations” completely worthless. Is Big Papi’s legacy in question now? It depends; do you assume that every pitcher he faced in 2003 was clean? Do you assume that only a select few of Ortiz’s rival hitters were illegally medicated? It doesn’t seem to matter now, because “lawyers with knowledge of the results” decided to point the invisible finger at Ortiz, and outlets like the New York Times and ESPN are going to suck that finger until milk comes out of it.
This whole thing is just out of hand. You can’t stick the syringe back in baseball’s ass and suck all the PEDs out of the game, and yet that’s what everyone covering the game is trying to do, and will continue to do, even as these guys become eligible for the hall. How can you point a finger and ostracize one guy when, as far as anyone knows, everyone sharing the field with him could be doing the exact same thing?
Posted by: Kris | July 30, 2009 at 03:41 PM
Still sorting all my thoughts, Francona just said he expects Ortiz to deal with this "head-on" so we'll see.
Post pending for later tonight.
Posted by: Derek Hixon | July 30, 2009 at 05:15 PM
About fucking time.
Posted by: Karim Garcia | July 30, 2009 at 10:51 PM
LOL! Mad props to Karim, that's pretty damn funny.
Posted by: Derek Hixon | July 31, 2009 at 12:03 AM
I'm a life long Yankees fan & my dad is a life long Sox fan. I am well versed in the history & rivalry. We've had a great 30 years of trading barbs. This one was just sad all around. I love when we crush the Sox (I'm not one to spare any Red Sucks fan), but I have always respected the Red Sox players (other than Schilling "Jesus"). Fred Lynn, Yaz, Evans & all the guys from my youth up to Youk, Lowell, etc. I couldn't take any joy in this though. It was just shitty all the way around. I like a good clean rivalry. The Yankees have had their share of cheats & now the Sox have too. I wanted to bust my dad's balls about returning the rings from '04. How could a point a finger with Giambi, A'Roid, Clemens, et al?
My dad still refers to Bucky as "Bucky fucking Dent" all these years later. Good times. Tiant, Guidry, etc.
This shit sucks now.
Posted by: Johnny Rat | August 01, 2009 at 01:05 AM
I agree 100% with you Johhny, this is just another bad mark on baseball in general. My good fried Erik (a Yankee fan) did point out to me how Sox fans are even a little "lucky" with Papi since so many other player have already been outed, he won't get the same degree of razzing that guys like Bonds, Giambi, and Sheffield had to endure.
Posted by: Derek Hixon | August 02, 2009 at 09:30 AM
Asked about the 2003 drug test on Thursday in Boston, Ortiz told the Times. “I’m not talking about that anymore,” lol lol
Posted by: steroids | January 27, 2010 at 01:53 PM
It's a shame to see more and more people that use steroids is sport. I can't get over the fact that even Alberto contador used them. I do't know what more to expect.
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