Wednesday,
January 9, 2013
Roger Clemens: ninth on the all-time win with 354 list
and only pitcher to win 7 Cy Young awards as baseball’s top pitcher for the
year. Barry Bonds: All-time home run king with 762 and
only man to win 7 MVP awards as the best player in baseball…both would normally
be first ballot hall of famers and both were shut out on their first year of eligibility
to the Hall. The results of the
steroid era in baseball are in full bloom.
Like Lance Armstrong, neither man ever tested
positive for or admitted to steroid use.
Both have been implicated by others and by association with the wrong
kinds of people. Both have denied
using, though Bonds only denies ‘knowingly’ using.
As in the case of Lance, I have a problem with the ‘guilty
until proven innocent’ attitude taken against athletes as it relates to
performance enhancing drugs.
America is supposed to be one of those places where, since the invention
of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, things like ‘innocent until proven
guilty’ have been rock solid foundations of our society. I don’t know if they used or not, I
only know they’ve said they didn’t.
Both were absolutely amazing athletes and ball players and their
accomplishments, without the steroid taint, would easily put them in the Hall
of Fame. Those folks who hold the
vote have chosen to believe the rumors and, without evidence to convict them,
have decided they were very likely guilty, and are punishing them anyway. Well…I just don’t like it.
I rode the trainer for an hour and then ate some leftover
lasagna while taking down the Christmas tree. I hate taking down the tree. It is the single most defining act that the holidays are
over and since I enjoy them so much, it pains me to bring them to a close. The coming year will hold some amazing things
for me and I’m hoping to have recorded some huge changes by the time we go to
find a tree and trim it next Christmas.
Bike
duration: 60 minutes.
Training
Heart Rate: 120 bpm.
Calories Burned: 850.
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