So if you lie to Congress during hearings -- repeatedly -- you receive a one year probation where you promise not to lie to Congress again for one year? The Houston Chron goes into this:
Drayton McLane loves it when his players do community work, so he
has to be thrilled Miguel Tejada has agreed to do an extra 100 hours
this summer.
Nice going, Miggy. Way to represent The Good Guys.
Incidentally, who decided a $5,000 fine was any way to punish a guy making $13 million? Couldn’t the feds have ordered Tejada to pay whatever the government spent proving he’s a liar?
Anyway, about eight seconds after Tejada’s plea-bargain agreement was announced, the Astros issued a statement saying how happy they were to have this whole thing behind them.
In other words, let’s all forget that this guy is a cheat and that we got fleeced on this trade.
As for Tejada, he hasn’t exactly been forthright. He has confessed to what he got caught doing and nothing more. And there appears to be more there.
He played the contrite card when he showed up at spring training until someone asked about his use of steroids and HGH.
He bristled and said he wasn’t going to talk about it. Now that’s coming clean.
He doesn’t have to admit anything. The Mitchell Report does it for him. It’s right there on page 201 along with photo copies of checks to ex-teammate Adam Piatt for $3,100 and $3,200.
Piatt said he provided Tejada with steroids and human growth hormone, but he has no way of knowing if Tejada actually used the stuff.
We don't want a witch hunt do we? Lying and cheating professionals should never be hunted down to answer for their peccadilloes. The Astros don't think so:
First, they said they had no idea Tejada would be included in the Mitchell Report. This spring, McLane changed his story, admitting the team had discussed the issue and made the trade anyway.
Translation: We don’t care if a guy is a cheat as long as he helps us win games. There’s a good message for the youngsters in there somewhere.
That’s how baseball operated during the steroid era. If the ballparks were full and the home runs long, if everyone made a lot of money, then why bother with the annoying details?
Enjoyed the article. The only thing that bugs me is:
"... That’s how baseball operated during the steroid era. ..."
I'm tired of hearing about "the steroid era" in the past tense. The steroid era is NOW. The era will be in the past, when athletes move on to gene-therapy (or whatever comes after the steroids).
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