I hesitate to call it a "blind eye" from baseball as an orgranization.

| Register

I hesitate to call it a "blind eye" from baseball as an orgranization.

Author: jakers (13787 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 1:41 pm on May 16, 2025

View All

Yes, they gladly accepted the exposure that '98 gave them. But in fairness to the league, they tried more than once to get P.E.D. testing into the policies, and each time, the union pushed back. Hard. The league ultimately was willing to keep tabling that so that it could gain the other concessions it wanted in the collective bargaining agreements. It was only after Congress got involved that the union grudgingly allowed testing to begin and to expand.

Replies to: "I hesitate to call it a "blind eye" from baseball as an orgranization."

Pete Rose - Mark - 10:20am 5/16/25 (36) [View All]
- Did Pete bet on his team to lose? If so, no amount of "I'm sorry" can erase that. - ELP - 12:43pm 5/16/25
  - No. There was never evidence that he bet on them to lose. - jakers - 1:37pm 5/16/25
  - No, not to lose. [NT] - Frank L - 1:02pm 5/16/25
- A few words about Barry Bonds...he and the Giants watched as MLB touted the juiced up - TyroneIrish - 12:14pm 5/16/25
  - Are you from San Fran, that explains it. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 3:00am 5/17/25
    - From NYC as well as the Bay Area...I confess to fandom on this issue...Loved the rubber chickens - TyroneIrish - 3:16pm 5/17/25
      - His bald bean got so big from roiding that he looked like one of those alien species on Star Trek. - Frank L - 6:02pm 5/18/25
  - I hesitate to call it a "blind eye" from baseball as an orgranization. - jakers - 1:41pm 5/16/25
    - Sorry, but your take is too kind to MLB - Nigel Tufnel - 11:10am 5/17/25
      - I don't disagree that they didn't prioritize it enough. - jakers - 1:18pm 5/17/25
  - Yup, and now he’s part of the informal cheaters ban like they are. He made the choice. - Frank L - 12:30pm 5/16/25
- Nope. He fucked around and found out. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 11:34am 5/16/25
- His story should be told at the HOF - Show how he disgraced the game but he should never be - jimbasil - 11:22am 5/16/25
- My take is that the punishment was a Lifetime Ban. And it was fair. - jakers - 11:04am 5/16/25
  - Agree, it was a lifetime ban. - PaND - 11:22am 5/16/25
    - Technically that's not right [LINK] - Mark - 11:35am 5/16/25
      - I stand corrected. - PaND - 12:22pm 5/16/25
      - That pretty much seals the deal on Pete Rose...unrepentant to the end...believing He was above - TyroneIrish - 12:00pm 5/16/25
      - Agree with that, but didn't Giamatti and Rose agree on Lifetime Ban? [NT] - jakers - 11:57am 5/16/25
        Not that I know of - Mark - 12:40pm 5/16/25
        I just checked: The accepted punishment was Lifetime Ineligibility. - jakers - 1:36pm 5/16/25
        Good, nothing he did helped his performance on the field - PaND - 3:47pm 5/16/25
- "Go home and tell your kids there's no more rules" [LINK] - Hensou - 10:35am 5/16/25
- I understand your point, but I would argue the egregiousness of cheating in the WS is at that level - Frank L - 10:31am 5/16/25
- All he had to do was apologize. Instead he lied and lied. - Chris94 - 10:30am 5/16/25
  - I struggle with exceptions for guys who were H.O.F. players before they juiced. - jakers - 11:22am 5/16/25
    - I agree. It's tough. - Chris94 - 11:37am 5/16/25
      - McGwire, maybe. Not sure about Sosa. - jakers - 2:00pm 5/16/25
  - Agree. Without contrition how could he be absolved! [NT] - Hensou - 11:05am 5/16/25
  - Barry is a despicable human being. No Hall of Fame can change that. [NT] - Hensou - 10:45am 5/16/25
    - True, but lots of despicable human beings are in the Hall of Fame. That's not a disqualification. [NT] - Chris94 - 11:34am 5/16/25
      - I never said it disqualified him. Just that the HOF will not change the fact that he is despicable. - Hensou - 11:47am 5/16/25
  - Even when he did, they still wouldn’t let him in. [NT] - Frank L - 10:31am 5/16/25