Is it wrong of me to prefer having, in the Baseball Hall of Fame...

...some of the players on the 2013 ballot, like Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire, who (admittedly or not) lengthened their careers and padded their stats through steroid use, than 2004 inductee Paul Molitor, who, as a designated hitter, got the hitting numbers he did by sitting on the bench for most of his career?  (And, no, the DH isn't the same as a relief pitcher because, when a reliever is pitching well and then due up to bat, the manager has to decide, "Is his (probably) making an out at this point in the game worth my still having him pitch in the next inning?"  That's called "strategy."
    I truly believe if players are THAT good at some aspect of the game, then their teams should have to gamble that their strengths outweigh their weaknesses.  In the final years, Bonds was nothing close to the defensive player that he was earlier in his career, but his hitting made him worth the risk.  Ditto with McGwire, and Sosa.
     Please, Commissioner Selig, get rid of the DH!

New St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGuire insists that steroids did not help him...

...in his breaking of Roger Maris's single season Major League home run record, and manager Jose Offerman is literally beating up on umpires.

And PETE ROSE is the one who is banned from baseball?

Now, if I could only hit the curveball

Got stung by bees on each ankle on Saturday afternoon while cutting my lawn.

Went to the doctor yesterday with what the nurse practitioner referred to a serious case of "pregnant lady feet," and was given a prescription for steroids to reduce the swelling.

Steroids? Pregnancy?

I think I now know what it feels like to be Manny Ramirez!

Lance Armstrong breaks his collarbone during a race in Spain

Would it be inappropriate to suggest to Mr. Armstrong that steroids help faster healing?

The Tour de France, after all, is just a few months away!

My "Bucket List" (Part I)

Not in any particular order:

Get my Dominican cousin to inject me with boli

Get a Dominican cousin with whom I'm comfortable enough to drop my pants for

Write a book on British singer Matt Monro

Re-subscribe to Mad Magazine

Get hired to be the non-famous member of the pair of hosts in a Time/Life music infomercial

Meet Phil Donahue and/or Elvis Costello

Write the liner notes for a John Wesley Harding cd

Get my share of the Obama stimulus plan