Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (98614)	3/18/2005 2:22:45 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

they all came off like weasels, (including curt shilling)imo.... Now I don't support roid use but my blood was boiling yesterday. Sit the questioners in front of me for 11 hours and let me ask some deep dark questions. How many of those self appointed pompous judges would be taking the 5th themselves? gloop, i'm afraid your point is irrelevant...and basically comes down to blame shifting... My point is I think yesterday could have been handled better behind the scenes sorry, have to disagree...sunshine is the best disinfectant... i like this guys take... metronews.ca published march 18, 2005 MLB stars play great dodgeball In the end, yesterday's U.S. Congressional hearing on steroids in Major League Baseball accomplished little, if anything. OK, maybe something along these lines: "It wasn't us. We didn't do it ..." Deny, deny, deny. Watching a gaggle of future Hall of Famers writhe in their seats as they were repeatedly asked the same questions they had no intention of answering was, well, kind of funny. But more than that, it was just sad - and not just because former home-run king Mark McGwire broke down in big, fat weepy tears. The politicians decision not to grant immunity in exchange for frank testimony, particularly to noted 'whistleblower' Jose Canseco - whose propensity for flapping his gums at lightspeed and naming names would have made for popcorn-worthy entertainment - was clearly an error. For the record, of the six past and present players who testified yesterday - which also included Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa, Curt Schilling and Frank Thomas - Canseco was the only one who admitted to using the drugs at the heart of this little spectacle. So all we got out of hours and hours of politicians prodding was a lot of the old drinking game "I've never ..." - as it would be played by nuns. The only real sport yesterday was watching the rest of the MLB crew take potshots at Canseco for dragging their names through the mud in his book and essentially forcing the U.S. government into the steroid debate. The disdain in McGwire's voice when pointing out the "inconsistencies and contradictions" in Canseco's tome was palpable. The hopeful result of this hearing is that MLB will enact tougher steroid testing and penalties. Either that or the U.S. government will step in. As for a moral message out of all this, remember McGwire's sage words: "Steroids is bad." Mmmmkay? Jonathan P. Kuehlein is Metro's sports editor.