Sheffield Running His Mouth Again

[SportsTop]

Gary Sheffield is at it again. Here's his latest on Bud Selig and steroids in baseball:

"I'm sick of Bud Selig and Major League Baseball and the way they've been grandstanding" on the steroid issue, says Sheffield, who according to the San FranciscoChronicle told a federal grand jury in 2003 he did not knowingly use steroids but once had a working relationship with Bonds' trainer, Greg Anderson.

Anderson served three months in prison for distributing steroids and laundering money in the case examining the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), which made and sold legal nutritional supplements and illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

"Barry Bonds should be the face of baseball," Sheffield says. "Instead, Bud Selig is making him the face of the steroid era. It's the most ridiculous thing ever. Why doesn't Bud Selig tell the truth? Why does he keep lying and saying he doesn't know nothing about nothing? It's a bunch of hogwash. It's a cop-out. He knew everything (about steroids) we knew.

"Bud Selig wants to talk about the integrity of the game? To him, the integrity of the game is how much money they make. That's how far their integrity goes. I hope Barry not only breaks the record, but shatters it. The more homers Barry hits, the better, because that'll really p—- Bud Selig off."

I just wish the guy would shut up. He's always bitching and never has anything productive to say. It's hard for me to listen to anything he has to say on this subject because he admitted using them (albeit unknowingly......sure Gary).

Here's the link to the entire article.

[snepp]

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Maybe if Bud Selig were latino he would be easier to control.

Is this the 3rd time this season that Gary has opened his mouth and inserted his entire leg? At this point he has easily surpassed Schilling as the most annoying loudmouth in the league.

[DocHolliday]

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Actually he is correct though. Selig is trying to make his watch as commish look good, and he is really passing the buck on steroids. if anyone for a minute thinks he didnt know what was going on, your dumb.

Selig is acting like a little girl, If I was barry I would say the same things.

I still think Barry is a jack *** though, and it sucks he is doing this.

Whatever, the whole "era" has a bit of a smudge. i cant wait till they both are gone.

[SportsTop]

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Actually he is correct though. Selig is trying to make his watch as commish look good, and he is really passing the buck on steroids. if anyone for a minute thinks he didnt know what was going on, your dumb.

Selig is acting like a little girl, If I was barry I would say the same things.

I still think Barry is a jack *** though, and it sucks he is doing this.

Whatever, the whole "era" has a bit of a smudge. i cant wait till they both are gone.

How about having just a bit of accountability for your own actions first? Sheffield won't even own up to what he did publicly, yet he wants to place blame and deflect from himself every chance he gets.

The dude is a grade-A punk.

[DocHolliday]

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What the Hell has Selig done? He is trying to take credit for cleaning up the game, when in fact he was the one that let, if not encouraged, it to get dirty in the first place.

LOL bud selig and accountability.

[SportsTop]

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What about Selig? I'm not going to deny the fact that he is the worst commissioner in the history of the game, but let's take a look at some facts:

Selig was the "Acting Commissioner" from '92-'98. Prior to that he was the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. You tell me how he can do anything that could potentially hurt his fellow owner's income while as "Acting Commissioner"? There is no excuse, but the guy was put between a rock and a hard place.

The owness lies on the players and the owners. The owners should've appointed an unbiased person to be the commissioner of their game. Instead, they selected someone from within their own ranks which pretty much erased the possibility of him being completely fair and unbiased.

Besides, steroid use in baseball started long before '92. The ultimate blame is on the players for doing something illegal in the first place.

Think about the position Selig was in before you go and decide to crucify him and him alone.

[DocHolliday]

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whatever, there is plenty of blame to go around, nut the wy selig has handled this is laughable

[jim416]

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Besides, steroid use in baseball started long before '92. The ultimate blame is on the players for doing something illegal in the first place.

Correct, and now money has gotten in the way any real policing of this. That and the players union.

I agree, race-baiting Sheffiled needs a can of shutup.

[fugazi]

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Big mouths are often Brave Mouths, and in this case Sheffield is right. Baseball should stop acting like a bunch of hypocrites.
Selig should attend Bonds's games, if for nothing else, the guy is going to break the HR record, regardless whether he used this or that substance. If he did, he did it under the auspices of baseball's very own "la cosa nostra" silence.
Sadly, I don't think an asterisk or anything should be placed next to the number, even if Bonds is found out legitimately. Baseball ALLOWED this to happen, just like it ALLOWED McGwire and Sosa, et al. This is baseball's record...and everyone will see it for what it is, and it should stand as a testament to the shame of the game and its antiquated, 19th century mentality.

That being said, Sheffield is right. Bonds is a jerk. and Selig is a tool. and ugly.

Our nation as a whole could use more loudmouths like this, rather than Glen Beck and Bill O'Reilly.

[SportsTop]

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Big mouths are often Brave Mouths, and in this case Sheffield is right. Baseball should stop acting like a bunch of hypocrites.
Selig should attend Bonds's games, if for nothing else, the guy is going to break the HR record, regardless whether he used this or that substance. If he did, he did it under the auspices of baseball's very own "la cosa nostra" silence.
Sadly, I don't think an asterisk or anything should be placed next to the number, even if Bonds is found out legitimately. Baseball ALLOWED this to happen, just like it ALLOWED McGwire and Sosa, et al. This is baseball's record...and everyone will see it for what it is, and it should stand as a testament to the shame of the game and its antiquated, 19th century mentality.

That being said, Sheffield is right. Bonds is a jerk. and Selig is a tool. and ugly.

Our nation as a whole could use more loudmouths like this, rather than Glen Beck and Bill O'Reilly.

So Sheffield gets a pass when he says he did steroids but he didn't know they were steroids? Why doesn't he man the "f" up and tell the truth about what really went down? Could it be this same "la cosa nostra" attitude you pin on baseball and Selig?

[fugazi]

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So Sheffield gets a pass when he says he did steroids but he didn't know they were steroids? Why doesn't he man the "f" up and tell the truth about what really went down? Could it be this same "la cosa nostra" attitude you pin on baseball and Selig?

I didn't give him a pass, and wouldn't (though I was unaware he admitted to using...sorry)

And YES, it is part of that same attitude...

The ideas of "what happens here stays here" and a general gag order on inside issues is just that. If someone, in this case Sheffield, breaks that, there is an inborn logic that they can break it to whatever degree they would like...and to stop at whatever point they choose...

[Misfit]

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Actually he is correct though. Selig is trying to make his watch as commish look good, and he is really passing the buck on steroids. if anyone for a minute thinks he didnt know what was going on, your dumb.

Oh the irony...




Selig has plenty of blood on his hands, but ultimately it was the players who chose to shoots the stuff into their rear ends, not Bud. No one is innocent and I for one can't wait until we can say "bye bye" to baseball's steroids era.

[yvesdereuter]

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How about having just a bit of accountability for your own actions first? Sheffield won't even own up to what he did publicly, yet he wants to place blame and deflect from himself every chance he gets.

The dude is a grade-A punk.

Are you talking about his inteview with HBO? Actually, I can kind of see why he is reluctant to say he took steroids in the sense that in his mind, "took" could imply intent when he feels he was tricked. He admits to having them in his sysetm but his objection is more semantic than anything...at least thats what I got out of it.


In any case, I think Sheffield is on point on this one.

[yvesdereuter]

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What about Selig? I'm not going to deny the fact that he is the worst commissioner in the history of the game, but let's take a look at some facts:

Selig was the "Acting Commissioner" from '92-'98. Prior to that he was the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. You tell me how he can do anything that could potentially hurt his fellow owner's income while as "Acting Commissioner"? There is no excuse, but the guy was put between a rock and a hard place.

The owness lies on the players and the owners. The owners should've appointed an unbiased person to be the commissioner of their game. Instead, they selected someone from within their own ranks which pretty much erased the possibility of him being completely fair and unbiased.

Besides, steroid use in baseball started long before '92. The ultimate blame is on the players for doing something illegal in the first place.

Think about the position Selig was in before you go and decide to crucify him and him alone.

Seilig denies knowing anything though. Its not as if he is admitting he knew but claims to be powerless.

[chippered]

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There was a time in the past, cant remember the year, but Selig was asked about steroid use in baseball. Now, this was before all of this got blown up. Selig said that as far as he was concerned, he wasnt aware of steroids even being involved in MLB. However, a year or two prior to this interview, Selig gave the OK to a private investigation among team owners to see if there was in fact a steroid problem. That seems fishy to me. Why say theres no reason to think there is a problem, yet a year or two prior he conducted an investigation?

Look, everybodies dirty here. The owners and players both made millions off of the power boom. The fans, at least those that paid attention, knew that something was up. How the hell did the players get so big? Yet everyone let it happen. Theres a lot of blame to go around, but blame will never fix a thing. The only thing that'll fix this is to implement strict testing and punishment.

Throughout the history of this game players have tried to cheat in some way. They always will. Most will get caught because the law usually catches up to the baddies over time. As sad as I am that this has happened to the game I love, I'll never not love the game. Through great leadership on both sides, this problem will be fixed.

I honestly go back and forth on how I feel about the players and owners that let this happen. But then I realize that its not the players or owners that I love about this game. It's the game I love. The players and owners come and go, and I still love the game for what it is.

OK, i'm done.