I don’t know about anybody else, but I for one, am sick and tired of being lied to by Major League Baseball players.
In the constant barrage of steroid stories that have engulfed the MLB over the past decade, why do these athletes continue to think that we as a general public are stupid? Barry Bonds thought it was flax seed oil he was taking and not steroids. Sammy Sosa all of a sudden can’t understand English when he was probed in court over his steroid involvement. And now Kenny Rogers “thought it was dirt” that magically wound up on his left hand (his pitching hand mind you) in Game 2 of the World Series. Come on Kenny, it wasn’t dirt. The Scores Report’s own David Mesker said it best in his recap of the game Sunday night: ‘dude’s got pin tar on his hand.’
Would someone please stand up and be a man after you get caught? Or better yet, don’t cheat! When reporters asked if home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez asked him to rub the “dirt” off of his hand after the first inning, Rogers responded by saying: “no, I noticed it and rubbed it off.” Yet, MLB umpire supervisor Steve Palermo said after the game that Marquez asked Rogers to wash off the “dirt”. So, which was it Kenny?
This is utter crap in a long line of bull from yet another MLB cheating situation. Granted, Rogers still pitched a great game after he wiped the crud of his hand and has now amassed 23 scoreless innings in the postseason. But since when did Kenny Rogers turn into Cy Young all of a sudden? ESPN has aired shots of the mysterious dirt being on Rogers’ hand in each of his previous two-playoff outings too.
Hmm, if that is dirt that keeps showing on only Rogers’ left hand – then that my friends, is one magic piece of dirt.
