Where is Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis when he is needed?
In baseball?s darkest hour, the Chicago White Sox, under the grip of Chicago mobsters, threw the 1919 World Series in the infamous ?Black Sox scandal.? Eight White Sox players were first found innocent by a Chicago jury of their peers.
The players believed they had beaten the system and celebrations went on for days in that toddling town, Chicago. But the integrity of the game had been damaged and the owners felt it was time for action.
In 1920, they hired a federal judge, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and gave him unlimited powers under the best interests of the game provision. The players were stunned when the judge suspended the eight for life. The league took note and gambling was eliminated from the game.
Baseball?s integrity is under assault again as the PED scandal has reached a boiling point. The National League?s 2011 MVP, Ryan Braun, has recently been suspended for 65 games. But after a nice vacation, he will come back with nearly $120 million remaining on his contract. Melkey Cabrera tested positive last year and was banished for 50 games, but was rewarded with a huge contract in free agency over the offseason.
There are some 20 players implicated in the Tony Bosch and Biogenesis PED scandal, including, the worst of all, Alex Rodriguez.
A-Rod has lied and cheated his way into a massive payday and has earned hundreds of millions through his deceit.
Baseball has a huge problem. The fans will no longer tolerate cheats, and finally the clean players are speaking up against the scumbags who use PEDs.
My family has first-hand experience with players who use PEDs and the impact upon those who don?t. My younger son Ryan was a left-handed pitcher at UCLA and was drafted by the Twins. He pitched in the minor leagues for four years, was Rule 5 drafted by the Orioles and then traded to the Padres. Ryan was moving up and closer to the big leagues when he hurt his shoulder and had surgery for a rotator cuff tear.
He rehabbed diligently over the offseason and then went to spring training with the Padres. Another left-handed pitcher, who will remain nameless, also had surgery. During the offseason he added 40 pounds and his fastball speed increased from 87 to 94 mph. With his surgically repaired shoulder, Ryan was having difficulty topping out at 87.
Nonetheless, Ryan had a good spring training with zero earned runs, but he was still recovering. Having been in Double-A, he was confident the Padres were going to move him up to Triple-A. When the assignments were doled out, he was held back for an ?extended spring? because he wasn?t throwing over 90. In fact, the Padres had a ?genius? who was supervising the Padres? minor league system, and his edict was: They only advanced players throwing above 90.
The other left-handed pitcher was sent to Triple-A and was brought up by the Padres that season. He returned for parts of the next year and his body broke down with a series of shoulder and other injuries. His career was over.
Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jul/25/john-lynch-baseball/
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