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Originally Posted by 15 Day DL Alou  I think you missed the subtley of Dusty's point. Here was this press hack suddenly trying to say "lets all share the blame" and I think rightfully so Baker was subtley throwing it back it him. And the response he was given I think proved that, "you don't see him getting bigger, hitting better, more home runs."
That has been my biggest problem with the press in all of this. From Buster Olney to Mike Lupica to Chris Cotter for heaven's sake. The press covered McGwire and Sosa like it was the greatest show on earth, and the papers were selling selling selling, and the TV commericals were flowing and everyone was making money. Then Bonds comes along only three years later and it is suddenly eyebrow raising? |
Yeah but the guy from the press was saying that everyone including the press was to blame as well.
I will agree with your point though. A lot of the people in the press who are all over Selig are the same ones who saw what he saw as well and in many cases had more access to the players than Selig had and said nothing. I personally think Selig gets a lot too much blame for this.