One of the reasons steroid use has been rampant in Major League Baseball is the tacit acceptance of it by players not juicing themselves.
Witness Friday’s love-fest between Manny Ramirez and his Dodgers teammates.
Manny dropped in on the team he essentially lied to and betrayed to apologize for his recent 50-game suspension but, hey, it turns out there was no need.
“He knows he made a mistake. I forgive him,” Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake said. “It's his business.”
Hey, Casey, are you brain-dead? It IS your business. It is also MY business. It’s the business of anyone who cares about the game of baseball.
“I don’t think anyone was really looking for” an apology, Blake added.
Goodness, no, Casey — no one wants to make Manny uncomfortable.
“He was a guy concerned about his team and his teammates,” Blake said. “I know he feels bad.”
Actually, Casey, he was a guy more or less ordered by Dodgers owner Frank McCourt to apologize for what he’d done. As for feeling bad, yeah — he feels bad he was caught, like every other steroid cheat who gets busted.
Jeez-Louise, Casey: Take a ride on the clue bus.
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