In not so many words, I was right.
Rafael Palmeiro cheated, and he knew it before his 3,000th hit. (Registration, or a visit to BugMeNot.com required)
Review my post from yesterday, then consider the following from the Post article:
“On Monday, most of them found out at roughly the same time as the rest of the world did that Palmeiro had tested positive for steroids sometime in the previous weeks, leading to his 10-game suspension”
“Two baseball officials confirmed Tuesday that Palmeiro knew about the positive test — and had already begun fighting the charge — before collecting his 3,000th hit with an opposite-field double in Seattle.”
“A baseball official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the announcement could have been made on Friday, but speculated that Commissioner Bud Selig may have wanted to postpone it until after this weekend’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony.”
In “fairness” to Raffy, he does get the right to an appeal, which he was apparently pursuing before the official announcement (and we know how swiftly MLB moves on its appeals!), but, considering the timeline, the test was before the All-Star Break.
Whoever is in charge of the PR department at MLB deserves one hellified Christmas bonus for not letting this thing blow up until the all-clear had sounded.
I hate to admit that Tony was right, but I believe the quote was, “Dumbass.”
In light of these developments, however, that title needs to go to all MLB administration. bud selig needs to go the way of pete rose and get the hell away from baseball forever. send his spin-mongering ass to the NBA where they appreciate that shit.