What in the name of Cheech Marin is it about old farts who -- once the spotlight fades from their roguish careers -- try to reinvent themselves as hardasses?
Latest example: David Wells wants players banned from baseball after one failed steroids test.
For a moment, let's forget the steroids abuse part, which is playing to the bleachers. Everybody opposes steroids. That's like Springsteen mentioning "Jersey." Automatic cheer.
Think about the one infraction part of Wells' long-awaited legal opinion. Let's mull this question:
If baseball had such Draconian rules, the unforgiving kind that ban players after one infraction, how long would Wells have pitched?
Monday, May 18, 2009
David Wells: The Voice of Crackdown
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Or if the MLB administered breathalyzer tests before games..
Anyway, where's Alphonso been at? I need some love from the cabana.
Wells > Sterling.
I vote Wells as his replacement. Book it.
Wells has always profoundly cultivated and enjoyed his reputation as a blowhard. If he said something rational, there'd be the risk no one would notice.
D&R
Alphonso just got released from a safe house in Milwaukee.
He'll be back on the air soon enough.
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