Results tagged “Barry Bonds” from The Sports Desk
Columnist William C. Rhoden of The New York Times notes disapprovingly that while accused drug cheat Barry Bonds can't get a baseball job, admitted drug cheat Jason Giambi is the toast of New York and the inspiration for Yankee Stadium's recent Moustache Day.
"What's the message here?" Rhoden writes. "That you can do wrong and make it right -- after you're busted -- by groveling, granting media access, begging for mercy by playing ball with the powers that be?"
I think there's more -- or less -- to it than that.
Continue reading Why Giambi got away with it.
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