Steroids and Baseball vs. Congress

Congress has decided to subpeona some baseball players to testify, Giambi, Sosa, McGwire, Canseco, Palmeiro, probably a few more.

Canseco said he'll testify for immunity, Sosa said he won't go (though his agent will probably make him change his tune), Palmeiro feels he's being picked on. Well boo fucking hoo, you group of dicks are playing a kids game for millions of dollars and are possibly juicing yourselves up to boot. Sammy Sosa should go or risk getting deported back to his beloved island. Hell, if I was a Senator, I'd call Palmeiro to the stand just to ask him what the hell made him become a pitch man for Viagra, but maybe that makes other unintended muscles grow too, or you have to take it because the steroids turn your nuts into raisins. Canseco, dude- you should be breaking rocks in San Quentin just for being a deliberate asshole.

How come "Teflon Barry" doesn't get called on the stand? What the hell is that? Whether or not he did or didn't, he should get called. He was implicated in BALCO for Christs' sake.

Now I don't want to just pick on baseball. Its a good sport. I mean where else can you pitch 6 innings, then drink a 6 pack in the clubhouse before going out to a diner and getting your teeth punched out because your not really an athlete but rather a fat pig and get paid a lot of money for it? True, you must be blessed with a good arm to be able to pitch a ball that fast. Some players are only good because of the hard work they put in, but some have natural talent that is wasted by their own stupidity or distinct lack of judgement (See Darryl Strawberry).

All I can say is that these guys should go before the committee and be made to tell the truth. They'll all plead the fifth unless someone surprises me and acts like a stand up man. Maybe we should have female teams?