| Do you think
Players would get chastised more or less if they just told the truth? I was watching the Spring Training Recap this morning and while looking at the pictures it was blatantly obvious that Shelley Duncan slid spikes up into TB 2B Akinora Iwamura. Which was thought to be in retaliation for the Rays Elliot Johnson running over the Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli last saturday. All right so I figure it's retaliation no big deal. Whether you want to admit it or not getting the "last word" is huge in Baseball. I think we all know that here.
Then comes the after game conference and Shelley says "I didn't see anything wrong with the slide." I don't know if he should exactly say he retaliated. But for god sakes man did you SEE HOW HIGH YOUR SPIKES WERE? I have no issue with him not saying "It was retaliation but I'd much rather him have said, "Yeah I went into 2nd a little bit hard and my spikes were up" Nothing wrong there is there? I mean seriously how dumb does he think we are?
I'm to the point where I'd rather just start hearing the truth from these people. Clemens saying he used 'roids. Duncan admitting the slide etc etc etc. Dakstang iterates that we have a morally bankrupt nation. We know kids look up to these guys(whether wrong or right we don't know) but shouldn't honesty and integrity start there? They don't need to be held to a higher standard in any regard but common honesty and integrity isn't that hard to ask is iti? |