Interesting ESPN poll regarding Pete Rose's lifetime ban

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Here is a huge issue I have...Rose is banned from baseball, but McGwire is a Coach in the MLB? What's wrong with that picture????

Kevin, this is a phenomena I refer to as selective indignation. People get really irked about cheating in baseball so long as it's not their guy that's involved.

People always say what a genius Tony LaRussa was as a manager. Darn straight. He was able to pull the wool over people's eyes.

We knew McGwire used while he was with the A's. We know Canseco used while a member of the A's, too. Want to see some compelling evidence that funny stuff was going on in Oakland?

Terry Steinbach's season by season home run figures, all with Oakland.

1987: 16
1988: 9
1989: 7
1990: 9
1991: 6
1992: 12
1993: 10
1994: 11
1995: 15
1996: 35

The Oakland A's hit 243 home runs in 1996. 243 stinking home runs! McGwire hit 52. Geronimo Berroa, who hit a total of 101 home runs in his career, hit 36. Of course, Steinbach hit his 35 (and hit 12 the next season). Scott Brosius hit 22, Jason Giambi hit 20, Ernie Young (who?) hit 19, Matt Stairs hit 10.

And the A's won 78 games. John Wasdin (who again?) led the team with 8 wins. Nobody struck out more than 100 batters. Carlos Reyes struck out 78 to lead the team.

LaRussa had left before the season started. Philip Seymour Hof....er, Art Howe was now the manager.

But yeah, there was nothing funny going on in Oakland. Tony LaRussa totally belonged in the Hall of Fame.