The Rant

Here goes. I do not see how it is fair that athletes who are injecting themselves with drugs are not punished for their reckless and illicit behavior. Joe Jackson was thrown out of baseball forever for a crime he was never convicted of. There are so many current baseball players breaking records, but it is not because of talent. It is because they use steroids in order to increase their athletic ability. At least Jackson possessed natural talent instead of getting it from a shot. I understand that the commissioner wanted to set a precedent for future players, by punishing the White Sox, but why did he not go after other players. Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle were guilty of excessive drinking and philandering. The two of them used to show up to games drunk and hung-over. Where is the fairness here? These two men were never even warned that if they didn't quit their bad habits they would be benched from games. 

The last person to have been banned from baseball forever was Pete Rose, former play and coach. He used to place bets on his team, which he publicly admitted. He was banned from baseball in 1989. It has been 19 years since baseball has said goodbye to one if its players. Of course there was one player in 1996 who was banned, but later an advocate got him back into the game. I just don't understand how Joe Jackson, a baseball legend was banned for something he did not do. His statistics show that he played very well during the 1919 World Series. Statisticians have all agreed that he played better during the series than he did in the regular baseball season. The commissioner had no idea what he was doing, when he decided to throw Jackson out of baseball.

Up until the day he died Jackson pleaded innocent. Fifty years after he was banned he gave an interview and in the interview he mentions several times that he was not guilty and never engaged in illegal activities surrounding baseball. There was no evidence to support the fact that Jackson partook in throwing the game. Even with an incompetent attorney, he was still absolved, but again I say, he never did anything to put him on trial. 

I just think that it is so fair that there are all these baseball players like jason Giambi, who think that they are big shots. They aren't, they didn't do anything, they didn't break any records, they cheated. The worst thing someone can do is lie, and that is what these players on steroids have been doing. They have been lying to their fans, and to Major League Baseball. It's disgusting that such an innocent and honest player such as Joe, was kicked out of baseball for something he refused to take part in.