You know what would surprise me?  If a story broke about a player who didn't come up hot on a positive urinalysis; that would surprise me. You know what would floor me?  A player who admitted taking steroids.  Alas, sometimes I dream the impossible dream.

How appropriate is it that Manny Ramirez was caught using in the present.  What planet does this guy live on?  Apparently they don't receive newspapers in his world. It wouldn't surprise me for a second if he said he wasn't aware of a steroid epidemic in baseball. He's like a fart in a blizzard sometimes; just floating around reality.

He literally said that his physician prescribed him medication for a "personal health issue" which the Doctor apparently thought was "OK to give me". 

You know how long it took for me to find out that human chorionic gonadotropin, (HCG), was a banned substance?  Less than two minutes; it's on the front page of the Player's Union website under "Joint Drug Agreement". I literally just "googled" it and there it was. Then again, this whole "Information Superhighway" thing is just now becoming relevent so maybe his physician did not have access.

Last time I checked, I am not a physician, nor do I play one on TV.  However, I am constantly reminded that I resemble Hugh Laurie's character, "House" so who knows. But if you are a man and your personal health issue requires you to take HCG, I would think baseball would not be the most important thing in your life.  Again, I just look like "House".

I'm just sick and tired of these guys coming up with the lame excuses and nobody calls them on it. I would say that they must have balls the size of church bells, but according to the American Medical Association, one side effect of HGH is testicular shrinkage.  

On the other hand, when used after a cycle of steroids, HCG helps to restore "normal" testicular size.  Wait a second, we may be on to something here.

Maybe the problem is not my perceived audacity by what I deem as lame excuses; there might just be a real problem here. Maybe there is a real emergency. Maybe, just maybe, their testicles have grown so large that they no longer the ability to recognize reality.

It is an epidemic; when a player gets caught or accused of "juicing", they immediately produce unacceptable levels of excuses. Think about it. Sammy Sosa suddenly forgets how to speak English.  Mark McGuire doesn't want to talk about the past, Alex Rodriguez cannot remember what he used but can recall when he used.  Rafael Palmeiro said Miguel Tejada gave him a tainted B-12 shot.  Jose Canseco becomes literate.

This could be serious; I had better watch some more episodes of "House."