I agree with all sides
Look, Tony C. is 100% right. Sammy chose the standard he wanted to be measured on(credibility, honesty, spiritual and physical strenght, sportsmanship, talent, family values, leadership, hardwork, showmanship, grace, humbleness).
With this incident he failed to justify his actions. He did not measure to his own standards.
However, on the other hand, the circumstancial evidence right now gives him some portion of "benefit of the doubt". Yet, since Sammy Sosa is Sammy Sosa, he cannot evade the responsibility he carries.
It is unjust to place so much burden on an illiterate man, who cannot speak or write any language well, not even his own. But he brought this on himself.
This is why I keep saying that Sammy should have stay a "tiguere" and a chump. This is what he was for 25 years of his life, before he chose "the high road".
If this incident had happened to the likes of Carl Everett, Jose Lima, Jose Canseco,(alltime chumps) or some of the other bad boys of baseball, nobody would have cared. We expect this from most athletes, but not from Sammy boy....Eagle Scout.
As for the appeal, this was just a maneuver to keep him in the game and try to get his swing back. This is a legitimate tool for him to use. He also needs the games to reassert himself and face the worst. It is a good tactic.
For the fans and MLB it is a bonanza. With this, Sammy becomes the biggest ticket seller of all baseball. Everyone wants to see his next homerun. He is the sideshow at the Barnum deformities. There will be cheers and those who just want to scream "where is the cork?" He will revive the comedy shows on TV.
Let us all have fun with this. It is just baseball. I am deeply dissapointed that this happened. I have to admit I was one of his biggest fans, despite his use of metal pointed shoes without socks and greasy afros in his early White Sox years.
TW
