It's been a long week and a day, or something. I'm sitting here burning data discs for a few people (I take my DigiDice EVERYWHERE) in the hotel room and perusing the day in 'news' online. I did laundry downstairs earlier. These Extended Stay places are great if you can get the weekly rate (only about $50.00 a night). I had some time to kill so I did something dangerous; I started pacing. When I pace, I think. And when I think, it gets ugly.

Let's take a few topics off the table regarding MLB:

• Wayne "Explainin'" Hagin (click me)

A perfect example of how deeply people do not understand the steroids, performance enhancing drugs, over the counter supplement issue(s). Hagin is an idiot. But, so is Don Baylor. Ask Don Baylor if he ever used an illegal substance in his career. A little something now and then to 'get up' for a game. Something to dull the aches and pains. You remember Baylor, the man who was hit by 267 pitches (he's 3rd on the All Time list for HBP) in his playing career. Ask him if he ever skirted the rules of baseball. And would you believe his denial? The sacred cows of sports need to exit the floor.


Is hagin any different from any of the other morons within the inner circle of baseball? No. But, his attorney should have had him state in his press realease that "I am sorry, I am an idiot". How can you sue someone for libel or slander if they confess to being an idiot? Who takes an idiot seriously? Keep the political jokes to a minimum, please.


• Don't Fehr the Reaper - More Cowbell (click me)

Donald Fehr says, "The biggest deterrent is exposure. Once that happens, that costs all kinds of things in the job." Yah, that's great Donald. So, the first time a player is 'outed' for any player enhancing drugs they will be 'publicly scorned'.


First, that didn't really work in the NFL (name three pro bowlers who have tested positive for steroids). Second, that won't go over well as the Player's Union and the Player's Agent will cry for appeal on the grounds of an invasion of privacy, there will be lawsuits and the Feds will be involved as HIPAA violations will be explained (the PEDs the player took were prescribed by a doctor).


The team, meanwhile, depending on the player's stature, will try and release the player or demote them to the minor leagues or even keep the player off the field and lower their value. Once that happens, the lawsuits will begin on grounds of discrimination in the workplace. The substances are a form of abuse and the player is an addict who needs help - or some such defense.


When the player can't get a spot on a roster because they previously tested positive, or false-positive, more lawsuits will be filed...to what extent? MLB drops their testing policy altogether, or takes out the gnashing gums of an already toothless testing policy.


Fehr isn't stupid, however, Kaiser Selig is. Selig can't see past today's headlines or the mirror, for that matter.


• Barry Bonds' pity party (click me)

Does anyone actually care what this jackass says, anyway? Barry Bonds has always been an athlete, oh, sorry, he calls himself an 'entertainer' (has for many years), who has nothing to say, ever. He's the Robin Williams of sports, idiots think it's clever and inventive and original, when in fact it's the same act from 20 years ago. And sportswriters eat it up when he speaks about 'his family'. Not sure if that includes his ex-wife.


Here's the kicker kids; according to the latest CBA with MLB a player on the Disabled List can not be tested for steroids or performance enhancing drugs. I might be out on a limb with this, but, I am pretty sure the tree has already been felled on this issue.


So Bonds sits out a few weeks and has the last laugh as the media keeps its distance from him personally, but keeps writing stories about him. Eventually, Bonds will see his shadow and it will mean 6 more weeks of rehab until he is ready to come back.


That, or his family will get sick of the unbearable uberjerk being home all the time and do everything they can to get him back out to the ballpark as often as possible.

Here's one of those lingering questions to ponder; would Barry Bonds be the performer on the filed if he were not such a jerk? Would Bonds suffer the zap of energy as other athletes from staying out late at night and having a few (dozen) drinks and chasing skirts? Does Bonds really benefit by being a loner because nobody can stand him?


• I am REALLY sick of this (click me)

I sent several emails to Yahoo! asking for an explanation. I got a few auto-generated responses, which did nothing to calm me or answer my questions. It's ridiculous. I'm an A's fan living in Sacramento, California. Why am I being bombarded with San Francisco Giants related Yahoo! ads when Oakland is physically closer?