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Baseball Musings
November 01, 2006
More on Mota

Guillermo Mota apologized for his drug use:

"I have no one to blame but myself," Mota said in a statement that did not explain how he ran afoul of baseball's drug rules. "I take full responsibility for my actions and accept MLB's suspension. I used extremely poor judgment and deserve to be held accountable."

"To my teammates and the entire Mets organization, I am sorry. I truly regret what I did and hope that you can forgive me. To baseball fans everywhere, I understand that you are disappointed in me, and I don't blame you. I feel terrible and I promise this is the first and last time that this will happen. I am determined to prove to you that this was one mistake."

Mota's agent, Adam Katz, said the pitcher intends to play next season.

"He is anxious to get back to work," Katz said. "I believe he'll be a better person and a better player moving forward."

Thank you, Guillermo for at least being man enough to admit your mistake.


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re: guillermo mota and the steroids song

my baseball it was in a rut
so I took steroids in the butt
Conseco said it was the best for me
Palmiero said they wouldn't arrest me

Tejada said I'd throw 105 now
and that my slider'd make them all cow
I never had such great velocity
until I met up with this chemistry

but now i'm caught my hand is in the jar
i should have known I wouldn't get far
for if you cheat and you suceed
the only headlines you will read

is how the owners profited
from all of your misdeeds....

--art kyriazis, philly

Posted by: art kyriazis at November 2, 2006 01:15 AM

Compare this to Merriman of the Chargers in the NFL. He got caught taking Nasomethindrone, but all during the Rams-Chargers game, all the announcers did was rave how great a player he was.

He had a whopping 4 game suspension, but was playing while he appealed.

Posted by: JeremyR at November 2, 2006 03:26 AM

"The NFL gets a free pass" theme is old and tired, however accurate. Football has always been a muscle/power sports. I'm not sure if fans assume players are using, or just don't care. Regardless, that's not the point. In baseball it's seen as cheating, in the NFL it's old hat. Perception is reality, deal with it.

Posted by: abe at November 2, 2006 11:32 AM

As a Mets fan it pains me to think MLB might have been holding out on his suspension so Mets might have had a chance in the postseason. Would they have waited even longer had the Mets won?

Posted by: Jordi at November 2, 2006 03:58 PM
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