Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 10, 2009
I Was Really Hoping We Could Avoid This

A congressman is calling for Alex Rodriguez to testify before a committee. Why not just make lying to Peter Gammons a crime and go from there?


Posted by David Pinto at 12:12 PM | Cheating | TrackBack (0)
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Sure, why not? It's not like there's anything else Congress should be doing.

Posted by: rbj at February 10, 2009 12:42 PM

Cummings is a joke. I'm embarrassed to say he's one of my state's reps.

Seriously, is that all they have going on?

Posted by: Shane at February 10, 2009 12:56 PM

I agree with rbj above completely. MLB should handle steroids, congress, stick to the nation's important business.

Posted by: t ball at February 10, 2009 01:04 PM

So, is it now a safe working theory that everything in Jose Canseco's book is true?

Posted by: PhillyBooster at February 10, 2009 02:24 PM

T ball is on to something, though I'd switch roles: Have Congress work to remove steroids from the game and have MLB fix the economy. We'd have a better chance at good results on both that way.

Posted by: Bill at February 10, 2009 03:07 PM

I second Bill's motion.

Posted by: dave at February 10, 2009 04:22 PM

Third that motion.

Posted by: Hei Lun Chan at February 10, 2009 04:32 PM

How about we put the economy on steroids? ;)

I don't generally give free legal advice but...well, I would not be advising A-Rod to appear unless compelled, and to take the Fifth if asked anything, even his shoe size.

Posted by: Crank at February 10, 2009 06:07 PM

Technically Arod did lie to a government official. He was being interviewed by the 7th President of the United States - Andrew Jackson. = )

Posted by: ryan at February 10, 2009 06:27 PM

Well, Canseco claimed Clemens was the only player that was faithful to his wife- so no, not everything was true.

Posted by: JeremyM at February 10, 2009 08:44 PM

While I agree that Cummings is a complete clown and this is a waste of time, I'm not 100% against holding hearings. If it keeps those idiots in DC too busy to pass the wasteful "stimulus" crap sandwich then please hold hearings on every sport.

Posted by: Largebill at February 11, 2009 03:34 PM
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