Comments on: Mr. Hanky, the Voice of Reason? http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/02/19/mr-hanky-the-voice-of-reason/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:26:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Axtell http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/02/19/mr-hanky-the-voice-of-reason/#comment-169 Axtell Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:54:54 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/02/19/mr-hanky-the-voice-of-reason/#comment-169 It might mean something if the Yanks hadn't given a known steroid user (Giambi) $100 million...it might mean something if baseball had done something about the rampant steroid use before Congress forced them too. The NFL has been testing for steroids since 1990...so given the disparity in times, I think Hank needs to shut the fuck up. It might mean something if the Yanks hadn’t given a known steroid user (Giambi) $100 million…it might mean something if baseball had done something about the rampant steroid use before Congress forced them too.

The NFL has been testing for steroids since 1990…so given the disparity in times, I think Hank needs to shut the fuck up.

]]> By: Nick http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/02/19/mr-hanky-the-voice-of-reason/#comment-167 Nick Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:24:26 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/02/19/mr-hanky-the-voice-of-reason/#comment-167 Hey, don't insult pancakes. Orlando Pace got like 78 pancakes in 1999; that's at least as important as Bonds' 73 HR. As a sidenote, I think MLB should start counting catcher collisions as a stat to see which baserunners are the most gritty and badass. I'm guessing it's someone like AJ Pierzynski. Hey, don’t insult pancakes. Orlando Pace got like 78 pancakes in 1999; that’s at least as important as Bonds’ 73 HR.

As a sidenote, I think MLB should start counting catcher collisions as a stat to see which baserunners are the most gritty and badass. I’m guessing it’s someone like AJ Pierzynski.

]]> By: Yigael Yadin http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/02/19/mr-hanky-the-voice-of-reason/#comment-166 Yigael Yadin Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:50:14 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/02/19/mr-hanky-the-voice-of-reason/#comment-166 I think the difference is that ever since the Black Sox scandal (and probably before) baseball has had an anti-cheating ethos or at least perception, whereas the NFL hasn't really concerned itself with cheating or had any major brouhahas (until Bill Belichick came around anyway). Plus, there's the whole stat obsession. When a baseball player cheats he fucks with the record books; when a lineman uses PEDS...so what? He gets more "pancakes"? No quantifiable repercussions. Anyway, the average football fan can't even spell PED, so it's hardly surprising they don't give a shit. I think the difference is that ever since the Black Sox scandal (and probably before) baseball has had an anti-cheating ethos or at least perception, whereas the NFL hasn’t really concerned itself with cheating or had any major brouhahas (until Bill Belichick came around anyway). Plus, there’s the whole stat obsession. When a baseball player cheats he fucks with the record books; when a lineman uses PEDS…so what? He gets more “pancakes”? No quantifiable repercussions.

Anyway, the average football fan can’t even spell PED, so it’s hardly surprising they don’t give a shit.

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