Sosa caught with cork in his bat

I think the moron here is you.

In all of Sammy's history playing pro baseball, has he ever been caught cheating? Has he ever shown that he can't be trusted? Has he ever given reason to doubt what he is claiming as his reason for being caught with a corked bat? The answer to each one of those questions is a resounding NO.

I believe Sammy. He has never given anyone reason to doubt what he's said. The proof is in all the bats which were x-rayed and found perfectly legal.

You mention the Vet. I guess you're right - fans in Philly are world famous for cheering for their teams/players and supporting them.

 

Is it just me or does the fact that all his other bats where fine indicate his guilt???

IF the guy can consistantly pick one bat out of 77 to take to BP can't he recognize that bat pretty well? Also, if he had a corked bat to put on shows in BP wouldn't he have extras in case that one broke during BP so he could continue to put on shows. Its bullshit, the guy is a cheater and a liar. He showed he can't be trusted by evading all the steroid questions.

 

I believe the corked bat was a batting pratice bat.

I don't hink he used it often or that many of his other hits or homeruns during his career were hit with an illegal bat.

But I do believe that he knew which bat he had in his hand that day. Whether he picked it up by accident or not is irrelevant. He knew when he stood in there that he had his corked bat in his hand.

His arguement that his innocence was established because he didn't go out and pick up the pieces to hide it is ludicrous. I don't think I've ever seen a player run out and retrieve his broken bat. Thats always been the players in the field or the umps that pick it up and hand it over to a bat boy.

Guilty as charged. Suspend him for ten games and then move on

 

I have a hard time believing he didn't know which bat he was using.

A BP bat would be marked up all to hell, and major leaguers know which bat is which. They tape em and tar em to differenciate the BPs from the gamers.

 

I have a hard time believing he didn't know which bat he was using



he knew. Like I said earlier, a MLB knows his bats better than he does his loved ones.

 

:applause:

I agree wholeheartedly with everything you just said.

 

According to CNN, Sosa has been suspended for 8 games.

 

They didn't go after his extra bats for 45 minutes after he splintered his 1st corked bat. More than enough time to go in and get rid of the rest of the evidence. Either way all of his homers are tainted from here on out. He may or may not have used a corked bat earlier but why would he feel like he needed to? Didn't the andro give him the necessary advantage he needed?

 

I disagree. I doubt this will even be an issue in the minds of most a year from now.

 

Shouldn't be, but this kind of thing can stain a career.

But as I said, it shouldn't. He's been in the league how many years? Shatterred how many batts? Like I said previously, a corked bat is more likely to bust up. He'd gotten caught earlier if he used them regular.

Plus, it really doesn't give much of an advantage IMO.

I just think he's been in a slump since his injury, and thought that using that corker might help bust him out. He got caught. Serve your 8 games, and be done with it.