Letters to the Editor
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How quickly we forget
How can we forget memorable scenes like Sammy Sosa's superball bat. Or Jason Grimsley breaking into the umps locker room to steal back Albert Belle's confiscated bat.
Part of what made Gaylord Perry great was that everyone knew he was cheating, but no one could ever figure out how.
I think the reason why these types of cheating are fun in baseball is that baseball still has some of the beer league left in it.
The NFL is just completely corporate. The teams make their players virtually inaccessible, NFL coaches are as vanilla bland as you can get. Baseball still feels closer to us. Take an example in my city...Donovan McNabb feels like a corporate spokesperson. Ryan Howard feels like a ballplayer (who hopefully isn't using superballs). Andy Reid seems like an NFL trademark. Charlie Manual seems....well...like Charlie Manual.