With Which PED Party Are You Most Disappointed?

by Sky Kalkman on Feb 12, 2009 9:14 AM EST

During yesterday's chat (transcript is here), I ran a poll asking readers in whom they were the most disappointed in relation to this whole PED mess. The results were a bit surprising, but I'd like to get a larger sample size. So... here's the poll. Feel free to explain your vote in the comments.

Poll

Regarding this whole PED mess in MLB, who are you most disappointed in?

Bud Selig and the owners

102 votes

The MLBPA

62 votes

ARod and/or other superstars who used PEDs

11 votes

All players who used PEDs

37 votes

Baseball fans

9 votes

The media

128 votes

349 votes | Poll has closed

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You left out my choice...

Self-righteous baseball writers.

by psiogen on Feb 12, 2009 9:26 AM EST reply actions

The media?

That was my vote.

by yellomellojello on Feb 12, 2009 10:11 AM EST up reply actions

Good call, I added that option (without the "self-righteous" commentary).

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Feb 12, 2009 10:13 AM EST up reply actions

I'm most disappointed in Congress

of course, for that to be true, we probably ought to have a high opinion of them to begin with, right? Seriously, though — all of the above are to blame, with probably Selig and other MLB executives tops on the list but I think that Congress turned the whole thing into a sideshow in an attempt to glorify their own egos. Do they really care? Is this really about little Jimmy? It’s about their self-righteous indignation and getting some quality facetime on the nightly news. They weren’t looking for any solutions. They were simply looking for someone the public perceived as evil so they could point their fingers at them and embarrass them. Their performance both w/ the first set (Palmeiro, Sosa, McGwire, et al) and then w/ Clemens was reprehensible.

by chuckb on Feb 12, 2009 1:09 PM EST reply actions