Comments on: Romero, MLBPA Question Suspension http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/01/06/romero-mlbpa-question-suspension/ Covering America's Favorite Pastime Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Baer http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/01/06/romero-mlbpa-question-suspension/comment-page-1/#comment-3489 Bill Baer Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:48:14 +0000 http://www.baseballdigestdaily.com/blogs/2009/01/06/romero-mlbpa-question-suspension/#comment-3489 Oh, no doubt. They're trying to tackle a huge, controversial issue and they're doing a piss-poor job of doing it. Not that the NFL is a sparkling example of an organization doing things right, but they at least handle the drug issue about as well as any organization we've seen. MLB is just run top-to-bottom by incompetent personnel. I'm sure John Brattain can explain that in much better detail than I can. The Mitchell Report was MLB's way of saying, "We're just going to use this as a symbol that we've fixed this problem." They're totally unprepared to handle anything else, so they have to make examples of the few people here and there they actually manage to catch in their poorly-made web. Romero is, unfortunately, such a victim. And he has no one in his corner, not even the MLBPA, which is supposed to be in his corner. Just reprehensible all around.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3489','Bill Baer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3489','Bill Baer','Oh, no doubt. They\'re trying to tackle a huge, controversial issue and they\'re doing a piss-poor job of doing it. Not that the NFL is a sparkling example of an organization doing things right, but they at least handle the drug issue about as well as any organization we\'ve seen. MLB is just run top-to-bottom by incompetent personnel. I\'m sure John Brattain can explain that in much better detail than I can.\r\n\r\nThe Mitchell Report was MLB\'s way of saying, \"We\'re just going to use this as a symbol that we\'ve fixed this problem.\" They\'re totally unprepared to handle anything else, so they have to make examples of the few people here and there they actually manage to catch in their poorly-made web. Romero is, unfortunately, such a victim. And he has no one in his corner, not even the MLBPA, which is supposed to be in his corner. Just reprehensible all around.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Oh, no doubt. They’re trying to tackle a huge, controversial issue and they’re doing a piss-poor job of doing it. Not that the NFL is a sparkling example of an organization doing things right, but they at least handle the drug issue about as well as any organization we’ve seen. MLB is just run top-to-bottom by incompetent personnel. I’m sure John Brattain can explain that in much better detail than I can.

The Mitchell Report was MLB’s way of saying, “We’re just going to use this as a symbol that we’ve fixed this problem.” They’re totally unprepared to handle anything else, so they have to make examples of the few people here and there they actually manage to catch in their poorly-made web. Romero is, unfortunately, such a victim. And he has no one in his corner, not even the MLBPA, which is supposed to be in his corner. Just reprehensible all around.

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]]> By: Joe Hamrahi http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/01/06/romero-mlbpa-question-suspension/comment-page-1/#comment-3488 Joe Hamrahi Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:11:30 +0000 http://www.baseballdigestdaily.com/blogs/2009/01/06/romero-mlbpa-question-suspension/#comment-3488 You make some valid points Bill, and I certainly appreciate the discussion. We just have different opinions. If anything, I think we just further justified the need for the league to clarify its entire policy.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3488','Joe Hamrahi'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3488','Joe Hamrahi','You make some valid points Bill, and I certainly appreciate the discussion. We just have different opinions. If anything, I think we just further justified the need for the league to clarify its entire policy.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You make some valid points Bill, and I certainly appreciate the discussion. We just have different opinions. If anything, I think we just further justified the need for the league to clarify its entire policy.
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]]> By: Bill Baer http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/01/06/romero-mlbpa-question-suspension/comment-page-1/#comment-3487 Bill Baer Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:52:18 +0000 http://www.baseballdigestdaily.com/blogs/2009/01/06/romero-mlbpa-question-suspension/#comment-3487 I’m just curious why he wouldn’t just call the drug hotline.

Hindsight is 20/20. I can’t fault him for trusting the judgment of two professionals he personally deals with face-to-face as opposed to a complete stranger over the phone (if, in fact, he actually deals with a human being).

I don’t know how the hotline works, so I will refrain from commenting on that aspect, but if it’s anything like other hotlines, it probably being put on hold for 25 minutes, going through a maze of computer-operated prompts, and talking with someone from India. Personally, I try as hard as I can to stay away from that stuff and maybe Romero is the same way. Again, this is just my supposition and not at all based in fact.

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