Thursday, March 01, 2007

Ready To Pee In A Cup, Mr. Ladson?

Thanks to the King of the Blog Pimp, Maury, for sending along this cheerful news... Our good friends at MLB Advanced Media, who are not subject to the review of MLB or its clubs, have been directed by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig (Funny how that works) to start peeing in cups to ensure that they're not taking steroids.

Now maybe we'll get to the bottom of where that "Rocket" nickname comes from.

Meanwhile, Tom Boswell is hoping that the Post doesn't start doing blood tests for formaldehyde...

(How did I miss the obvious Jim Bowden joke?)

posted by Chris Needham at 9:43 AM

3 Comments:

  • That's a pretty dumb rule. Do they think Mr. Ladson is going to take some sort of drug that will allow him to start writing so well that he's unfair competition to the other writers?

    Drug testing makes some sense in sports in order to protect the athletes, but not in most other occupations.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3/02/2007 7:00 AM  

  • The only rationale for it that I can think of is that it would then allow them to go back to the PA and say, "Hey, you're not a special group anymore; all of our guys do it."

    By Blogger Chris Needham, at 3/02/2007 8:13 AM  

  • The only issue with that is that athletes are a special group. If a player takes a dangerous substance that enhances his performance, then another player must either compete at a disadvantage or use the dangerous substance himself.

    If Ladson starts using dangerous drugs, it won't help him write any better. Svrluga won't have to endanger himself to keep up. Legalities aside, Ladson should be able to take whatever substances he wants as long as it doesn't affect his work performance.

    While all that is true, I'm sure you are right about their motivations, however misguided they may be.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3/02/2007 12:16 PM  

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