Rick's World: July 2009

I strongly believe that PEDs are so prevalent in sports, probably dating back to amphetamine use in the 50s and earlier, that to suggest any baseball team has been able to win the World Series in recent history without a roster full of players on PEDs or that anyone has won the Tour de France in recent history without PEDs is simply just silly (sorry Lance, 2009 doesn't convince me otherwise).

So I've felt little need to respond to Red Sox Nation's recent drivel about steroids and A-Rod and the Yankees, absolutely sure as the truth trickles out, vindication will come. Then there was Manny's 5o game suspension, and now, Manny and David Ortiz (BTW, two Red Sox players I found hard to dislike) both were on the 2003 list (duh):

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-ortiz-ramirez-druglist&prov=ap&type=lgns

Come on folks, Big Papi was WAIVED by the Twins in 2002, in 2004 he's suddenly one of the most feared hitters in the game. There's only one way that happens:

1997