I think the problem that people have with you labeling Andy a cheater is the broad brush stroke that covers him with players that clearly used PEDs on a regular basis to improve their performance. From what I understand, his statements have been backed up by the Mitchell Report (for whatever that is worth) and he the reason he has given for his use, if nothing else, appeals to the average baseball fan. He said that he did it because he wanted to be on the field helping his teammates win and earning the substantial amount of money he was being paid. On top of that he took a total of 3 injections. Labeling him a cheater lumps him in with players that have gone far beyong what Andy has done.

Another question I have is, do you know if doctors have prescribed HGH to speed up the healing of the type of injuries he had?

“It also was banned by baseball. Using any sort of controlled substance without permission has been illegal in baseball rules since the 1970s.”

HGH is not a controlled substance according to federal law (some state laws vary on this). Legally speaking, what he did was the equivalent of taking, say, a puff from an asthma inhaler that he did not have a prescription for. It’s not on the same level at all as taking anabolic steroids which is a controlled substance.

You are wrong. - and there is no gray there. There are many women that would find some of those things that you say are not cheating to be cheating and there are others that would not. Therefore it is gray. Anyway, it is your silly analogy.

I don’t read the mag and there is no editing or spell checking on here — I can forgive misspellings. I don’t forgive arrogance laced with stupidity. In my experience, people who believe there is always a black and a white and never a gray are fooling themselves or are presently serving as President of the United States.

Hate to break it to you, but the simple fact is you don’t know that. You can ASSUME that, but you don’t know it. Mussina SAYS he didn’t. That’s the extent of it.

Therein lies the state of MLB today. There are really only 3 categories - those that have admitted they did, those that are suspected or implicated by one of a few slimeballs, but who we really don’t know for sure, and those that aren’t implicated, but ALSO we don’t really know for sure.

Yeah, nothing like black and white for me, thanks.

So are the Yankees obnoxious too?”

So should I NOT be shocked that Pete sees no difference between himself, a reporter, and the Yankees, Andy’s employer ??? I mean give me a break already.

Arresting or targeting African Americans for breaking the law because they are African Americans, while allowing others to go free, is a racist pattern of enforcement. They may well be guilty, but a greater evil than the crime they committed is going on. In that case, the goal of a fair society is to punish the greater crime and stop the behavior that taints the prosecution.

Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte are not members of any minority or suspect classification deserving of strict scrutiny and special protection when it comes to government action. Arguably the Mitchell Report is not Government Action. (I’m not so sure).

My point with the speeding ticket example was this: the fact that others who did the same crime may evade apprehension does not diminish the guilt of the one who was caught speeding in any way.