Hypocrisy Rules Sports As We Know It Today

For years when Barry Bonds stepped to the plate at any baseball stadium other than AT&T Park in San Francisco he was greeted with an overwhelming chorus of boos.  Not only was he booed because he was the other teams best player but because he was considered the poster child for cheating.  Of the many chorus' of boos, none rang out louder than at Dodger Stadium.  LA fans hated Bonds for many of the same reasons that other fans did.  Not only was he the best player on the other team and the center piece for controversy in the grand old game but he was all of those on the Dodgers most hated rival.  Fans of the Dodgers could always boast that none of their guys cheated and disgraced the game in the way that a Giants player had.  That all ended back in May when it was revealed that Manny Ramirez had tested positive for HCG which is often taken by steroid users who are looking to start the bodies natural testosterone production.  No longer could ... (link)