[Howlin]

Did "the white man" make Sosa cork that bat?

BTW, he got an 8 game suspension.

[presidio9]

Pedro: Racist press bashes Sosa

(sigh) I guess this was inevitible.

[LanPB01]

Ah, yes. The ever present "racist press". Give me a break, Pedro! By the way, Peter Gammons addressed Pedro's remarks at ESPN.com earlier today.

[M. Peach]

You never heard Chico Escuela talk like that. Remember him? "Besibol has bin berry berry good to me."

[Dan from Michigan]

Sosa is probably the most popular player(at least was) in baseball.

[SwinneySwitch]

"Even that guy at Fox, this guy said, `Hey, let's go, smile,' as if that's something that's supposed to be fun. (Expletive), I'm going to go and hunt the guy down."

Sounds like a "terroristic threat" to me!

[G.Mason]

[grumple]

Wow...more of what baseball really needs....

[grumple]

gives a new definition to the term "corkscrewed"...

...sorry...just had to do that...

[dagnabbit]

Can't wait to see the first time Corky takes to the field at an away game. There are going to be enough wine stoppers sailing onto the outfield to stock a Gallo bottler.

[B Knotts]

Martinez is an idiot. Sammy was (is?) one of the most, if not the most beloved players in the game.

[PianoMan]

Not be too optimistic, but I think the race-baiting argument is in its death throes. It has become such self-parody that moderates and independents aren't buying it like they used to. I hope public figures keep up comments like this becase it will make it a thoroughly spent argument by 2008.

[Ready4Freddy]

"On ESPN Wednesday night, Canseco questioned that if Sosa were white and his bat were found to be corked, there would not be nearly the same level of hysteria."

Absolutley, if the 'white guy' in question had 500+ dingers (said dingers being suspect now, of course).

[newgeezer]

Pedro: Racist press bashes Sosa

Thanks for helping us form a better-informed opinion about you, Pedro. Both you and Canseco sank to new lows this week. Hope you enjoy each other's company!

[Free ThinkerNY]

[Stone Mountain]

Yeah - if a white man was caught cheating, they would let it go. Like they did for Pete Rose... : )

[joesnuffy]

America that great "racist" nation
who else has "affirmative action"
who else has the highest number of black brown yellow red etc millionaires or billionaires?
just when you thought 'patriotism' was the last refuge of a scoundrel...

[SoDak]

McGwire would have been nailed just as badly. Everyone knows these 60+ homer numbers are coming thru cheating (drugs, not corks), so it's beyond me why the media IS making any big deal out of it.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Living in the Chicagoland area, I can only say that this whole "story", while extremely unimportant, and not newsworthy; is a whole lot more interesting than seeing the high school "hazing incident" story on our local news 200 times a day.

Must be a slow news month. I'm glad the local media is in touch with what is really important.

[ozzymandus]

A whining, millionaire punk threatening to "get" people isn't very impressive. Remember George Brett's bat with 1/2" too much pine tar on it? Oh, wait, George is white, so I guess his suspension was perfectly OK.