I’d like to give a shout-out to regular Ivy Envy podcast guest and Dispatch-Argus sportswriter, Matt Veto.  Veto has the unfortunate responsibility of covering the Cardinals and their Single-A affiliate here in the Quad Cities.  With the Cardinals Caravan rolling into town yesterday, I expected today’s Sports Page to be dominated by Cardinals.  I was pleasantly surprised when I started Veto’s column and saw the word “steroids” five words in.  I appreciate the reminder to the general public that the Cardinals have hired an admitted cheater.

I mentioned this whole McGwire/Jack Clark thing to a Cardinals fan today and he stated he felt that Jack Clark deserved boo’s for “speaking against a fellow former Cardinal”.  The following quote is from Veto’s column:

“What he and Sammy (Sosa) did at the time put people in the seats for the next five or 10 years, even up until today. It rejuvenated the game. I kind of wished the whole thing never came out, but it did.” — Former third baseman Ken Reitz on Mark McGwire and his steroids admission.

Yes, the regret is that it came out.  There’s no regret that those guys were inflating statistics by injecting themselves.

For some reason, my hatred for the Cardinals has softened in the last few years.  It’s quickly becoming more intense than it ever was.  I suppose posts on consecutive days about the Cardinals might be the first sign that this is happening.

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