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I know, I know, a second post in a day.  Like I said, I’m halfway out the door here.

I was watching some of the Giants-Dodgers game last night and caught Barry Bonds’ at-bat in the eighth inning to hear the loud, raucous booing going on.  I know this is one of the greatest rivalries in baseball, second only to the Yankees-Red Sox (only for publicity’s sake). 

And, I know that Barry is Dodger-faithful enemy number one.  That all is completely obvious. 

Though last night, I could not help but think of the Dodger fans as hypocrites.  Not only is Los Angeles the kingdom of fake people.  Per capita there is more fake-baking and silicon, botox, and plastic walking around there than anywhere else. 

Not only that, these are the same fans that joyously rooted for Eric Gagne when he was shattering save records.  I, and I am not the only one, truly believe that Gagne, who never could cut it at the Major League level, came out of nowhere to have the greatest two seasons a closer has EVER had.  Then, just as fast as his rise, he had serious injury issues and vanished, only to resurface with a fastball at least 9 mph slower.  Hmmm.  That was clean stuff.

Another Dodger favorite that may not be as squeaky clean as everyone wants to believe is Nomar Garciaparra.  During his heyday with the Red Sox, Nomah was a little more bloated than he is now, and there was a lot more pop in the line drives he used to rip.  After a long bout with injury issues, Nomah is now a contact hitter who will occasionally spring for a long ball, like he did last night.  I’m not calling him a steroid user, I’m just asking a question.  That is all.

This was just a quick little rant.  You all can go back to hating Barry Bonds for doing the exact same thing at least 27% of MLB was doing during the late 90’s and early 00’s. 

That always intimidating middle-infielder, Neifi Perez, has been busted for juicing.  He has to sit out 25 games now.  Obviously, the ‘roids have been helping Nef out.  Check out his career numbers. 

If Perez was taking illegal performance enhancers, doesn’t this sort of support my theory of ’blame one, blame all’ when it comes to steroids.  Barry Bonds continues to take his beating, yet far too many players get the benefit of the doubt, which is, for lack of a better word, crap.   If guys hitting .172 and seldom seeig the field are on juice during baseball’s toughest drug-testing period, how many guys were openly popping pills, rubbing creams, and injecting juice when nobody was being tested and everybody was pining for homeruns?  It’s outrageous. 

Oh, and speaking of performance-enhancing supplements, the Tour de France is set to get under way.  I think this is steroids’ (and other performance enhancers’) best time of year.  The Tour de France gets under way.  MLB is in full swing, and some players might need that little ‘extra boost’ for the Homerun Derby, or to get through the ‘dog days of summer’. 

I fear that I am becoming somewhat jaded, but at least I have the greatest power forward of all time’s future teammates tipping off as we speak.  NBA Summer League actions has begun with the Spurs facing the 76ers.