The BBWAA Hates Bacne: The Mike Piazza Argument

     Mike Piazza is a first ballot Hall of Famer, hands down, no questions asked! But he was snubbed by the cult known as the Baseball Writers Association of America. Why? Because of mere speculation that he was a product of the black cloud known as the steroid era of Major League Baseball.  Speculation, that somehow overshadowed Piazza's clear first ballot résumé.

     In a time where the "anonymous source" is considered journalistic gold, not one local writer that left Piazza off their ballot, could come up with the smallest shred of solid evidence (anonymous or otherwise), in any piece of garbage article that they've ever written, suggesting Mike Piazza's guilt in the use of steroids or any other performance enhancing drugs.  In fact the biggest piece of evidence you hear from these self-proclaimed gate-keeper's is that Piazza had acne... on his back... Bacne!

     -First of all, STOP WATCHING THE GUY SHOWER!!!
     -Secondly, If  bacne is proof of steroid use, me and my entire high school baseball team must have been the biggest juiceheads on the planet (we weren't... At least, most of us weren't... There I go speculating... Maybe we should give back our State Championship runner up title).

     Joking aside, Piazza has been unfairly labeled a "juicer," and thrown into purgatory with a group of villains such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemons, by the likes of men whom have never dug into a batter's box, broken up a double play, hit a breaking ball, or got caught in a rundown.  In fact, these guys don't even qualify to manage the equipment, keep the book, or even guard the sunflower seeds for a little league team. I am talking about the BBWAA. The uncoordinated, ass-kissing, chess nerds that somehow have an important say in who is allowed in the MLB Hall of Fame. These hacks made this year's vote about themselves. They made the headlines this year, not the players like Craig Biggio and MIKE PIAZZA that deserve to be enshrined. The story is not about baseball achievements, it's about the clowns that own the vote. And it couldn't be made any more clear than it was in today's Bill Madden column in the Daily News.

"Critics need to shut up over shutout... Save your breath. The system isn't going to be changed because it is working."     -Emperor Palpatine - NY Daily News

     Madden and his minions, most notably Jon Heyman and Ken "The Troll" Rosenthal, make it very clear they consider themselves bigger than the game. Yesterday's vote results proved it. But when the BBWAA has members that vote for Sean Green and not Mike Piazza (and some turd who voted for Aaron Sele), how can we be expected to take these clowns seriously? How can they claim the system is working?

     Mike Piazza should have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday on his first ballot opportunity, but unfortunately he's been labeled guilty until proven innocent.  Piazza is only guilty of being a power hitter during the steroid era. And in a time when the "anonymous source" is a valued journalistic tool, it's not surprising that "suspicion" has become just as potent.

-Trip McFeely