Even before the Boston Baseball Writers' Association Dinner began tonight, Mike Lowell had already made the news. Mike was asked about whether he would submit to blood testing for HGH - and he said yes... if the test was proven to be 100% accurate.
While I understand his point, I think it's going to be difficult to ever find ANY testing method that is absolutely, positively, without a doubt 100% correct with zero margin of error. Are any medical testing methods 100% foolproof? Testing for steroids is far from being 100%, and yet MLB (and the Players Union) has deemed the problem serious enough, and the test reliable enough, to institute testing anyway. So if we're waiting for an HGH test that has a zero margin of error, we're going to be waiting a loooooooong time.If it's 99 percent accurate, that's going to be seven false positives. Ninety-three percent is 70 guys. That's almost three whole rosters. You're destroying someone's reputation. What if one of the false positives is Cal Ripken? Doesn't it put a black mark on his career?
On a completely unrelated note, Mike totally has a crush on Rene Russo. Per the Associated Press report, he "gushed" about getting to do a photoshoot with her... and was more excited about that than his upcoming White House dinner with the President. BURN.
"I'm pretty sure most people are going to say, 'Who's that guy with Rene Russo?' " Lowell said. "It was awesome. I had to do nothing. I just kept looking straight."
on January 17, 2008 9:07 PM
Oh, my...that's a beautiful photo.
(Had to leave white space to catch breath)
Right now I'm wishing I was Rene.