August 03, 2005

Mixed Messages This article on SI.com about Rafael Palmiero's suspension from baseball for using steroids includes prominent text ads to buy Stanozolol. Nice editorial integrity, huh?
posted by es el Queso 19 years ago
  • Awesome. Googlenicity. Was he using when he testified before Congress? Could be. Maybe that's the reason he was so emphatic. Period.
  • First time I clicked it, the ads weren't for stanozolol. Second time, yeah. Better get a screenshot. ;)
  • Nice find, es el Queso. There's an interesting piece on this at Yard Work right now.
  • thanks for the link to yard-work, patita! i am a big baseball nut and never knew it existed--- nice roster of writers they have.
  • The words "editorial integrity" dont really apply to Sports Illustrated anyway. Neither do the words "journalism," "writing," or "magazine."
  • As a heads up to anyone looking at Yard Work: it is satire/spoof (so the writers listed don't reflect true authors in all cases). That said, it's a great look at the game. High quality stuff.
  • Palmiero lied to Congress. Last time I checked, that was a felony.
  • ah, but the test was conducted after his testimony to Congress.
  • Some have suggested that the slugger (and other ballplayers) needed to use Viagra because of their rampant abuse of performance enhanching substances. paging irony . . .
  • Idiots. Overpaid. Idiots.
  • Yeah, this makes me angry. I was a huge fan of Palmiero until this.