David Justice Says Everyone "Knows He's Doesn't Do Needles", Where's Vina?
Friday, December 14, 2007
There's obviously a huge backlash coming in the wake of the Mitchell Report being released and there are a few members of the media that have some explaining to do. Most notably David Justice (YES) and Fernando Vina (ESPN). ESPN chose to keep Fernando under wraps yesterday, but Justice was on the YES Network to explain that he never took HGH or any drug....
So Justice addressed the issue with a pretty steadfast denial, but where is Vina? Just like the Golic Steroids issue a few weeks back we have another instance where ESPN isn't tapping into one of its own resources on a particular issue.
As far as Justice, I think he falls under the category of not really knowing what the drug was. I think you'll find that a good number of older players named will be taking this stance of ignorance in the coming days. And to honest....it could be pretty valid.
Labels: Baseball Tonight, David Justice, ESPN Nonsense, Fernando Vina, steroids
13 Comments:
Dear Dave, not all steroids require needles. But besides the point you should say you did steroids so that you had an excuse for slapping Halle Berry around, because there is no excuse for that.
You know what blows me away the most? I actually believe him.
I had like a 1 minute piece on Vina this morning on SportsCenter. They said they tried to contact him but "he hasn't responded."
I'm already bored with the Mitchell Report.
If Vina "hasn't responded", I have to think his short career with ESPN is over.
AA-where have you been in the am? Are you doing something to make it up to us tonight?
Mitchell Report = Overrated
It brought up nothing new and people can assume themselves who did the stuff and who hasn't. Then once people start dying earlier and start admitting they made mistakes by taking steroids and HGH later in life we will actually find out who was cheating.
Speaking of Golic, is it a coincidence his week off coincided with the release of the Mitchell Report? I think not. Espnradio didn't want him to be part of the conversation.
Speaking of Golic, is it a coincidence his week off coincided with the release of the Mitchell Report? I think not. Espnradio didn't want him to be part of the conversation.
Thomas- Sorry..."real" job has been killing me in the mornings lately. I'm trying to post as much as I can overnight to make up for it.
Anon- That's a conspiracy theory....and I like it!
ESPN said Vina hadn't respnded to Mitchell's inquiries...not to ESPN.
Just to clarify.
Vina's tenure at ESPN was already over. The player analysts - outside of tenured guys like Kruk - are just hired for the season. Once the season is over, they're free to go until/unless ESPN wants to bring them back.
is it just me or did the interviewer ask like five "final" questions?