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February 27, 2003
This Afternoon On The Wire
The mayor of Portland, Oregon met with the head of all the state's Native American tribes to discuss a plan that would help the city float bonds to build a new baseball stadium to help bring the Montreal Expos to town. In return, the city would then allow the tribes to build a casino on lands outside their reservation. Under current law, Native American gaming operations can only be located on tribal lands. The Dallas Cowboys made it official, and released Emmitt Smith. As I said earlier today, expect Smith to find a starting job and an incentive-laden contract somewhere else next season. I'm still betting on Washington. In a half-measure that's not going to cut it with the public, Major League Baseball has banned the use of Ephedrine in Minor League Baseball. Down in Florida, one of the New York Yankees' more expensive acquisitions, Hideki Matsui, hit his first Spring Training homerun in only his second at-bat. And finally, David Wells, not exactly the poster boy for clean living, has revealed that he was hungover when he threw a perfect game in Yankee Stadium in 1998. Four-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong told a Spanish newspaper that he is seperating from his wife of nearly five years, Kristin Armstrong. They have three children. At the Match Play Championship in Carlsbad, California, Tiger Woods announced that he might not play in the European Tour event in Dubai next week over concerns about a possible U.S. invasion of Iraq. UPDATE: The ABC News version of the AP story on Wells' book drop managed to drop a boatload of details. In the original AP wire story, Wells gets down and dirty about steroids: "Down in the minors, where virtually every flat-broke, baloney-sandwich-eating Double-A prospect is chasing after the same, elusive, multimillion-dollar payday, the use of anabolic homer-helpers is flat-out booming," Wells wrote. "At just about 12 bucks per shot, those steroid vials must be seen as a really solid investment." He writes that amphetamines are so commonplace that "stand in the middle of your clubhouse and walk 10 feet in any direction, chances are you'll find what you need." "As a pitcher, I won't ever object to a sleepy-eyed middle infielder beaning up to help me win," Wells said. "That may not be the politically correct spin on the practice, but I really couldn't care less." That's not all. Coming just a week after the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler, Wells' assertions are a black eye that baseball doesn't need.
Eric
05:28 PM
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