The Sky is Blue (Part II)

ESPN is reporting that Rafael Palmeiro has been suspended for violating the league's substance abuse policy. I've never been a fan of the Rafy-to-HOF campaign, and this cements my vote. This guy has never been anything more than a artificially enhanced hitting robot for bad AL teams. Now he's proven (after directly lying to the public and to Congress) that the rumors of his steroid use are true, rendering his allegedly HOF-worthy offensive numbers completely worthless. He's a fraud, and he should not ever be allowed to enter the HOF without first purchasing a ticket.

Palmeiro is either guilty of lying under oath to Congress or was actually dumb enough to start using steroids for the first time after testifying to Congress about them and after MLB actually implemented a testing policy. Here is some of Palmeiro's testimony to Congress courtesy of the Washington Post:

"Let me start by telling you this," Palmeiro said in his opening statement, looking directly at Davis and pointing at the committee chairman with his index finger. "I have never used steroids, period."

Compare Craig Biggio's durability, versatility and consistent string of all-around excellence (free of any steroid allegations or violations) with Palmeiro's needle-inflated fraud of a career, and you will see the difference between a true HOF (Biggio) and a steroid-powered product of Bud Selig's reign (Rafy).