Just another doper

Dear Weepy,

Though Swami was born at night, he wasn’t born LAST NIGHT!

What are you, stupid?

All other evidence aside, here’s what Swami can tell you about pro baseball players and their credibility.

They are the cheapest guys since Ebeneezer Scrooge. Rely on that cheapness as evidence

We have no particular wish to call out Bennett for a fight on his integrity, (well, that's not exactly true) But here's the thing The chance he bought an expensive banned substance from a clubhouse connection and paid with a $3,200 check (and just how amazingly dumb was that?), and then dumped it out, doesn't seem likely.

We’re not sure what happened to the rest of his HDH stash after he used up one dose or how much $3,200 buys you in banned substances. What we do sense is that very llittle of Bennett's story passes the smell test.

By the way, do you notice how every major leaguer caught in the doping scandal now says he used it only once?

("Sure, you honor, I drank a beer in 1993, but I swear I never drank one again. AND, I didn't inhale.")

Swami has never known a player who would have let a $3,200 investment go to pot – to coin a phrase. He would have used it, or sold it, or traded it to another player for good booze. Baseball players never pour a half empty can of Budweiser down the drain.

That still doesn’t make him innocent of anything.

Baseball players are just a cheap bunch of lug nuts.

You may wonder why a 10-year player with no a particular shine to his record would ruin future employment chances as a manager by doing this. Baseball has a profound amnesia, even when it comes to mediocrities like Bennett.

Just a few days after the news came out about the HDH, the Dodgers signed Bennett to a one -year contract for $875,000 after the Cardinals had paid him $50,000 to buy out his option. He's earned millions playing mediocre baseball.

and 900 G’s ia year s a pretty good incentive from where the Swami sits. It shows just how few competent backup catchers there are in the world.

So, he’s still our guy in the Big Leagues.

Hallelujah.

Praise the Lord and Pass the Needles.

By the way, here’s the wire service quotation from the Dodgers: "Gary provides us with a veteran catcher who can spell Russell from time to time," Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said. "He has been a member of some very good teams and the fact that he has spent his entire major league career in the National League is also something we found to be beneficial."

And, oh, coincidentally he’s one of the identified dopers, but let’s not dwell on the past, shall we?