You never cease to amaze me with your illogical arguments in discussions of sports.
You have no evidence at all that “Washington gave them permission to lie on his behalf,” because you have no evidence at all that the team’s assertion that it was NOT a relapse is a lie.
As for “it’s a drug relapse until proven otherwise,” things might work like that in your head, but not for most people, who wait for evidence before damning someone.
And what’s with the self-righteous attitude? Why do you care if it’s a relapse? As far as i’m concerned, the only reason for an outsider to care should be in order to wish Washington the best, and hope that he gets better soon. I don’t know why you need to make this into some morality play, where you get to hand down judgments about his credibility.
More bullshit. He has far more to lose by lying than by relapsing. He’s already a known addict - and he was hired as a manager in spite of that. Are to you the one fond of pointing out “cognitive dissonance”? Well, you’re displaying it
I fully acknowledge he has admitted to drug use in the past. That does not mean that drug use is the reason for his current situation, and nor does it mean that Texas’s response to the issue constitutes a lie on behalf of Washington.
It would be really stupid of Ron Washington and the Rangers to deny that he’s had a drug relapse if in fact he has had a relapse. The truth is likely to come out sooner or later, and if the Rangers’ statement on his behalf turned out to be a lie, both he and the organization would look terrible.
Sorry, a drug addict is NEVER a “former/recovereD” addict. Before anyone asks, yes I am surprised Hamilton has apparently stayed on the straight a narrow.
Odd that you put former/recovered in quotes there, since absolutely no one in this thread has even suggested otherwise. When are you going to run out of straw?
Another straw man, as observed by Munch. No-one here has described Washington as a former or recovered addict.
Also, despite the fact that there may be no such thing as a former or recovered addict, there are addicts–many of them–who never relapse into using drugs.
As insanely frustrating as the Blue Jays are, it remains an enormous pleasure to watch Jose Bautista play baseball, and I wish him well wherever he ends up because I assume he’s going to demand to be traded from this eternally mediocre team.
Marcus Stroman is also wonderful, and we get to watch him for another five years before he leaves for a place where he can win.
God, the A’s are just pathetic right now. Leading by one run with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning, they give up a home run to tie the game, and then lose it in extra innings. Eight games back now.