Woja thinkin’ Wojciechowski???
By Kris | May 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
ESPN recently ran a column by Gene Wojciechowski and the steroid scandal that is still brewing in MLB (read the article here).
Are you kidding me, Wojciechowski makes it seem like Kirk Radomski is doing something wrong by being willing to testify about the HGH/Steroids issues and what he knows about them. Although an opinion piece, this was a disappointing issue and, in my opinion, falls well below the standard of typical ESPN reporting.
Granted, my opinion is that players using HGH or any performance enhancing substance are dirty–I don’t care if “everyone is doing it,” that argument didn’t work for my parents and I’m sure it didn’t work for yours or the athlete’s! But Wojciechowski hit below the belt calling Radomski a “career jockstrap picker-upper,”A guy who retrieved sweaty sani socks off the clubhouse floor.”
This is the kind of attitude that keeps whistleblowers from coming forward, let’s ridicule them, make them look like they’ve done something wrong. I don’t care if the MLB corporate culture says what happens here stays here. If it’s unfair or illegal, as far as I see it you are an accomplice if you keep your mouth shut!
My Two Cents: This is poor reporting for any journalist. It’s not like he’s attacking Radomski’s credibility alone, Wojciechowski is making personal attacks on Radomski and that’s unprofessional!
I agree. The gratuitous name-calling really bothered me. Sent the following message to Gene shortly after that column appeared but never got a response.
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I just read your column about Radomski. I get the point of your column, and, for the most part, I agree with it. But I wonder if you could’ve made your point without disparaging Radomski (e.g., by calling him a “career jockstrap picker-upper”)? And if you could’ve, then why disparage him? What does his being a “career jockstrap picker-upper” have to do with his being a law breaker?