Melky Cabrera

If you'll forgive the brief moment of self-reflection, we'd like to recall a brief section from our 2008 book God Save the Fan. It concerned how differently PED suspensions were covered in football than they were in baseball. At the risk of the people who hold the copyright to our own book suing us, here's the section: Two years ago, San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, one of the top defensive players in the game, tested positive for an injectable steroid (typically, he said it was accidentally ingested from an over-the-counter supplement, which is like saying you "accidentally" had sex with your secretary) and was suspended for four games. Was there outrage and betrayal? ...