{"id":19559,"date":"2013-02-10T10:09:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=19559"},"modified":"2013-02-10T10:09:08","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T15:09:08","slug":"gio-gonzalez-pitching-in-world-baseball-classic-to-appease-mlb-following-possible-ped-links-is-my-favorite-conspiracy-theory-of-2013-nats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/02\/gio-gonzalez-pitching-in-world-baseball-classic-to-appease-mlb-following-possible-ped-links-is-my-favorite-conspiracy-theory-of-2013-nats\/","title":{"rendered":"Gio Gonzalez pitching in World Baseball Classic to appease MLB following possible PED links is my favorite conspiracy theory of 2013 Nats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Nationals pitcher<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/nationals-journal\/wp\/2013\/02\/09\/gio-gonzalez-to-pitch-for-team-usa-in-world-baseball-classic\/\"> Gio Gonzalez will pitch in Bud Selig&#8217;s World Baseball Classic<\/a> (Nationals Journal, <em>The Post<\/em>) for the United States team. This comes a few weeks after the <em>Miami New Times<\/em> reported he name came up on scraps of paper at a &#8220;weight-loss&#8221; clinic that is suspected of providing performance enhancing drugs. Gonzalez isn&#8217;t alleged to have used anything illegal, but suspicion by association is in play here. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.federalbaseball.com\/2013\/2\/2\/3945762\/washington-nationals-week-in-review-gio-gonzalez-linked-to-florida\">Federal Baseball has a good breakdown<\/a> of what&#8217;s going on with it.<\/p>\n<p>When I heard that Gonzalez was a later addition to the WBC, I joked on twitter that he was <em>encouraged<\/em> by MLB to pitch in the WBC so that the little investigation might go away. I don&#8217;t really believe that happened, but joking about it is kind of fun.<\/p>\n<p>I have a few concerns with Gonzalez going forward:<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get hurt during the WBC! Nats fans are still scarred by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/03\/ucl-tears-are-the-new-punk.html\">Luis Ayala tearing his UCL during the WBC<\/a>. Given how much he was (over)used in 2005, it was likely to happen anyway I suppose, but the memory lingers.<\/p>\n<p>The PEDs thing: Lawyer up, Gio. If you did something wrong, don&#8217;t lie about it and get the suspension over as soon as possible. Sacrificing April and half of May isn&#8217;t the worst thing in the world. Also, the lesson of PED scandals is pretty clear &#8211; if you did, admit and move on. That&#8217;s what Andy Pettite did and nobody thinks about it anymore. Roger Clemens on the other hand&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Opening Day is 50 days away<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez will pitch in Bud Selig&#8217;s World Baseball Classic (Nationals Journal, The Post) for the United States team. 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