This might be a dumb question, and I should have asked it on the Soto thread, but if the WBC is only played every 3 years, what does a 2 year suspension do? Isn’t it like a 4 game suspension on a starting pitcher?

Craig,

Sidney is misspelled in the post title. No biggie, but I figured you’d like to know.

Ben

Sorry Craig, but you got one aspect of this story wrong. Failure is a natural substance in Ponson’s body, success appears to have been synthetic.

“Ha ha!  Look at the fat guy try to improve himself!  And even though I’ve never taken a big league mound, I’m going to make fun of him for being one of lucky few to pitch in the bigs, and way better than me, but not the best of the best.”

You’re a dick.

Grant -

No sense of humor?  Maybe because it’s not funny.

Seriously, this is a mean spirited attack on a guy who has had plenty of issues over the years.  More importantly, it has no fantasy relevance, and is posted specifically to make fun of the guy. 

That, I believe, is the textbook definition of a dick move.

Pylon—this is not a fantasy blog, so I fail to see why anything I write has to have fantasy relevance.

As for Ponson’s issues you mention: they almost all stem from his failure to keep himself in shape despite being paid millions to do so and his choice to abuse alcohol and treat his teammates like ass at multiples stops.  That he is now making the news for using banned substances that easily lend themselves to abuse and addition gives neither him nor his surrogates much of a case for sympathetic treatment.