Saturday, April 18, 2009

A record with an asterisk


I loved him when he played for the Cubs, and I'll admit I probably intentionally didn't see the signs of his (alleged) steroid use because I didn't want to believe it. On this day in 2004, Sammy Sosa passed Ernie Banks on the all-time Cubs home run list. When I read that now, however, I mentally insert an *. Don't you?