As this discussion has pretty well run its course (thank you for the perspective and insight) I thought I would share these quotes from baseball. I simply submit these as food for thought: (I cannot verify that these are 100% accurate, I got them from a web source)
"The rule is, ‘Do anything you can get away with.’ (Heywood Broun, New York World, 1923)
"I don’t put any foreign substances on the baseball. Everything I use is from the good old U.S.A." (Yankee Pitcher George Frazier)
"I’d trip my mother. I’ll help her up, brush her off, tell her I’m sorry. But mother don’t make it to third." (Leo Durocher)
"I didn’t begin cheating until late in my career, when I needed something to help me survive. I didn’t cheat when I won the twenty-five games in 1961. I don’t want anybody to get any ideas and take my Cy Young Award away. And I didn’t cheat in 1963 when I won twenty-four games. Well, maybe a little." (Whitey Ford)
"If you know how to cheat, start now." (Hall of Famer Earl Weaver)
This Day in History: Sports Illustrated Publishes an Article Alleging Pete Rose Bet on Major League Baseball Games
"The rule is, ‘Do anything you can get away with.’ (Heywood Broun, New York World, 1923)
"I don’t put any foreign substances on the baseball. Everything I use is from the good old U.S.A." (Yankee Pitcher George Frazier)
"I’d trip my mother. I’ll help her up, brush her off, tell her I’m sorry. But mother don’t make it to third." (Leo Durocher)
"I didn’t begin cheating until late in my career, when I needed something to help me survive. I didn’t cheat when I won the twenty-five games in 1961. I don’t want anybody to get any ideas and take my Cy Young Award away. And I didn’t cheat in 1963 when I won twenty-four games. Well, maybe a little." (Whitey Ford)
"If you know how to cheat, start now." (Hall of Famer Earl Weaver)
This Day in History: Sports Illustrated Publishes an Article Alleging Pete Rose Bet on Major League Baseball Games