http://contexts.org/crawler/2008/02/12/baseball-masculinity-and-friendship/ Sociology Online Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:13:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://contexts.org/crawler/2008/02/12/baseball-masculinity-and-friendship/#comment-4 doug5 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:11:52 +0000 http://contexts.org/crawler/2008/02/12/baseball-masculinity-and-friendship/#comment-4 This seems to be more like an extension of the drug culture: "honor among thieves" or in this case drug users. Perhaps self-deception. Roger admits to being injected with vitamin B12 -- did he really think it was only B12? I don't think lying is just a male thing. There must be some women with power who do the right thing(not) and don't snitch(do) if they become trapped in the criminal mind set. Morals in sports? What morals? Just wait until they figure out how to modify the genes that control natural human hormones: Astronauts will have to be sent to the moon to retrieve home-run baseballs. This seems to be more like an extension of the drug culture: “honor among thieves” or in this case drug users. Perhaps self-deception. Roger admits to being injected with vitamin B12 — did he really think it was only B12? I don’t think lying is just a male thing. There must be some women with power who do the right thing(not) and don’t snitch(do) if they become trapped in the criminal mind set. Morals in sports? What morals? Just wait until they figure out how to modify the genes that control natural human hormones: Astronauts will have to be sent to the moon to retrieve home-run baseballs.

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