Jose Canseco is claiming that the current baseball scandal wouldn't have happened if Sammy Sosa was white.

"I guarantee you if this were Mark McGwire or Cal Ripken Jr., a so-called 'protected athlete', an 'All-American' name, this would have never happen because I've seen things that some players have done, and they are white players and they're completely covered up ... if he were a white superstar player, this would never, never happen."

Now, I didn't see the game, but my understanding is that the events unfolded on live television. Is Mr. Canseco claiming that a white man's bat wouldn't have shattered? Or that someone slipped Sammy the corked bat because he is a Black Latino? I'm confused. I have seen replay footage, and no one on camera shouted, "He's a minority! Check his bat for cork!!"

"So this is an attack on his character. This is an attack on minorities in general, and I'm really disgusted with it. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and I know that the media is a part of this."

I would howl along with the rest if, based on this incident, MLB officials started some minority-targeted witchhunt, confiscating all of the bats used by, say Barry Bonds, for x-rays. But that's not happening. Actually, the league disclosed immediately that Sammy's 76 Other Bats were all lumber. The "investigation" is being drawn out until after the Cubs-Yankees matchups are over. All I saw on sports news this morning were "media" clips of the ovation Sosa received when he took to the field at Wrigley last night.

If this is a media conspiracy targeting Sammy Sosa's character and minorities in general, they're certainly losing their edge. If anything, it sounds more like a Jose Canseco conspiracy to tarnish the media's image... For shame.