The Florida Marlins announced today that they have signed catcher Paul Lo Duca to a minor league contract. LoDuca was mentioned in the Mitchell Report - for using performance enhancing drugs. In fact, if you look at the top of this post, you will see a photocopy of a check Paul used to pay for his juice. And the photo below is pretty solid too:
But it doesn't end there... LoDuca's wife filed for divorce after learning her 34-year husband was having an affair with a 19-year old he met at a club on Long Island in 2006.
If adultery and steroids aren't your cup of tea, Paul LoDuca also has a legendary gambling habit. LoDuca has never been called on it by MLB - that would be bad for business, of course. LoDuca insists that he only gambles with offshore casinos and/or he doesn't gamble on baseball games. Given his problems with steroids and adultery, I can see why MLB takes him at his word.
Again, we're not calling on the Marlins or MLB to banish Paul LoDuca to the scrap heap of professional baseball - but that is exactly what has been done to Wally Backman. Despite several minor league titles and a solid track record of developing pro ballplayers, Backman has not received an interview with an MLB-affiliated club since he was railroaded in 2004.
We're just shining a light on that fact.
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