All you folks who watched McGwire and Sosa battle it out and decided "that Sammy sure is a super guy" can take off your blinders now and realize he is not that "bazeball been berry berry good to me" crap. He's not a good guy. Nevermind whether or not I think he's juiced (which I do). He's a bad guy.

Anyway, this week we saw Sammy complain that the Cubs and Dusty Baker should stop blaming him for the Cubs' not making the playoffs.

Umm...earth to Sammy. Hello? Anyone in there? You were named the captain of the team, you are (well, were) the cleanup hitter, and you are SUPPOSED to be a team leader.

What you did was bat about .195 the last month of the season, you couldn't drive in a run if your life depended on it, and you played suspect defense. If this was 1919, YOUR name would be circled on the scorecard every day.

And how did you respond? You showed up late for the last game of the season and didn't dress, claiming a phantom injury. Then, after it was discovered that you were gone after the game, you said you "left in the seventh inning to receive treatment."

Unfortunately, you forgot the security cameras in the clubhouse, which showed you leaving 15 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST PITCH!!

The Cubs fined you one games pay, which is a little over $87,000.

(sidebar: I don't have a problem with guys getting paid whatever they can get paid, but I like to see them work for the money).

The fact that you get paid 87 grand per game and are mad because they didn't want to pay you for the day you didn't dress and snuck out before your team had batted first is laughable. File your grievance. You may get back your 1/162nd of your contract, but the lovefest between you and the city of Chicago is over.

Enjoy the boos, big guy. I hope the 17 MILLION you'll get paid next year can take some of the pain away, you big baby.