Today is indeed a sad one for the National Pastime. News that affable dreadlocked slugger Manny Ramirez abused performance-enhancing drugs has shocked the sports world and couldn’t have come at a worse time, as it will now overshadow the continuing coverage of news that Alex Rodriguez abused performance-enhancing drugs.

As A-Rod returns to action this week, the public consciousness should be focused on his misdeeds, not moving on to those of another player. Selena Roberts, the brave patriot who first exposed A-Rod for having done what so many had done before, deserves better then to be overshadowed by a baseball player on the week her book was released. This was to be her moment in the sun; the public rallying around her, hoisting Ms. Roberts upon their collective shoulders and thanking God for sending his prophet to expose the secrets of athletes we admire.

Manny should be ashamed of himself.