Carlos Ruiz has been suspended for 25 games.

Dear Chooch,

It’s okay that I call you “Chooch,” right?  I mean, we’ve been doing business as Starting Catcher and Fan / Not-So-Secret-Admirer of One of Your LHPs for several years now, right?  So, Chooch … please tell me this 25-game suspension is some sort of joke.  Not a funny one, but a joke.  Please?

You’re really going to let us begin another regular season without our full roster?  Last spring was a disaster without Utley and Howard, and this spring we’ll begin the season with a backup catcher.  (I should interject here and say that it had better be Erik Kratz.)  In 2012, you’ve claimed the eighth suspension in MLB for the year (the most since 2007 if you’re counting).  This is your second positive test  for use of methamphetamines, for shit’s sake.  I’ll tell you that Major League Baseball no es feliz right now, buddy. No. Es. Feliz. I’m not all that feliz either, to tell you the truth. (more…)

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