A Very Big League of Their Own    By Nick Garcia

Inspired by the book, Dan Garcia,
Nick's father, painted this piece entitled
"Baseball's Garden of Evil"

Nick's Glossary

“Beating a dead McGwire” - the phrase used to describe a person who continues, ad nauseam to discuss steroids.

Un Palmeiro - Spanish word for a big lie.

A Roidian Slip - a phrase used to describe the act of accidentally admitting to steroid use.

Role model - a person not like Roger Clemens.

Rocket Fuel - any substance that helps a player win a Cy Young Award at age 42.

Shrinkious Laughious Bankious - a very serious medical condition characterized by withering muscles and fits of laughter, usually occurring in baseball players on the way to the bank.

Pleading the Sweeney - blaming another player’s supplement for your positive drug test.