Raul Ibanez fighting mad at blogger

Suppose it was only a matter of time before it came down to this. A blogger posting on the Midwest Sports Fans site (the site's "managing editor'' no less) made an offhand suggestion that Raul Ibanez could be taking performance enhancing drugs. He then actually tried to make a case for it. Only problem is, there was no proof. And Ibanez is furious about it. I've spoken numerous times with Ibanez over the years about the subject of PEDs and he takes it very seriously. He hates that we live in an era where, unfortunately, all players, guilty and not guilty, live under suspicion. But there is a difference between having suspicions and going public with it based on no supporting evidence. And no, this is not like the Barry Bonds case where there was leaked grand jury testimony and two extensive books written on the subject. No one has ever come forward -- until now -- and outright suggested in public that Ibanez was anything but above board. Gut hunches don't ma...