BULLSHIT ALERT: Add Pedro Martinez to the list of ballplayers who perceive racial bias in the fallout from the Sosa corked-bat incident. According to Martinez, "If it was [Mark] McGwire, it would still be a big deal, but not like this." Days ago, solid citizen Jose Canseco made similar remarks.

Here's the thing: The biggest star in the game is caught red-handed using a corked bat. White, black, yellow, or green, that's gonna be a huge story. How this has anything at all to do with race is beyond me. But then again I'm white, which naturally disqualifies me from being able to perceive racial bias.