It’s usually bad form to criticize a writer in print or virtual print, but I’ll make an exception today for Bob Nightengale, whose reckless article about Mike Piazza continues to push the baseless claim that Piazza used illegal performance enhancing drugs.
Nightengale, who voted for Piazza for the Hall of Fame, tweeted out his article thus:
Mike Piazza can be a trailblazer: Once he reaches Hall of Fame, he paves the way for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. https://t.co/I6bLxSkMZN
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 4, 2016
Nightengale’s tweet linking Piazza with Bonds and Clemens was bad enough, but his content was what drew the ire of most of the people who read the article.