A stain on the Tom Brady legacy

In among the rubble and whirlwind of hot and bothered sports talk radio that blitzed through Monday evening’s rush hour, one bit of perspective on the heavy sanctioning of Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady rang true.

The Chicago White Sox messed with baseball in 1919. Throwing the World Series was a lot more serious than tampering with footballs but the ultimate effect was compromising the integrity of the game.

Had it not been for Babe Ruth hitting home runs as the 1920s progressed, baseball may never have got back off its knees as much as it did.