Dear Rachel McAdams: Letter Sixty

Friday May 8, 2009

Dear Rachel,

You might have noticed that my letter to you yesterday was actually not addressed to you. I apologize for that. I just had something I wanted to say, and I thought I would use my position as a public figure that writes a letter to you every day in order to tell the world exactly how I felt.

Yesterday Manny Ramirez was suspended for 50 games due to steroid use. The only thing surprising about this news was the amount of people that acted surprised by this news. And yet everyone acted shocked and angry, and sportswriters across the nation instantly felt the need to write the same the same stories they had written about Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmerio, et al. Should Manny be in the hall of fame? Yes, just like those other guys, the fact that he did steroids did not make him any less famous. Should there be an asterisk by all of his records? Sure, I don't care. They'll be broken someday anyways, and it's not like everyone is going to forget that these guys did steroids when they read the record books.

Do movie stars do steroids? Would you have to give back your "best kiss" Oscar if it was found out that Ryan Goslinger was taking some sort of performance enhancing drugs? Would the Screen Actors Guild appeal any potential suspension? I don't care how many steroids you do, Rachel, but if you get suspended from movies I'm going to be pretty upset. Be smart.

Sincerely,

Nick Punto