Stupid Choice

Cubs outfielder Marlon Byrd is working with a trainer. Nothing unusual there. But then you hear the trainer is Victor Conte from the infamous BALCO lab in San Franciso.
Conte has served time in prison for giving athletes performance enhancing drugs. The guy is a lowlife cheat and Major League Baseball has suggested to Byrd that he sever ties with Conte. Byrd has not.
You mean to tell me that Byrd can't find another trainer in the United States to get him ready for the season and provide him with clean, approved supplements? He has to have Conte as his trainer? The guy suddenly became an honest trainer?
Byrd is making a big mistake. Conte is always trying to stay one step ahead of drug testing and it is likely only a matter of time until Byrd gets in trouble.
Oh by the way, Byrd is leading the Major Leagues in hitting this spring at .600. Mmmmm. Interesting.