Jays’ catcher Gregg Zaun finally broke his silence on his inclusion in the Mitchell Report in an exclusive email Q&A session in yesterday’s National Post. His excuse? Well, apparently the $500 cheque he wrote in 2001 to Kirk Radomski was actually a gambling debt paid to then-Kansas City teammate Jason Grimsley, who then forwarded it to Radomski. Zaun claims he left the cheque incomplete (though he can’t recall why), and Grimsley simply filled out Radomski’s name to pay his own debt. Zaun’s dog also proceeded to eat his homework.
I’m surprised that it took Zaun 64 days (since the release of the Mitchell Report) to come up with an excuse. And after all that time, this is the best he can come up with? Regardless of whether there’s any truth to it, nobody is going to buy it, and he’s only embarrassing himself further by trying to sell it. Zaun’s account reeks of instability — his story is full of holes, he expresses no ill will towards Grimsley and at no point asks Grimsley to back up his story. I can’t believe Zaun, of all people, a clubhouse leader, would come out with something like this. Show some integrity, Zaunie.
What’s next? Does Zaun’s legal team release a 20,000 word thesis about other career backup catchers whose production took flight at age 33?
