A public apology to Melky Cabrera
SAN FRANCISCO Medical school graduates take the Hippocratic oath, which can be distilled into three words: Do no harm.
Journalism school grads take no such oath, but our duty is clear: Were bound to seek the truth, to be as fair and accurate as possible and to serve the interests of readers.
I thought I was doing that Friday when I chose to ask Melky Cabrera about rumors that I had heard from several different readers who had contacted me via email and my Twitter account over the past few days. I had no idea where these rumors started, but the questions were starting to mushroom about whether Cabrera flunked a drug test and would face a 50-game suspension.
Lets be clear: There is no evidence that there is any shred of truth to these rumors. Cabrera knew nothing about it. He contacted the union and his agent. They told him the rumors were unfounded as well. If Cabrera had failed a test, he and the union wouldve been the first to know. The rumor, to my knowledge, is a red herring. Cabrera even suggested to me that Dodgers fans could have made it up as a distraction.