LEAVE CARL PAVANO ALONE

I love Carl Pavano. He netted the Sox the greatest pitcher of all time. He pitched 8 innings of 1 earned run ball against the Yankees in 2003, then burned them for 40 millions dollars between 2005 and 2008, finally becoming a semi-saber darling for his undervalued performance over the past 3 seasons with the Twins and Indians. I may have found one more reason to love Carl Pavano.


Carl Pavano has become a blackmail target of a former high school classmate of his. Click here for the full story: http://goo.gl/ULYD9. During his time at Southington High School, Pavano allegedly had a three year relationship with a man named Christian Bedard. Bedard is threatening to release a tell all book about their "emotional and physical relationship".  In a Facebook message to Pavano's sister, Michelle Degenarro, Bedard claimed, “The only way your brother is getting out of this... is with a heart-felt apology and a navy Range Rover with tan leather.” Way to squash the stereotype, Christian. If Bedard's claims are true, I think we should still commend Pavano for his killer beards. He dated late 90's Alyssa Milano, and recently married model Alissa Zandy. 


I'd love to see a current major league player come out of the closet. The closest we've come to that is an anonymous blog titled "Clubhouse Closet" http://goo.gl/VNVLz. But despite my beard comments above, I'm not convinced that Carl Pavano is 100% gay. I'm not a bi-sexual denier; many people think sexuality is a black and white thing. When the concept of bi-sexuality was brought up amongst my group of friends, one of them declared, "there's no such thing as bi-sexuality. If you like wang in your ass, then you're gay." 


I don't know why my friend made that comment. He alleges that he's straight, thus never been sexually attracted to a man, so how can he say that it would automatically cancel out one's attraction to women? I think everyone has the capacity to be bi-sexual, and that only some people have the capacity to accept it. 


We'd all love another pro athlete in this circle, but I'd rather Carl make his own decision about his personal life than to have him dragged out of the closet by some dude that wants a Range Rover.