[OutsiderFan]

Mendoza isn't advocating cheating. Her issue is that Fiers going public was inappropriate. Her belief, which seems completely reasonable to me, is Fiers should have told the A's and MLB so they could take appropriate steps to investigate. This way, Fiers' identity would have been kept under wraps as a whistleblower, and we wouldn't see the ugliness of a player on a team ratting out his former teammates publicly. Jessica loves the sport and doesn't want its dirty laundry aired publicly because this tarnishes MLB's image.

The question of course becomes would MLB have investigated and punished the same, without a public airing of the dirty laundry?  This seems like a fair question to ask Mendoza. I think she's being a bit naive out of her love for the game, more than she has taken the wrong position.

[OutsiderFan]

Mendoza isn't advocating cheating. Her issue is that Fiers going public was inappropriate. Her belief, which seems completely reasonable to me, is Fiers should have told the A's and MLB so they could take appropriate steps to investigate. This way, Fiers' identity would have been kept under wraps as a whistleblower, and we wouldn't see the ugliness of a player on a team ratting out his former teammates publicly. Jessica loves the sport and doesn't want its dirty laundry aired publicly because this tarnishes MLB's image.

The question of course becomes would MLB have investigated and punished the same, without a public airing of the dirty laundry?  This seems like a fair question to ask Mendoza. I think she's being a bit naive out of her love for the game, more than she has taken the wrong position.