MLB Is Investigating the White Sox and Their Blow-Up Dolls

Look: I know what the White Sox did with these blow-up dolls is viewed as offensive by some. (And rightfully so.) I also know it was in poor taste to do it out in the open in the clubhouse. This is 2008 where evil bloggers are going to expose your clubhouse deeds; probably best not to leave blow-up dolls with bats stuck in them for reporters to write about and bloggers to run wild with on the Web. But I also know the escalation of this whole ordeal is getting a little silly. (Such is the current state of the media, I suppose. Hell, I'm adding to the fire now.)

But this is what has happened. And the Association for Women in Sports Media is none too pleased about it. So now, MLB is stepping in.

A spokesman for Major League Baseball said today the league is investigating an incident in the White Sox clubhouse in Toronto involving inflatable dolls. Pat Courtney of Major League Baseball wouldn't comment further, declining to say if he felt the display was appropriate.
"We are looking into it," he said. "We're talking to the club."

Well yeah, this whole idea didn't turn out so hot. What started out as a harmless prank to try and get the Sox offense out of its slump -- which didn't work, by the way -- has now turned into a freakin' national incident. Call up George W., I think his services are needed here.

I mean, he knows baseball pretty well, right?