A couple weeks ago, on January 14, 2022, former San Francisco Giants left fielder Melky Cabrera announced his retirement from baseball.
We don’t talk about Melky Cabrera anymore. He’s effectively been erased from our fan base’s collective consciousness, mainly because, well, the obvious: he tested positive for a banned substance, got served a fifty game suspension in the middle of a division race with the Los Angeles Dodgers and cut short one of the most exciting seasons put together by a Giants outfielder since a guy named Barry Bonds retired.
The only reason Cabrera isn’t referred to as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in Bay Area circles is because his suspension didn’t really matter.