A-Rod admitted to Peter Gammons that he did steroids. Well he admitted that he was naive and that he did a lot of shopping at GNC and he really hates Selena Roberts or something like that. Regardless, this is the best move for him. He admits it, says he's sorry, answers a few other questions, and then moves on. I don't know why more players don't do this if you are getting chased by the media, camera-preening politicians, or Selena Roberts. Look at Andy Pettite. I've totally forgotten about the HGH stuff. All I can remember is how he screwed himself out of 5 million dollars this offseason. Look at Jason Giambi. He kind of half apologized for nothing in particular, now the Yankees are just glad to have him off of the payroll. But, then you look at Mark "Drugs are bad, um-K" McGwire, Sammy "No Ingles" Sosa, and Barry "Pedro Gomez has a stool sample of mine" Bonds and people just will not get over it.
This sanctity of the game argument is bogus as well. People don't care if you tried to better yourself illegally, just don't mess up their three team parlay by bribing people or throwing games. All of this "black spot" nonsense is stupid. I'm in the Jason Whitlock camp of sports as entertainment. People who enjoy sports want to see teams competing at their best. If players are juicing themselves up to entertain you, don't you think it's a little ridiculous to get mad about it. Hey, that Selena Roberts really is to blame anyway. There is a least one journalist that is writing an A-Rod article right now and then blowing some lines off of a toilet Jamal Anderson style.
Ultimately, people hate lying. They will hunt you like Ice Tea in Surviving the Game if there is pretty clear evidence you are lying. Their goal is to get you to admit it, after you do, there is nothing left except maybe jail time. Now, A-Rod admitted it, he said he's sorry, there will be a big spike in sanctimonious blowhardness about how he is a cheater, a liar, a robber baron, Justice League supervillian, and then people will get back to bitching about how he collapses in the playoffs. Roid users should follow A-rod's lead. After all, he probably has a better, more expensive PR team than you anyway. C could probably elucidate how good of a PR job that was.
Side note: A-Rod, how often do you go to GNC? Christ, it seemed like he was their supplements buyer. Selena Roberts, you just made A-Rod's list. ("Right, Peter, but Selena Roberts is a psycho muck-raker."). What is with the puckered lips for half of the interview?
-K
PR aside, I think he’s a fraud and it’s bad for baseball. Don’t play dumb and naïve, A-Rod, I’m better at it. You knew exactly what you were doing and if you were a real man, you’d forfeit your 2003 MVP because it wasn’t fairly earned. Don’t blame it on baseball, either, that’s cop out. Take responsibility for your actions and actually apologize for cheating. Until then, you’re a A-Fraud. -C
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