“We live in a cynical, cynical world” Jerry Maguire
Am I surprised? Hell NO! Nothing about major league baseball surprises me or gets a rise out of me anymore. I am so use to the allegations and cheaters in the game that I did not pay much attention to the travesty that unfolded this week. The quote I did catch was when Alex Rodriguez (we will refer to his full name, he no longer deserves a nickname) said “I had the best year of my life when I was 20” and “I’ve played the best baseball of my career since (joining the New York Yankees)”
1996 – 2000 Seattle Averages
HR RBI AVG OBP KO
37 115 .314 .380 110
2001 – 2003 (Steroid Years) Texas Averages
HR RBI AVG OBP KO
52 132 .295 .388 127
2004 – 2008 New York Yankees
HR RBI AVG OBP KO
42 123 .303 .400 130
Sure his average and strike out numbers were down pre-roids but that is going to be the case when you have the power numbers you did from 2001 – 2003. However I will let you decide for yourself.
I am loving Roy Oswalt’s take on this:
1. He thinks all the records for user’s should be erased.
2. He is pissed because these user’s have cost him money over the years. His stats are diminished which in turn reflects his paycheck
I leave you with one final question: Is what Pete Rose did so much worse than what Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, and Alex Rodriguez did?
Great quote from Bob in Cleveland:
What he did WAS against the law, and not just against the law of baseball but against the law of the United States !! That substance is and always was banned in this country. And he did not just break the law by taking it, he also broke the law by smuggling it into this country. The other part that really bothered me was how he was evasive to every question and when asked if he thought he cheated, he danced around it. That annoyed me.
I definitely understand the other side of it as well though. Let he who has not sinned throw the first stone.
Finally tell me this, how do you try and charge Michael Phelps for pot smoking and not try and charge A-rod?