"When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure, felt all the weight of the world on top of me to perform,
and perform at a high level every day. Back then, [baseball] was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid,
I was naïve. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time."
and perform at a high level every day. Back then, [baseball] was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid,
I was naïve. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time."
He pretty mush blames it on the fact that even though steroid use without a proper prescription from a physician is illegal, PED's usage was almost the norm for baseball society at the time.
Most baseball fans thought that A-Rod was one of the last clean big hitters that played in the steroid era. These fans didn't worry too much about what would happen to the history books when Barry Bonds claimed the home run title, because they knew that their golden boy Alex would eventually pass Bonds and become the respectable, clean home run king that America wants. Guess what, WRONG!!! Now that one of the least expected players in the game to use PED's has been caught, was anybody clean? Face it, the baseball hall of fame will induct players that have used steroids. Hardcore fundamentalist baseball fans would have a heart attack if a juicer makes it in the HOF, even though a large portion of the greatest players in their respected times have been caught cheating, if not accused of cheating. You cant keep a whole era of baseball out of the record books. It would be like ignoring the part of American History when we found land and then proceeded to destroy the native culture and take their land. Like it or not, there will be a black eye on baseball for long time. The steroid era is pretty much over, but who really knows now these days.
Most baseball fans thought that A-Rod was one of the last clean big hitters that played in the steroid era. These fans didn't worry too much about what would happen to the history books when Barry Bonds claimed the home run title, because they knew that their golden boy Alex would eventually pass Bonds and become the respectable, clean home run king that America wants. Guess what, WRONG!!! Now that one of the least expected players in the game to use PED's has been caught, was anybody clean? Face it, the baseball hall of fame will induct players that have used steroids. Hardcore fundamentalist baseball fans would have a heart attack if a juicer makes it in the HOF, even though a large portion of the greatest players in their respected times have been caught cheating, if not accused of cheating. You cant keep a whole era of baseball out of the record books. It would be like ignoring the part of American History when we found land and then proceeded to destroy the native culture and take their land. Like it or not, there will be a black eye on baseball for long time. The steroid era is pretty much over, but who really knows now these days.
Steroids and baseball, it is becoming as popular a combinations as peanute butter and jelly. I'll be honest, I am kind of disappointed to hear about A-rod, but it's not like I am that surprised. Baseball needs to do something about all of this. But more importantly I am just ready for some new stuff to be on sportscenter, I am tired of all the Arod talk!
ReplyDeleteThe Fans of Major League Baseball are the victims here, not A-Rod. The wavering integrity of the MLB is taking even more structural damage. Injustice rings when a hometown hero, and idol, becomes a confessed user. What kind of an example are these players setting for our youth? Apparently, one of disregard for authority.
ReplyDeleteI find it more telling and awkward that baseball and professional sports in general has become such a pressurized society to succeed that PED usage has been the norm and covertly acknowledged for many years now. Look at the list of confirmed PED users from all sports on Wikipedia. It's extraordinarily long! It crosses all sports, and every major country! And we still try to bat down PED use, and flatten all users, and say how horrible it is as well as how unjust it is that they use them. Cynical sports fans presume out loud that any hugely successful athlete either has used PED's or is currently using. So why is this a shock anymore?
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