A-Roid: Alex Rodriguez Steroids
Well, when I heard that A-Rod tested positive for steroids in 2003, I was hit with a lot of emotions. My first reaction was “good”.
Granted it IS A FULL MOON, so my emotions become amplified. So I took a look at some other emotions and reactions I had:
1) Jose Canseco was right again. He may be a jealous scammer, criminal, and MEDIA whore, but he was right…again.
2) The fans all thought A-Rod would have the “clean” homerun record and the MEDIA hoped he would break Barry Bonds’ all-time career homerun mark…but now the joke’s on them. A-Rod’s career is tainted now.
3) What ELSE can go wrong for Alex Rodriguez? Let’s take a look at his controversies since the beginning:
he back-stabbed the Seattle Mariners fans,
he took an obscene contract from the Texas Rangers,
disrespected Derek Jeter in a magazine,
begged to be traded after he didn’t get along with manager Buck Showalter,
signed with the Red Sox before legalities prevented that,
praised the Mets,
signed with the Yankees,
CHOKED in big games,
cheated in on-field plays vs. the Red Sox and Blue Jays,
batted 8th in the post-season,
tried to be someone he isn’t,
couldn’t make up his mind about which WBC team to play for,
he became a Tampa slumlord,
got CAUGHT cheating on his wife,
likes muscled…women…
OPTED OUT of his Yankees contract-
WALKED OUT ON THE NEW YORK FANS,
and then came CRAWLING back after pretending that he and agent Scott Boras weren’t on the same page,
had an affair with Madonna (who is now seeing a young Brazilian porno model),
was shown to be an uncaring dad and husband,
and has become a magnet of gossip and taunting from fans all around America.
4) He was a SURE thing first ballot Hall of Famer, but now he joins the pack of uncertainties, along with Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, and any else remotely involved in HGH and steroids.
5) I don’t believe the steroids gave him a physical edge that year, nor do I believe he failed any test. I think he gave in to peer pressure and wanted any psychological edge. He played in Texas and 47 homeruns that year is the norm. Granted, he hit 57 the year before, but the man is talented with or without juice. The fact that he did steroids, doesn’t mean jack to me. Heck, the fact that he cheated on his wife is his own problem. It’s the fact that he truly is A-Fraud: he got on 60 Minutes and looked at America in the face and said he never took steroids- he said Jose Canseco was a liar. The man is dishonest. He’s not a role model, but tries to be. THAT is what I don’t like. Be an open “bad guy”, DON’T pander to the MEDIA. Reggie Jackson is an icon now, yet was hated as a player by the MEDIA.
6) It’s not his fault. His dad abandoned him. He was a teenage jock. Scott Boras got a hold of him. He became an athlete and superstar as a teenager. He valued image, money, and girls. He never had a chance to grow up. Never had a chance to learn morality or ethics. He is rolling in money, fame, and achievements. It all happened too quick. He’s simply not intelligent enough or wise enough to make responsibile decisions. Too bad I don’t give Free Passes ™ to people who choose to do the wrong thing time and time again.
7) He’s going to be on the Yankees for years and years. I have to root for him to be productive. I’m hoping…that he sees this as a CHALLENGE to do better, like Barry Bonds was able to do until he got blacklisted from baseball. Barry didn’t care what you thought about him. He laughed when Bud Selig refused to have a celebration. He smirked when fans booed him when he walked to first base as pitchers were afraid. He was able to do his job even with the witch hunters, authorities, and public opinion wanted him dead. Can A-Rod do the same? Who knows? He’s still better than any other options at 3B, so Yankees fans have to live with it.
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Well said.
Perhaps Brian Cashman will “Embrace the jumped shark” and sign Barry Bonds to mentor A-Fraud and be the ultimate pinch-hitter/spot DH-left fielder. Might as well make the situation laughable! You know, “See the funny side.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
If you ask me, A-Rod was probably going to have problems with a lot of the writers on the character and sportsmanship issues, but his numbers would be just too overwhelming to deny him election to the Hall. Now, however, in light of the report that he tested positive for steroids in 2003, those numbers can no longer be believed, and it comes down to the matter of integrity. Until now, only A-Rod’s persona wreaked of insincerity, and that wasn’t enough to deny him a place in Cooperstown. Having his record suddenly deemed invalid is something else entirely.
It’ll be interesting to see how A-Rod responds to all of this. Does he stonewall like Roger Clemens and Bonds? Does he point an accusing finger into the camera and deny the report emphatically as Rafael Palmeiro did? Does he say “no speaka da English” as Sammy Sosa did? Or does he admit his guilt with a mea culpa and say it was just that one time, as Andy Pettitte did?
Even if the Sports Illustrated report is not further substantiated and denied by all the parties involved in baseball, A-Rod – who already had enough character and sincerity issues – has been irrevocably tarnished for life. He can continue to amass Hall-of-Fame caliber numbers, but he’s not going there anymore than McGwire, Bonds, Clemens and the rest of the cheats who
An open letter to Alex Rodriguez …
Don’t be Roger Clemens. Don’t be Barry Bonds.
Get real.
Start with Andy Pettitte. Then, Jason Giambi.
They admitted wrongdoing. They are still playing today. Tell it like it is.
Tell fans directly that you were caught up in the culture of the Texas clubhouse at the time, that you look like a fool for what you said on “60 Minutes.”
Be accountable. Reveal how many times you have been tested since 2003 and how you’ve never failed a test since, including the World Baseball Classic tests that were administered with more stringent international standards.
Show how you’re different than Mark McGwire, that you didn’t need steroids, that you learned it the hard way.
It’s not about good and bad people, because Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi are two of the kindest human beings ever, Andy Pettite is a fantastic person. That’s seemingly got nothing to do with anything. 104 players made the wrong decision, and it appears that not only was it 104, but 3 of the greatest of our, or any, generation appear to be on top of this list.
And before anyone asks, I’ll make it clear. My name will not appear on any lists of positive tests. I’ve never tested positive for Steroids or HGH, and I’ve never taken Steroids or HGH in my life, ever. You don’t need to call the union, or an agent to verify that.
Except now Rodriguez is going to be just another baseball mug shot alongside Bonds. Forget the celebration. With the revelation today by Sports Illustrated that Rodriguez tested positive in 2003 for two anabolic steroids, his chase becomes soiled. And, in the more immediate future, his association with the Yankees becomes more destructive to the organization that spit on the good fortune presented 15 months ago when A-Rod headed out the door.
Let’s face it, A-Rod is human Velcro. Everything negative sticks to him. He is a heat-seeking missile of controversy whether it is sabotaging his relationship with Derek Jeter or canoodling with Madonna.
The Yankees are about to begin a season steeped in pressure because: 1) They didn’t make the playoffs last year. 2) They spent nearly a half-billion dollars this offseason to make sure that never happens again. 3) They are moving into a new stadium.
Now Rodriguez has done what he always does: Assures that the stress that so often suffocates him also now destructively enwraps the Yankees. He is the bad gift that keeps on giving.
A lot of other players took steroids. MLB now has testing. We should all forget about it and move on.
Ozzie Canseco tooked steroids just like his brother Jose. They worked out everyday – practiced just as much. HE IS HIS GENETIC DUPLICATE. However, Ozzie sucked and Jose almost hit 500 HRs, and was a superstar.
STEROIDS DO NOT MAKE A SUPERSTAR, people.
That being said, KARMA has bitten A-Rod…realll bad. Ignorance is no excuse of the Law.
PayRoid the cheater. What a disgrace to the game. People called him the “best player in baseball” (although I can’t figure out why), and now we find out he is a cheater (big suprise). He’ll get away with it though, because he is a Yankee.
i see arod is also gay in that pic..huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh
Under Commissioner Selig’s leadership, Major League Baseball remains fully committed to the elimination of the use of performance enhancing substances from baseball. As the Commissioner has said, we will continue to do everything within our power to eliminate the use of such drugs and to protect the integrity of the program.
It may be time to break out the asterisks again.
Every time you believe that baseball has put the steroid issue in its rearview mirror, here comes one more report of one more superstar user.
It is an “honor” to put on and wear
the New York Yankees pin stripes!!
A Rod should have NEVER EVER had been given the opportunity to put
that uniform on his body!
He is one “sick puppy”, he is emotionally crippled and he is not
a role model for kids at all!!
Get your act together dude, and try
and focus on the game of baseball
instead of the “games” that you play outside of it!!!
A Rod did look a bit to relaxed in that picture of him without a shirt! A little a/c d/c ish?