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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Torre had it right: A-Fraud
Now we know why A-Fraud or A-Ro(i)d or A-God is chasing Madonna. Maybe the ‘roids made him do it.
Whatever it was, Alex Rodriguez only looked foolish abandoning his wife to make Madonna his designated hitter.
Now he looks stupid.
After denying it at least twice on national television, A-Fraud admitted this week that, yes, he was a steroid user, when he played for the Texas Rangers.
He said he felt pressure from signing that $252 million contract with the Rangers, felt he had to be the best he could be to justify the contract, that the pressure was immense.
Pshaw and balderdash.
Give me $252 million for 10 years and I’ll be most loosey-goosey, la-de-da and happy go lucky for the rest of my life. Hey, even if he failed, they couldn’t take it away from him. It was guaranteed money.
A-Fraud (I guess Joe Torre knew what he was talking in his book when he said teammates referred to A-Rod as A-Fraud) admitted using from 2001 to 2003, when he won the American League MVP award (2003).
Of course, his admission came after he was outed by Sports Illustrated. Without that, he’d still be denying and lying.
Are we to believe he only did it in his Texas years? The ‘roids helped him win the MVP in 2003, so why would he quit then? He already has lied to us, so is he now telling the truth when he says that were only years he used?
And what happens now? The testing that nailed A-Fraud was in 2003 and it was supposed to be done anonymously. No names named. It was an agreement between MLB and the Players Association that testing would be done to see how rampant the problem, with nobody identified.
Well, it turned out that of 750 major-league players, 104 were nabbed. Some say that’s not many. They’re wrong. 104 of 750 is a damn lot.
Now that A-Fraud has been outed, how about the other 103? Is it fair to the 646 who tested negatively to be suspected? No, it’s not. They shouldn’t have to defend themselves.
The morass just gets swampier and swampier. I’m on record as saying I won’t vote steroids users and HGH users and other illegal enhancement users for the Hall of Fame - Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sota. Now you can add A-Fraud to that list.
It’s frightening. My list of possible Hall of Famers gets smaller and smaller. Pretty soon, if this keeps up, I’ll have to say, “No, thanks. I’m not voting any more.” What a shame.
While it doesn’t shock me about A-Fraud, it disappoints me immensely. We all thought he would be the clean guy to wipe away Bonds and Sosa and McGwire.
So who’s next?
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Now we know why A-Fraud or A-Ro(i)d or A-God is chasing Madonna. Maybe the ‘roids made him do it.
Whatever it was, Alex Rodriguez only looked foolish abandoning his wife to make Madonna his designated hitter.
Now he looks stupid.
After denying it at least twice on national television, A-Fraud admitted this week that, yes, he was a steroid user, when he played for the Texas Rangers.
He said he felt pressure from signing that $252 million contract with the Rangers, felt he had to be the best he could be to justify the contract, that the pressure was immense.
Pshaw and balderdash.
Give me $252 million for 10 years and I’ll be most loosey-goosey, la-de-da and happy go lucky for the rest of my life. Hey, even if he failed, they couldn’t take it away from him. It was guaranteed money.
A-Fraud (I guess Joe Torre knew what he was talking in his book when he said teammates referred to A-Rod as A-Fraud) admitted using from 2001 to 2003, when he won the American League MVP award (2003).
Of course, his admission came after he was outed by Sports Illustrated. Without that, he’d still be denying and lying.
Are we to believe he only did it in his Texas years? The ‘roids helped him win the MVP in 2003, so why would he quit then? He already has lied to us, so is he now telling the truth when he says that were only years he used?
And what happens now? The testing that nailed A-Fraud was in 2003 and it was supposed to be done anonymously. No names named. It was an agreement between MLB and the Players Association that testing would be done to see how rampant the problem, with nobody identified.
Well, it turned out that of 750 major-league players, 104 were nabbed. Some say that’s not many. They’re wrong. 104 of 750 is a damn lot.
Now that A-Fraud has been outed, how about the other 103? Is it fair to the 646 who tested negatively to be suspected? No, it’s not. They shouldn’t have to defend themselves.
The morass just gets swampier and swampier. I’m on record as saying I won’t vote steroids users and HGH users and other illegal enhancement users for the Hall of Fame - Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sota. Now you can add A-Fraud to that list.
It’s frightening. My list of possible Hall of Famers gets smaller and smaller. Pretty soon, if this keeps up, I’ll have to say, “No, thanks. I’m not voting any more.” What a shame.
While it doesn’t shock me about A-Fraud, it disappoints me immensely. We all thought he would be the clean guy to wipe away Bonds and Sosa and McGwire.
So who’s next?
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