A-Roidasaurus
February 9, 2009No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined ~ Paul Gallico
Alex Rodriguez guilty? Who’s next? People didn’t believe me when I said a good, solid 85% minimum from about 1995 on. No kidding. If you don’t let steroids in the Hall of Fame, you’re only gonna see a couple guys make it in from the whole time I played. Maybe Jeter, maybe Kent, maybe one or two others. The rest are all guilty.
Baseball is cool because eventually it will expose you. You can cheat, you can think you’ve tricked the game, but eventually it’ll catch ya. Maybe you’re not doing your work, trying to slip by not taking extra batting practice or ground balls. Maybe you’ve taken the easy route by taking performance enhancers. Maybe you’re on your yaght with Madonna thinking you’ve outsmarted the game. Nope. Baseball has a way of finding out. You just can’t cheat the game. Pretty cool. Better him than me…I’m sure glad I’m not that guy who’s looking over his shoulder wondering when his number is gonna get called and he’ll be exposed.
It’ll be interesting to see how he handles the accusations. Will he lie on top of the lie, ala Clemens or Bonds? Will he hide behind his people-Boras, the union, etc? Or will he come clean and be honest? His life depends on it. I hope he understands that he’s only got one real choice. I hope he understands that baseball will eventually find out the truth.
A tricky ground ball is headed your way, Alex. Make the right play. ~ Fred Claire
