In a move that makes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, and their ilk look even more stupid than they did before, Alex Rodriguez followed in Andy Pettite’s footsteps and apologized for his use of performance enhancing drugs. It’s amazing how simple this concept is, and how horribly the Bonds and Clemens crew failed at it. Instead of fessing up to their mistakes and admitting what they did, they’re under investigation for perjury. Pettite and Rodriguez both made the same mistake, but instead of denying it with piss poor lying and million dollar lawyers, they apologized for it. The result? They’re going to be just fine.
Already, just hours after his apology, according to an espn.com poll Alex Rodriguez has been forgiven by 38% of Americans, while another 30% say there is no need to forgive him. This is compared to the remaining 32% who have not forgiven him. The fact that he has been given a clean sheet by Americans just days after it was reported he used steroids should be a blueprint for any other athlete who is in a bad situation again.
While I don’t necessarily agree with this automatic forgiveness, it clearly is an effective tactic. It seemed to work for Michael Phelps last week, it did work for Andy Pettite and now its working for Alex Rodriguez. Perhaps if Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens hadn’t been such dicks the baseball world would still be willing to accept them and their tainted achievements.
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Yea and now he has actually admitted to using from 01-03…disappointing to say the least. What are we gonna tell our kids when they become fans of the game and ask us who our favorite players were and who played during our youth…all we can say is that the best players were cheaters with the exception of the few as Rich mentioned in this article. Sad sad day for baseball fans. A-roids punishment is going to be his shame he will live under now…We are looking for Ryan Howard now to be the power of the league. At least we know he isnt juicin cuz he is fat…right?