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Hmmm

I know I said I was tired of the A-Rod talk but he keeps saying silly things.  I like it when guys detail exactly when they started taking steroids.  Like I'm really going to believe him.  We always stretch the truth a little right?  A-Rod said he started using in 2001, right after he got the largest deal in sports history.  Hmmmm.  Either he is lying or he does things exactly opposite of most of the other steroid users. 

 I would think guys would use steroids to get that big contract, not after they get it.  But A-Rod said that he felt pressure to live up to the deal and he wanted to live up to being among the all time greats.  Ok.  You get a 10 yr, 250 million dollar deal, that's fully guaranteed no matter if you play or not, and then you start doing steroids?  So you were good enough to get that kind of deal without taking steroids and now you have to take it?  Wow.  

The bad part is that the ESPN sports ticker that runs across the bottom of the screen ran some stats tonight that supports what A-Rod is saying.  It said that he hit 52 HR's per year from 2001-03, the same time that A-Rod said he took these steroids.  And hit 39 HR's per year in his other nine years in the league.  So maybe he was telling the truth.  Who know's.  But I still think he had it all backwards.

A-Rod on steroids? So what

This steroid stuff is old news.  Jose Canseco outted A-Rod years ago when he released his first book.  Nobody cared because Jose said it and they think he's an idiot.  But he has been dead on with every player that he named.  I wish every baseball player just came out and admit they used steroids whether they did it or not.  Then the story would be over with.  I really don't care that Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, A-Rod, or anyone, did steroids.  Is it wrong? Yes.  Should they do it?  No.  It sets a bad example for kids.  They weren't being tested for it back then and they did them.  The bad part is when they lie under oath about it.  Then the player becomes just plain stupid.  Just admit it, take the blame, and move on with your life.  Finish the rest of your 200 million dollar deal, move to Florida, and detox your body from all of the juice.  Sounds good to me. That's what my man Jason Jiambi did.  Said he was sorry, but didn't say what he was sorry for, and he was forgotten about.  I honestly care more about A-Rods divorce and how he is chasing Madonna, more than I will ever care if he took steroids.