A-Roids?

[HoustonGM]

Also, if anybody can, if the A-Rod/Gammons interview is put up online somewhere, would you be kind enough to post a link here? I'd like to watch it but I'll be in class when it's airing on ESPN.

[RedsoxRockies]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

This is not an interview link, but A-Rod did admit to using steroids from 2001-2003.

[HoustonGM]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

This is not an interview link, but A-Rod did admit to using steroids from 2001-2003.

Yep. His interview with Peter Gammons in which he admitted it is airing tonight on ESPN at 6. I'm just asking that if it's put up online, somebody kind enough posts a link here.

[filihok]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847

Typical canned and rehearsed statement with not much substance to it

[Pavelb1]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847

Typical canned and rehearsed statement with not much substance to it

I liked how he almost said "MLB turned a blind eye to it all"...but bit his lip.

[bucher34]

Curt Schilling: Name all 104 positives, not just A-Rod


Thought this was hilarious:

Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, said the purported disclosure shouldn't cause a loss of confidence in the program's confidentiality.

"2003 tests were supposed to be confidential. For whatever reason test results were not destroyed as they were supposed to have," he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "Since then, positives have been identified. I am comfortable [the] program is operated currently as it should be."

How can it not cause a loss of confidence??!!

[StreetMedic]

Excellent piece here.

That was a decent article, HGM. It was an interesting take on the subject, but...

Until then, when you see A-Rod's face appear on the screen... and wonder who's it fault, make sure to point at yourself, in the glare of the television.

Umm... no.

Hurt your hamstring and have to miss games? You're a slacker and should get back into the game. Torn labrum? Stop being a sissy and bear it... Stress fracture in your foot? Rub some dirt on it.

For fans, the belief has always been that athletic excellence is something that an athlete should risk everything for.

The famous Pete Rose-Ray Fosse collision in the 1970 All-Star Game provides a compelling example of this phenomenon... it is an example of the mindset of fans as a whole that has caused players to risk their health to achieve excellence.

Who the he11's this guy talking about? Not about me. Or even anyone I know.

This psychotic breed of "fan" that Szymborski speaks of, if it even exists, must be a lot rarer specimen than he would have us believe. I listen to a lot of sports talk radio (and there's no shortage of big-mouthed blow-hards calling in to those shows), and I never hear anything quite as ridiculous as "player should risk life or health for game."

[Pavelb1]

That was a decent article, HGM. It was an interesting take on the subject, but...



Umm... no.







Who the he11's this guy talking about? Not about me. Or even anyone I know.

No? Then where did the term 'Nancy Drew' come from?

[OldFatGuy]

Curt Schilling: Name all 104 positives, not just A-Rod


Thought this was hilarious:




How can it not cause a loss of confidence??!!

Yeah, that was hilarious. Talk about speaking out of both sides of your mouth. That guy must also be a good ventrill.....erm dude that can speak without moving his lips.

[HoustonGM]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847

Typical canned and rehearsed statement with not much substance to it

And like I said, lose-lose situation. Damned if he admits it, damned if he denies it.

Who the he11's this guy talking about? Not about me. Or even anyone I know.

This psychotic breed of "fan" that Szymborski speaks of, if it even exists, must be a lot rarer specimen than he would have us believe. I listen to a lot of sports talk radio (and there's no shortage of big-mouthed blow-hards calling in to those shows), and I never hear anything quite as ridiculous as "player should risk life or health for game."

You've never heard people accuse players of being pussies because they didn't play through injury? You've never heard people mention that Pete Rose sliding incident as evidence of his great hustle and praise him for it? Maybe people don't explicitly say that they want players to "risk their life for the game", but it's unquestionable that players that go all out and slide into walls and risk their health in an effort to win are praised, while those that shy away from that (think Bobby Abreu) get criticized for it.

[filihok]

And like I said, lose-lose situation. Damned if he admits it, damned if he denies it.

HGM...[delete] [delete]...ahem...did he say anything breathtaking or shocking or anything other than what you expected him to say?

He said exactly what I expected him to say so I second my notion that it was a 'typical canned and rehearsed statement without much substance to it'.

If you want to believe that he spoke completely off the cuff without preparing a statement or if you think that his statement revealed earth shattering insight into the mind of A-Rod or what goes on behind the scenes in major league baseball then good for you.

But don't put words into my mouth please

That out of the way. I give him credit for his admission rather than lying about it.

[lilbman07]

Since he admitted to it can we forget this like with Jason Giambi and Andy Pettite. He was then and still is my favorite player.

[filihok]

And maybe A-Rod is damned for doing the deed in the first place and how he reacts to being found out is completely irrelevant.

[lilbman07]

I can actually imagine why he did it though. He said he started in 2001 which was the first season of that 252 million dollar contract. I guess he wanted to perform like he was worth the 252 million dollars. At least thats my opinion on it.

[filihok]

Or it makes a good story...but who knows...

If the Yanks play in DC while I'm there, I'm still given' A-Rod hell