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I watched the press conference today. He read an unemotional script, unemotionally. When the script said "Pause - Wait 5 seconds - Cry", he couldn't even get a little red eyed. He's apologizing for the same reasons everyone else did.
He got caught. Plain and simple. He used the drug to up his game so he could be the best player in baseball. He was already the highest paid, and had a clause in his contract that stated that his contract could be adjusted to keep him as the highest paid player ever, in the event that someone signed a larger contract. He had a big head, and he was young and arrogant, not young and ignorant. You don't take a drug for 3 years, and not ask what it does, or how it effects your body.
He said he stopped in 2003 because the league was passing mandatory drug tests, and it's clear that he stopped so he wouldn't get caught. The only thing I believe out of all that he said, was that he only did it for those 3 seasons. It just so happens that it's the 3 seasons after he signs a humongous contract with Texas, and stopped right when he joined the Yankees. I wouldn't be surprised if the Yankees knew when they got him, and asked him to stop to avoid the bad press.
His career, like the careers of Bonds, Palmeiro, Tejada, and all the others before them, are now a joke. He has a Hall Of Fame career, but should never get inducted. Cooperstown is a place for players that respected the game, and played to the best of their abilities, and were great. A-Rod disrespected the game, and cheated. Plain and simple.
I watched the press conference today. He read an unemotional script, unemotionally. When the script said "Pause - Wait 5 seconds - Cry", he couldn't even get a little red eyed. He's apologizing for the same reasons everyone else did.
He got caught. Plain and simple. He used the drug to up his game so he could be the best player in baseball. He was already the highest paid, and had a clause in his contract that stated that his contract could be adjusted to keep him as the highest paid player ever, in the event that someone signed a larger contract. He had a big head, and he was young and arrogant, not young and ignorant. You don't take a drug for 3 years, and not ask what it does, or how it effects your body.
He said he stopped in 2003 because the league was passing mandatory drug tests, and it's clear that he stopped so he wouldn't get caught. The only thing I believe out of all that he said, was that he only did it for those 3 seasons. It just so happens that it's the 3 seasons after he signs a humongous contract with Texas, and stopped right when he joined the Yankees. I wouldn't be surprised if the Yankees knew when they got him, and asked him to stop to avoid the bad press.
His career, like the careers of Bonds, Palmeiro, Tejada, and all the others before them, are now a joke. He has a Hall Of Fame career, but should never get inducted. Cooperstown is a place for players that respected the game, and played to the best of their abilities, and were great. A-Rod disrespected the game, and cheated. Plain and simple.