A-ROD DID NOT SHAME BASEBALL

by hofcuda on Mar 2, 2009 9:38 AM EST

What's wrong with our country, when players are told the test is with complete anonymity, then the commissioner or whoever is in control of this information let's it out to the press, I believe he has broken the sacred trust of the players and the fans, I want to express that in no way do I condone illegal or banned substances, however if the players involved were used as a control test, they should have the right to sue the commisioner's office for he is truly the one who has shamed baseball not the players involved, we need our lawmakers to abide by the same standards for which they set forth for us.

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Well said ...

Unless Selig takes responsibility, Arod and everyone else who submitted anonymous tests should skate free.

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Mar 2, 2009 10:43 AM EST reply actions

Listen

The guy cheated.

The commishes office indicated it would tolerate cheating, then fan and government reaction forced them to backtrack. Cheaters who were promised cover are now at risk.

Ugly sordid stuff.

Bonds Clemens, Pettitte, Arod, Mcguire, Canseco, Sosa, Whoever, all did the same thing in macro although degrees are different.

If I's known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself. Casey

by Cbeck3 on Mar 2, 2009 10:45 AM EST reply actions

I understand what you are saying, but let me point out that our government has strict laws on the release of any medical records especially the kind that are private. Too many people are simply trying to put the blame on the players, the records recorded during this time are a travesty to the sport, however, baseball looked the other way to get fans back in the seat. These same fans are now crying fowl, how is it that A-rod now a Yankee is subject to all this scrutiny, but Curt Shilling who was Boston’s posterboy is barely even noticed. Lay off the players, test them if they are clean forget the past, let’s play ball, and put the blame where it belongs on the commisioner and the press.

by hofcuda on Mar 3, 2009 1:55 PM EST up reply actions

I don't know...

To me, A-Rod screwed up. But from what it sounds like, all of MLB screwed up with him. To hold one man accountable for the sins of many (Messianic metaphor aside) just doesn’t sit right.

If a league sets a policy and doesn’t police it, the backlash should be against the league. The onus is on the league here, not the players. You cannot expect the players to police themselves. Same parallel can be drawn with SEC. If they’re not going to police the securities industry, the SEC should be held accountable.

I think all of the above are HOF players and should be inducted when their time comes. The HOF members are judged against their peers. To illustrate my point, the pitchers in the Dead Ball era cannot compare to the pitchers of the Steroid Era. How are we to know how Bob Gibson and Roger Clemens would match up? We won’t. They’re from two separate eras of the sport and they should be judged in kind.

I am an avid Yankee hater, and I’m not big on A-Rod for the matter, BUT, I do feel he has been unjustly made a scapegoat in all this ugliness.

The day Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, Palmiero, Clemens, and A-Rod are inducted will be dark days for the HOF but they should be rightly compared against their peers and against their peers they were the cream of the crop.

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by labbadabba on Mar 6, 2009 1:58 PM EST reply actions