I just wanted to tell you all that.
In other news: Katfish’s article, “I’d Do Steroids and So Would You.” has been deleted from bleacher report but no explanation has been given as to why. It was edited by somebody and he said it was good, but then later it was deleted alltogether. The Ballpark is too real for bleacher report and Katfish has been found guilty of awesomeness.
The Katfish is comin for ya, bleacher report.
Filed under Baseball, Things other than baseball
A-Hole/Roid/Rod tells Gammons he took the needle.
Sources Confirm Blue Lip Gloss a Direct Side Effect of Steroid Use.
Extended Interview on ESPN tonight, 6PM.
Can’t. Effing. Wait.
I mean...
SMC
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In an interview with The Man set to air on Sportscenter, Alex Rodriguez admitted to having used an unknown performance enhancing drug during his three years (’01-03) in Texas.
“When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure, felt all the weight of the world on top of me to perform, and perform at a high level every day,” Rodriguez told ESPN’s Peter Gammons in an interview in Miami Beach, Fla. An extended interview will air on SportsCenter at 6 p.m. ET.
“Back then, [baseball] was a different culture,” Rodriguez said. “It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve. I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time.
“I did take a banned substance. For that, I am very sorry and deeply regretful.”
Rodriguez’s admission comes 48 hours after Sports Illustrated reported that Rodriguez was on a list of 104 players who tested positive for banned substances in 2003, the year when Major League Baseball conducted survey tests to see if mandatory, random drug-testing was needed in the sport.
I’m glad he did this. We all know that i hate A-Rod. I think he is everything that makes the Yankees hateable. However, I love baseball, I want the game to prosper and I want to feel good about the players who hold the records that my childhood heroes once held. It is because of that that I was excited to watch A-Rod hit his 763rd home run (all hit with his team up or down 5 or more runs and in meaningless games), passing Barry Bonds, and giving us, once again, a legitimate home run champ. He was one of the guys, along with Pujols, Howard, and others that was going to prove that there could still be monster power numbers without ‘roids. Now that part of his life and history are over, but there is one consolation: We can all (except for the other 103 guys on that list who have to be worried about their names coming out) move on.
Sure, there are still going to be steroid chants at Fenway and most of the other ballparks he visits, but like Jason Giambi and Andy Pettite, he’ll move on and people will forgive. By admitting his mistake and apologizing, Rodriguez has cleared the air so that what he does from now on will be less dubious (vocab word). The important part of this is that he did not deny it, or say that it was just once. He learned from the lessons of Roger Clemens, who is still denying what he did as the evidence mounts up, and loses his grip on a spot in the Hall of Fame each time he says that he was clean, the HGH was for his wife (that is the lowest move of all), or that it was MacNamee’s fault.
The dark chapter in baseball history is still being written, not by events that are happening today but by the revelations of those in the past. The lessons learned will make the game stronger and the heroes we have always loved more believable. Good job Alex, hopefully your lesson will be one of the last.
You are still a Douchebag.
Go Sox.
3 Freaking Days.
Done.
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At last, we all know that Douche-Rod likes it in the Butt
On July 26th, 1998 SMC, his father and I attended the Boston Red Sox game in what was then called the 600 Club. It was a Sunday matinee and we were excited to see Pedro Martinez pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays (and all the hotdogs, popcorn, and soda that came with that. We were 15). What SMC’s dad was most excited for, however, was the prospect of seeing all of Jose Canseco’s steroid filled muscles going “Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop” when swinging and missing at Pedro’s legendary changeup. It was a great game, the Sox won 6-3 and Canseco hit a homer that put him on top of the list for players born outside of the U.S. with 380. What was most memorable to me about that game though was the fact that it was the first time anyone had seriously convinced me that there were steroids in baseball. I will never forget the sight of SMC’s dad going “Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop” and mimicking the popping of bubbles with his hands.
Today I will remember for a similar reason. First of all, I am sitting in the Virtual Waiting Room (Virtually sitting, virtually waiting, actually bored) and hoping to get the chance to buy Opening Day Tickets (April 6th, 58 days from now). Second, as I watched the VWR refresh every thirty seconds, I was checking out SI.com when I found the following headline: Sources tell SI Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003.
In 2003, when he won the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids, four sources have independently told Sports Illustrated.
Rodriguez’s name appears on a list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball’s ’03 survey testing, SI’s sources say. As part of a joint agreement with the MLB Players Association, the testing was conducted to determine if it was necessary to impose mandatory random drug testing across the major leagues in 2004.
When approached by an SI reporter on Thursday at a gym in Miami, Rodriguez declined to discuss his 2003 test results. “You’ll have to talk to the union,” said Rodriguez, the Yankees’ third baseman since his trade to New York in February 2004. When asked if there was an explanation for his positive test, he said, “I’m not saying anything.”
Perfect.
For some reason this makes me tremendously happy. Rodriguez is a douche, and now everyone knows that he is a cheater. He tested positive for Primobolan and testosterone, and only the last one was to cover the fact that he is naturally full of estrogen. He won’t be suspended for this, because the tests were “anonymous” but names were only revealed because the Government wanted to use them to nail Barry Bonds. He will, however be subject to even more ridicule, scorn and heckling on the road (and likely in the New Yankee Stadium) because of this, and everything he does, whether he’s on the juice or not, will be up to question.
Not only that, but we get to dust off the classic “Ste-Roids, Ste-Roids” chant for each time he steps to the plate or makes a play in the field. He’ll get even more shit than he does for being Madonna’s Boyfriend, anything in Torre’s book, or having gotten decked by Tek. This is gonna be fun.
Eff Douche Rod, Go Sox.
5 Days.
Done
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Get Out of My Ballpark 
