Bert’s Thoughts on Steriods and “A-Roid”

I am sure all of you by now have heard about the whole A-rod steroid news.  As of myself I was a little surprised to hear his name come up.  Now anyway.  I am not saying that I thought he was one of the guys that was in a long line that included over a hundred or so baseball players but he seemed all of the quiet guy who would come to the ballpark and do his thing. rumors have been floating around for years about who has done what and when they did it.  Then again they have been a lot of finger pointing and a ton of he said she said.

Here is my thought as much as I can write down anyway without being mobbed.  It was in the early 2000’s when A-rod said he was involved in the scandal and so was most everyone else that has been named.  In those years MLB really did not have in place the banned substance list that it has today.  I am not at all saying what he or the others did is okay because it is not.  Out of the guys here at Bravescast I am the one who loves the rich history that baseball has to offer so I do not like the idea of guys getting all hyped up off junk that has to be injected into the body just so you can hit a curve or fastball four hundred feet off of a lefty who has been giving you trouble all of your career.   

It is not so much as the players fault as it is say the owners or even (I can’t believe I am about to say this) the fans.  Yes the owners lay down some serious cash to guys that they want them to preform everyday at the top of their game no questions asked.  In return the owners put down the money for these top guys so the fans can come out to the ballpark and pay outlandish amounts for a ticket just so they can be within a few yards or so from the greatest players of our time.  So really who do we really need to point the finger at?  The guy who signs for so much money he can support a whole city, the guy or these days a group of guys who put so much pressure on one man to turn a franchise around, or the millions of people who expect a man to crush every pitch he sees so far into the crowd he doesn’t even have to watch it leave the end of his bat, or a pitcher, yes a pitcher, throws a ball that no one can get wood on it?

Hearing all of the reports and allegations swirling around the greatest game ever makes me think of which names will be next.  Some say two or three more of the greatest of this generation is on the same list as A-Rod.  Do we just chalk this one up to the media?  Without them what would we be led to believe?  Did A-Rod do the right thing by talking?  History shows that he might have as a couple of gentlemen chose not to speak about the past as others claim not to speak English and others just wanted to point and wave around his finger.

I think in the era of ‘roids people will look at players in a total different view but on the most part for the guys who did it right my hat goes off to you.  You stood fast did not fall into temptations, or just couldn’t find the right hookup, (sorry could not help myself) but you believed in what was right and played with your heart and not a substance.