I was ten years old and playing Midget baseball. My position was in center field and the ball was hit to me. I positioned myself to make the catch and taped the glove like I had saw the pros do before they caught the ball. I prepared to catch the "can of corn". Boom I missed the catch and the ball went right past my glove and hit me right in the forehead. I was down and crying and the coach came to my rescue. He got me together and the game was restarted. The very next hit was to me , again , in center field; a beautiful fly ball and another "can of corn". Bam the same thing; the ball went right by my glove and cracked me right in the forehead. This time when the coach came out and got me back together he moved me to third base. He told me that you're not an outfielder and that you will be an infielder. I played third base for my entire baseball and softball playing career. I'm sixty and I still play and love the game. I still play third base and Brooks Robinson, third base for the Baltimore Orioles , is still my all time baseball hero. I love and respect the game still. 

Does Alex Rodriquez respect the game? My believe is that Alex Rodriquez is a lying piece of Yankee shit. Now I will admit to my anti Yankee feelings. I was raised in 1950's and 1960's America. Most kids outside of New York were "Yankee haters". The Yankees have always represented the aristocracy of baseball. They were the pampered , and the upper crust of baseball and they acted like their "shit didn't stink". The Yankees were the team we most wanted to see pounded into the ground. Alex Rodriquez epitomizes this historical Yankee hate that I have for good reason and represent much of what is bad about baseball today.

Alex represents what is wrong in America. Much of our American business community as proven themselves to be the lying , cheaters that they are. Alex is a lying , cheating Yankee baseball player. I saw the entire press conference that he held. I didn't have any problem seeing Alex for the liar that he is. And I do not believe all the malarkey about "I was just young and ignorant". Bullshit. Alex as been a premiere player for all of his baseball playing career. For him to plea that he was unaware of norms and practices in baseball that most to all players become familiar with in high school and college is simply a lie in my opinion. Fuck Alex "Steroid King" Rodriquez. It's people like him that fuck up our great American game.

Now look I have no real issue with steroid taking; it's fine as far as I'm really concerned. The problem is that these baseball "drug addicts" want to be accepted as though they were not taking anything. So they want it both ways. They want to be perceived as though they were natural athletes. And they all said that Canseco was full of shit. Canseco had it right all the time.

So here's my suggestion to the "chemical baseball players". Why don't you guys start your own steroid league. We need to separate the natural and true athletes from the "chemical kings". The "chemical kings' need to play with themselves. They can have their own game and play it and shoot the fuck up as much as they want. So then they would all be on the steroids together playing in the steroid league. They would then loose the steroid edge because everybody would be on them. So you see some would have to then seek the next level of drugs or whatever was available to cheat and attempt to raise the level of their game in unnatural ways.

Alex cheated and then he lied. And he's not the only one. We know what the "Rocket" had in his tank and we heard him lie to Congress about steroid taking. And their were others. And their are other areas of sport were this kind of behavior is becoming more prevalent. And I feel that the athletes that look for the advantage through unfair means and get caught and then lie about it represent all that is wrong with our country. Alex is not the only lying cheater in the American continuum. From the White House to the Outhouse we have a lot of lying pieces of shit in our America. My Grandpa would say take them all to the "Woodshed". When you went to the "Woodshed" with my Grandpa you came out of there holding your ass and you would cry yourself to sleep. You figure it out.

So I don't believe the drama and the fake crying by Alex Rodriquez. He got caught and that's his problem; he didn't fess up until he had to. And Alex and the others just need to accept the fact that they are liars and cheaters. And they no longer deserve to have the respect of the American fans they play in front. They no longer deserve the respect of the  players who they play with who choose to play the game under honorable conditions. Alex is just a lying , cheating piece of Yankee shit.