steroids are for losers

I'm sorry - it's true.

Baseball has been my favorite sport all my life. It was my Moms favorite sport. We watched Cardinals games together. I grew up thinking the guys on the field were larger than life. I had no idea they were just regular humans with a skill to play the game. The Cardinals won it all in 1982 - for the entire playoffs that year - me and Mom got to watch every game. Dad didn't complain once about losing control of his TV for that magic October. After all the TV was his domain the rest of the year! Had I heard of steroids by then? I think probably so - I was a jock and spent a fair amount of time in the weight room. Would I have connected them to MLB? Not a chance... of course in those days the Cardinals were all about speed... on the basepaths - I have no clue about speed in the clubhouse... I still think a double steal is the next coolest play to a suicide squeeze that there is...
Yeah, I'm a lifelong baseball fan. The steroids thing makes me sick. When Big Mac told congress he wasn't there to talk about the past - I felt ill. One of my heroes. yes I'm older now and I know that baseball players are just regular guys that happen to be very good at my favorite game. But damn... that was as loud and clear of an admission of guilt as it gets. And a wimpy trying to get out of it without really lying one at that. I do admire that he was willing to make himself look bad rather than tell a lie. I'll give brownie points for that. But the he-man thing to do would have been to be honest. If he used then he should have said - I did it, I'm not proud of it, I'm sorry.
Okay, I get that it is illegal... but it wasn't banned by baseball. True baseball shouldn't have to say that illegal drugs are a no-no. But my understanding is many players got their scripts in mexico where it isn't illegal. So if it isn't illegal where your at when you did it, and baseball didn't ban it... why do you have to lie? Because even so you still knew it wasn't right.
So what up with Roger Clemens? Who knows? I really hope he hasn't been lying to the world. I really hope he isn't arrogant enough to think he could do it, lie and get away with it. I don't know the man, he never played for the Cardinals so I don't have much invested in him one way or the other. Albert Pujols on the other hand - yes he is a hero of mine. Yes I know I'm 40 years old and baseball players are just people... but I watch the game and I'm a little girl hanging out with my Momma again... When the early rumor came out that Albert was in the Mitchell report - I felt sick all over again. I was just like No - it just can't be. Luckily for me when I heard the rumor the actual report had already come out and I read it then and saw he wasn't listed. Whew!
thing is we think we know our players. We watch them on the field, we hear about the wonderful causes they raise money for, they give back to the community. We want them to be the perfect people and they just aren't. They are in an ultra competitive job that can get them replaced anytime if they fail to perform. I understand they have families and want all the best for their families and the best way to get all the best is to be the best. And if your going against guys that are juiced - the deck is stacked against you. I get it. I don't like it, but I get it.
Here is my thought for you. What are you going to tell your parents? What are you going to tell your kids? If you juice - you will get caught.
What about Barry Bonds? What will baseball do about that situation if it turns out he used and lied? You know Barry had strikes against him to start with. My biggest issue with him was anytime I saw him in front of a camera - my impression was that he looked down at the rest of the world as lessor beings. I don't like that attitude. Now to be fair - I've seen some stuff with him more recently that he does come across more humble - slightly. We want our heroes to be humble... we want to hear they are just regular people that have the gift to play a game we love and play it very well. At the same time we want them to be super heroes flying in to save the day in the bottom of the 9th. But deep down - we know - they are people to - and people make mistakes. For goodness sakes though - be strong enough to admit your shortcomings. We like to forgive our heroes unless we feel like they are playing us for fools...
So my advice to Roger Clemens - if your innocent - stay the course... if your not - confess, grovel and retire before the results on the test on all those syringes come out. But what do I know? I'm just an evil lesbian computer geek...