Baseball Player to World: I Was Young And Rich, So Of Course I Took Drugs

And that's that. Another user of performancing enhancing drugs, another liar to come out of baseball's hollow halls, another round of BS excuses about being young, rich, and "under pressure."

I'd love to know what they mean by pressure. So they boo you. So what? When you sign a multi-million dollar contract, you're going to get paid even if you strike out every at bat for an entire season. Some pressure.

I watched A-Rod's 60 Minutes interview last year, where he didn't even blink when saying that he never touched the juice. He's a very good liar. Since he's now confessed to the hero-worshipping ESPN (can he have picked a more friendly outlet to talk about his "mistakes?"), we can only assume that the evidence behind the Sports Illustrated article that outed him must be overwhelming.

I said a few days ago that it was disappointing to see A-Rod now on the list of liars and drug users. He is the only active player that stands a chance to beat Barry "Balco" Bonds' bogus home run record. Among active players, Ken Griffey Jr. sits in the #2 spot for home runs with 611. But he's 38 years old, so there's little to no chance that he can eclipse Bonds. A-Rod, at 32-years-old, seems destined to beat the record. He only needs a couple of hundred more in his career and, should he play until his late 30's, he can beat that record easily.

But who cares? His records are meanignless now.

So that's it. I think I am entirely justified in believing that Hank Aaron is still the home run king, and probably will be for at least the next two decades.