Comments on: Don’t Blame A-Rod; Blame Baseball, Blame Us

By: He Didn’t Look the Other Way « The Splendid Splitter

He Didn’t Look the Other Way « The Splendid Splitter — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:23:42 +0000

[...] can people blame Bud Selig for decisions maybe 20% of the players made? A counter argument can be, “Well Bug should [...]

By: Ed R.

Ed R. — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:24:15 +0000

Love the site, and happy to read the cri de coeur (not, one hopes, written while on writing-enhancing drugs), but you really shouldn’t be referring to anything about Cal Ripken as “infamous”.

By: KM

KM — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:52:35 +0000

Yea, I guess we are to blame because we personally shot him up with steroids.

I hate this BS that we are to blame, or MLB is to blame. Yes, we love to see homeruns, and yes, MLB allowed players to get away with murder for years, but nobody personally injected or fed these guys steroids. The blame lies solely on the player that MADE THE DECISION to take steroids to try to gain a competitive edge.

These players have no excuse in my opinion, and deflecting blame is cowardly and juvenile.

By: clktwr14

clktwr14 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:16:44 +0000

Just a thought for everyone, what is the common bond between A-Rod, McGwire, and Bonds. Scott Boras, a man who feels players should be paid ridiculious amounts of money, and he rakes in what about 15- 20 % of there pay, hmmm that’s a interesting Ponzi Scheme……

By: Manny

Manny — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:35:31 +0000

Georgie you are absolutely right. I hear ya.

By: Don M

Don M — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:23:17 +0000

I thought the A-Rod interview yesterday was a joke.. good question by Gammons, but all A-Rod kept saying was that he was sorry, he was an idiot, and people should look at his season when he was 20 years old, and look at 2007… and look to the future, etc..

I lost a lot of respect for him..

I won’t be surprised one bit when Jeter tells the world that he used them too after all the media gathers in Spring Training… he’ll then go down as a savior, because he’ll be the first to give himself up for “the good of the game”

By: Don M

Don M — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:20:58 +0000

it wasn’t THE wing bowl… it was A “wing bowl” .. I think I ate 25 in 5 minutes, but all of them counted, some guys ate like 50+, some guys thought they ate 40, but most of them still had meat on the bones

I was just too slow..

BACK TO BASEBALL,

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:09:22 +0000

Great article, Tim.

By: Jason B.

Jason B. — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:43:52 +0000

Ganja as a performance enhancing product for Wing Bowl?!? You guys are friggin hilarious. Hey Don, what was your stunt to get into wing bowl?

By: Phillie South

Phillie South — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:57:37 +0000

Aroid is a cheat and a liar. I lived in Dallas when he signed and for his first 2 years. He talks of the enormous pressure he faced. Nobody in Dallas cares about the Rangers and nobody cared about A Rod. They only care about the Cowboys. And then he expects us to believe he quits using as he enters the relaxing atmosphere in New York.