My final thought on this before hopefully moving on to baseball this week is this-
Yes, Rodriguez took steroids. So did Pettitte, and we cheered him. So did Giambi, and we had mustache day at the Stadium.
Yankee fans are going to have to get over the fact that Rodriguez took steroids. We have to rally around our team and support them. There was going to be more than enough vitriol coming from all angles this season anyway, now it's going to be tenfold. It will be detrimental to the team to boo A-Rod, so get over it.
You know if this was David Ortiz, or Josh Beckett, or Kevin Youkilis, that the fans in Boston would have their back. We've got to be able to stick up for our team, no matter how much we probably dislike the player.
This team is too good to have it torpedoed by some stupid bullshit from six years ago.
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Much as I'm pissed off about the man and the 'roids at the moment, I gotta agree. I'm not saying by any stretch of the imagination to just give him a free pass, a 'get out of jail' card, but we do need to cheer the man. If this was Boston, of course they'd have the player's back. But more importantly, we can't alter what he did already. 2001-2003 happened 8-6 years ago respectively. That's not to say that it can't or shouldn't have an impact on what happens in the future in terms of drug tests or records, but what it DOES mean is we can not now change what occurred. ALL we can do is cheer now for our team. For our players. For the ones who took PEDs and the ones who didn't. Not to coddle anyone, but if a player comes out and gets booed, he's not gonna be happy; and as Manny showed EVERYONE last year, doesn't always matter if they're getting paid, if someone's unhappy, they're unproductive...or just a pain in the collective organization's ass. So yeah, grill A-rod for doing what he did. Use him as an example to your kids of 'look, doesn't matter how famous you are or how much money you make, if you cheat your way through life and get caught, this is what happens. You get embarrassed, you may be brought in front of the law, and no one will trust or respect you.' But cheer for his home runs too. Because like it or not, the team needs him. He's our starting 3B, and possibly the AL's best right handed hitter.
Remember, this is all history in the making people. Try to pay attention.
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