Comments on: A-Rod Now Admits To Taking ‘Banned Substances’ http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:27:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Lord Corn http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57964 Lord Corn Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:15:15 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57964 If there is a silver-lining in all of this, it's that maybe now he'll be suicidal.  An insecure, pathologically self-aware chimp like Alex doesnt have a long way to go before the voices in his head tell him to eat a bottle of valium. If there is a silver-lining in all of this, it's that maybe now he'll be suicidal.  An insecure, pathologically self-aware chimp like Alex doesnt have a long way to go before the voices in his head tell him to eat a bottle of valium.

]]> By: Red http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57826 Red Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:43:09 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57826 Alex Rodriguez has admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs early in his career; so what?  Is the public that naive and is MLB rules committees that unfair to believe that performance enhancing hasn’t been going on since the beginning of the sports?  Do people really believe that even the earliest Olympic athletes weren’t taking some kind of ‘pick me up’?  Our beloved Babe Ruth, that guy probably had a TWO medicine cabinets in his bathroom!  Can a guy who partied like that man did play baseball without having a boatload of caffeine or maybe even a little snort of coke?  Come on, don’t be such narrow minded fools on this subject.  Ok, a couple pots of coffee isn’t the same as a little cocaine which, in turn, isn’t the same as steroids: but the whole idea has been going on for a long, long time; far longer than the “asterisk” era of baseball in the ‘90’s.  It’s ok to have rules in place to deter the use of performance enhancing substances, but I don’t think it’s ok to punish retroactively.  It’s like if I had a child who played catch in the house for years as a little kid then for some reason one day I made a new household rule that banned playing catch in the house and then I spanked my kid for every time that he played baseball in the house BEFORE I made the rule.  I understand that there were rules in place already, but many weren’t specific to particular substances.  Mark McGuire was using an over the counter substance that hadn’t been added to the list of banned substances but now is on the list.  Do we retroactively punish Mark McGuire for using a substance that at the time was perfectly within the rules to use?    I know that Major League Baseball wants to send a message that drugs are bad and that all the players should have a fair chance at achieving their athletic goals.  And yes, steroids and cocaine and other performance enhancing drugs are very dangerous to your health.  However, the issue of punishment should be based solely on the specific idea of breaking rules that were in place at the time of the violation.  We, the public and Major League Baseball should not go witch hunting for all the athletes who may have misused substances that were until recently specified as illegal to their particular sport.  Alex Rodriguez has admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs early in his career; so what?  Is the public that naive and is MLB rules committees that unfair to believe that performance enhancing hasn’t been going on since the beginning of the sports?  Do people really believe that even the earliest Olympic athletes weren’t taking some kind of ‘pick me up’?  Our beloved Babe Ruth, that guy probably had a TWO medicine cabinets in his bathroom!  Can a guy who partied like that man did play baseball without having a boatload of caffeine or maybe even a little snort of coke?  Come on, don’t be such narrow minded fools on this subject.  Ok, a couple pots of coffee isn’t the same as a little cocaine which, in turn, isn’t the same as steroids: but the whole idea has been going on for a long, long time; far longer than the “asterisk” era of baseball in the ‘90’s.  It’s ok to have rules in place to deter the use of performance enhancing substances, but I don’t think it’s ok to punish retroactively.  It’s like if I had a child who played catch in the house for years as a little kid then for some reason one day I made a new household rule that banned playing catch in the house and then I spanked my kid for every time that he played baseball in the house BEFORE I made the rule.  I understand that there were rules in place already, but many weren’t specific to particular substances.  Mark McGuire was using an over the counter substance that hadn’t been added to the list of banned substances but now is on the list.  Do we retroactively punish Mark McGuire for using a substance that at the time was perfectly within the rules to use?    I know that Major League Baseball wants to send a message that drugs are bad and that all the players should have a fair chance at achieving their athletic goals.  And yes, steroids and cocaine and other performance enhancing drugs are very dangerous to your health.  However, the issue of punishment should be based solely on the specific idea of breaking rules that were in place at the time of the violation.  We, the public and Major League Baseball should not go witch hunting for all the athletes who may have misused substances that were until recently specified as illegal to their particular sport. 

]]> By: arlo http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57794 arlo Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:45:57 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57794 Who injects themselves with something they don't know what it is ... Especially these characters that worship themselves. Hey A-rod, try this! It's, er, (muffled from covering mouth). Who injects themselves with something they don't know what it is … Especially these characters that worship themselves.

Hey A-rod, try this! It's, er, (muffled from covering mouth).

]]> By: Charlie http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57767 Charlie Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:52:12 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57767 I see I see....its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.  Josh-Couldnt agree more.  Its like for 15 seconds we shared a brain  I see I see….its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.  Josh-Couldnt agree more.  Its like for 15 seconds we shared a brain 

]]> By: BobsBlitz.com http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57703 BobsBlitz.com Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:07:42 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57703 This article is the ONLY article besides our own - who has it right.  Arod DOES NOT admit use of PEDs.  Not once.  Great Catch SBB. Bob This article is the ONLY article besides our own - who has it right.  Arod DOES NOT admit use of PEDs.  Not once.  Great Catch SBB.
Bob

]]> By: Josh Jones http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57685 Josh Jones Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:42:10 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57685 Crazy thing is that A-Rod, like Bonds, could've ended up a first-ballot hall of famer without juicing at all. What do you think -- will he still make it? Also, any chance he's still secretly taking something? The athletes are always a step ahead...I'm wondering too if this will affect A-Rod's participation with the Dominican Republic in the <a href="http://www.betonline.com/betting-edge/World-Baseball-Classic-betting-559.aspx" rel="nofollow">World Baseball Classic</a>. Crazy thing is that A-Rod, like Bonds, could've ended up a first-ballot hall of famer without juicing at all. What do you think — will he still make it? Also, any chance he's still secretly taking something? The athletes are always a step ahead…I'm wondering too if this will affect A-Rod's participation with the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic.

]]> By: Jimmy Rollins Band http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57677 Jimmy Rollins Band Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:29:59 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57677 Derek Jeter will never look at him the same again. He must be heartbroken A-Rod could lie like that. Derek Jeter will never look at him the same again. He must be heartbroken A-Rod could lie like that.

]]> By: Vince Youngs Psychiatrist http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57675 Vince Youngs Psychiatrist Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:26:42 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57675 So now A-Rod's allowed to come back and cover NBA games on TNT, right? So now A-Rod's allowed to come back and cover NBA games on TNT, right?

]]> By: Booga Lou http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57669 Booga Lou Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:14:06 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57669 This ensures that next year, AL ballparks will be filled to the brim with "A-Roid" signs. This ensures that next year, AL ballparks will be filled to the brim with "A-Roid" signs.

]]> By: X-Factor http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57667 X-Factor Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:12:18 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/alex-rodriguez-admits-to-taking-banned-substance-22237#comment-57667 I'm not surprised at all by this. I'm not surprised at all by this.

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