He's not going to be spared much criticism but Alex Rodriguez did the right thing by admitting his past steroid use in an interview with ESPN's Peter Gammons today.
Nothing he can say or do will erase the memory of this but by admitting to a mistake, getting into the details regarding when and why he did it, he's going to get ahead of the story.
Instead of having people constantly hounding him for answers, now all he has to deal with is the anger sure to be leveled at him by baseball fans across the country. A-Rod wasn't exactly the most popular guy around before this so it's not like he was going to be greeted with enthusiasm anyway.
His daily routine will now be relatively unchanged.
I'm actually a bit surprised that he did the right thing here but maybe he learned from the mistakes made by Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. If you deny-deny-deny you're only going to encourage people to take you on.
You know what's strange? I actually believe his story.
He told Peter Gammons that he took steroids beginning when he arrived in Texas, fresh off signing the richest contract in baseball history. He says the pressure to live up to expectations pushed him toward the 'roids.
It's not a valid excuse but the explanation does fit his personality.
If you ask me, A-Rod has some self esteem issues and he always needs to be "perfect."
You can see that in his appearance, his personal life (dumping his gorgeous wife for Madonna? dope), his manner of speaking and in his game.
Believing his explanation is not the same as excusing actions, by the way.
He deserves whatever consequences there are for this whole debacle.
It's his fault afterall.
KW
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