A Rare Moment: A Subtle HT to A-Rod
By Cecilio's Scribe on Feb 09, 2009 with Comments 3
We’ve spent more than a few of our typed words in this space ripping on Alex Rodriguez. It doesn’t do any good to kick sand in his face right now. He’s already buried.
No matter his missteps, Rodriguez is one of the most gifted baseball players we’ve ever had the opportunity to watch. As a person and a player, however, he’s given critics more than a few opportunities to tear him down. And for those many reasons, he’s never been a particularly “likable” athlete.
However, for all the things that have drawn my ire (and that of others), I have to give him at least some credit – for coming clean. I didn’t see the interview with Gammons, nor am I particularly interested in reading all of the post-analysis. In this case, A-Rod did the right thing (for once). He didn’t wait. He didn’t skirt around the issue. Someone told him to come right out and admit his wrongdoing, and he listened. Perhaps his PR folks should also get a pat on the back for convincing him thusly.
Does this make Rodriguez an all-of-the-sudden sympathetic character? No, not for us. What it does accomplish, if nothing else, is causing us to stop short of taking any more cheap shots that we have reserved for others in the past. It feels like I should have more to say on all of this. Right now, I don’t. This could all be good for baseball someday. Right now, it stinks.
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On the money, CG. He’s not sympathetic; but he did have the good sense to learn from Andy Petitte and to not try to be Clemens, Bonds or Palmiero. I did see the interview, and while I don’t necessarily believe every word, I do think, for the large part, he was sincere. And for baseball’s sake, i hope so.
Couldn’t disagree more. He had no choice but to admit it. He lied and sleazed his whole way thru that interview. He is so unlikeable. I award him no credit for admitting that he cheated after he got caught.
I award him no credit…
and may g*d have mercy on his soul