A-Rod looking better every day
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 18, 2009 
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Let’s have a hand for Alex Rodriguez.
Back in February A-Rod was King Clown of the sports world. He denied he took steroids, then sort of admitted it, then admitted some more of it and then held the most awkward press conference in history.
But, to his credit, he has since stopped listening to his army of sycophants, shut his mouth and just played ball. Now Alex is playing well on the best team in the game and has gone six months without the remotest controversy. When is the last time you shook your head about something he said? See what I mean?
A-Rod looks better every day as new sports clowns have risen up to take his place. It’s a list that seems to grow longer as each day passes.
Let’s see:
Brett Favre, the new active leader in stupidity. Just go away.
Lance Armstrong, who fought with his own teammate and the drug testers on the Tour de France.
Michael Vick, who killed dogs but is now somehow easier to root for than Favre.
Omar MInaya, who somehow blamed a beat writer for his assistant GM being a nutcase.
Michael Phelps, much better in water than out.
Rick Pitino, a long-time paragon of family values who cheated on his wife with the Makeup Queen of Kentucky, paid for an abortion and now still wants to coach.
I’m sure I’m forgetting a few people. The point is, you can recover from a case of acute clownishness. Just keep quiet, play ball and somebody else will arrive on the scene soon enough and make everybody forget about you.
So on behalf of grateful Yankees fans, atta boy, Brett. Please tell us again how difficult this decision was for the 1,675th time.
UPDATE, 4:13 p.m.: The people have spoken. I forgot forgetful David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and his female fertility drugs, Roger Clemens and a few other purveyors of foolishness. The point stands: A-Rod has done well to move down the list. Hopefully he stays in that mode.
loving it
Roger Clemens!!!!!
And for those who are interested, Mindy McCready will have a special on VH1 in which she dishes all about her relationship with Clemens and how her first love “ruined her life”
Rangers getting Pudge back:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=4407445
Who cares about what Brett Favre is doing?
The problem isn’t favre it’s us. It’s Favre’s decision, if he wants to play and people will take him, fine. I could care less.
It’s the people who care that are maing him a joke.
So glad the nonsense has died down.
Hope it stays that way.
maing is making.
Cool post Pete. A-Rod is learning that he doesn’t have to speak, he just has to perform
Is it October yet?
Hatin’ Lance? He’s not even in the same league as those other guys!
I enjoy watching Favre play, he is the greatest of all time. He may not be what he once was but is still a top 5 QB and now makes the Vikings the superbowl favorites in the NFL. That defense plus a HOF QB is trouble for the rest of the league…..
Actually it was Manny and Ortiz who stole all the heat away from Arod. The American public really has no problem with scandals what they pay attention to and don’t forgive is a clumsy attempt at a cover-up. Better to admit it, be contrite and move on.
Brett did a number on my Jets last season, with this hot n cold stuff. Just hope he actually gets the Vikes to the playoffs, it would not be good for him to have 2 straight non-playoff years.
SJ, I don’t begrudge the players anything. IMO, they have every right to seek out as much $$ as they can get; they have every right to decide how and where they are going to live their lives. For most of baseball’s history, the owners had the hammer – and they used it. I always side with the players over the owners – they earned the right to become free agents and they should take advantage of it.
I was never under the impression that the East Coast was CC’s first choice, so it never bothered me that he would signed here under less than ideal circumstances. What bothered me was hearing that Tex actually offered a discount to the Sox. If it’s not true, ok. If it is – I can’t help how I feel. As I said, I will always, always root for Tex because he’s wearing pinstripes, but he just wouldn’t be a personal favorite. It doesn’t mean I don’t think he’s a good guy……there are only so many personal favorites I can handle at one time, lol
Yankees signing Smoltz…i dont think it would be a bad idea.
He’s a veteran that knows how to pitch in the playoffs and is pretty good the first 2 innings of any game, that means maybe he would be really good in the bullpen..give Aceves a little break and just another solid arm in the bullpen
Well, A-Rod looked bad on the 1-2-3 double play against Tomko last night!
Yet, Alex still gets raked over the coals. Ok, he’s struggling……..but he’s helped the team enormously since he’s been back. I think he will just never be truly liked in this town..
Farve Fan: What are you smoking
There sure are many paragons of virtue. You can also add John Calipari to the list. The weasel chatted with Kentucky DURING his Sweet 16 run with Memphis. He bolted when he found out that the NCAA was investigating us.
I just don’t think that Brett has anything left to give. His shoulder could easily be bugging him again and the Vikings could possibly finish 3rd in the NFC North if the shoulder issues persist.
A-Rod is looking better all the time, there’s no question about that.
Packers will win that division anyway. That is going to force Favre into another retirement.
For me, Favre’s lasting legacy will always be him making that ill-advised heave in Packers’ territory in overtime of the NFC championship game against the Giants. The throw was just begging to picked off, and that’s exactly what Webster did. That interception basically handed the NFC title to the G-Men. Thanks, Brett.
Now if the tv networks would just stop showing shots of Kate what’s her face during his every at bat, that would be great.
I’m very happy that circus issues for A-Rod have calmed down.
And, Pete, I agree. Favre, please go away.
Mangini played a huge role in the Jets collapse as well.
I remember that 4th and goal at the 2 yard line in Seattle and he kicked a field goal on the first drive lol
It’s extremely amusing to compare the treatment of Arod to the absolute PASS on David Ortiz. What a joke the media in this country are. I can’t even watch Espn anymore. Thank god for the MLB channel or I’d be screwed.
And for those who are interested, Mindy McCready will have a special on VH1 in which she dishes all about her relationship with Clemens and how her first love “ruined her life”
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Did you hear about the latest drama she’s involved in now? Drama!
Thanks to Favre I am rooting for GB to win that division
Giants vs Patriots Superbowl Rematch, I hope.
Love Big Blue.
Pete, knocking on wood right now after reading the A-Rod post LOL!
Farve is no longer a top 10-15 QB in the league.
Favre Fan August 18th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I enjoy watching Favre play, he is the greatest of all time. He may not be what he once was but is still a top 5 QB and now makes the Vikings the superbowl favorites in the NFL. That defense plus a HOF QB is trouble for the rest of the league…..
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Oh god
“Brett. Please tell us again how difficult this decision was for the 1,675th time.”
for those of you too young to remember, it took franco, the dictator of spain, forever to die.
that’s what this reminds me of.
i think i flipped the channel for the first time about 6 years ago on favre’s retiring.
haven’t watched a minute of him since.
Ortiz looked genuine. He didn’t read from a script, he didn’t look at his teammates for 30 seconds trying to manufacture tears like A-Rod did etc.
From a neutral standpoint, it is easy to see why he is given more favorable treatment than A-Rod did. The way A-Rod handled it was a joke.
Brett Favre is not the greatest quaterback of all time.
Montana, Brady, Elway are all above him on that list – that’s for certain.
I’d stick Manning and Unitas above him as well.
Story of Favre – a lot of touchdowns, a lot of back breaking interceptions.
He’s no longer a top five QB. His poor play was a big reason for the Jets collapse in the second half of the season.
He’s better than Sage Rosenfels or Tavaris Jackson, but that’s not saying a lot.
He’ll throw into triple coverage again to cost the Vikes a playoff game, because that’s Brett Favre and that’s what Brett Favre does.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead
Selena Roberts confirmed A-Rod’s positive test with 4 different sources. The Players Association couldn’t protect him with the phony excuse that they used for Ortiz.
Ortiz’ positive test was from one source and can be easily refuted.
“Ortiz looked genuine.”
Yeah, so did the union lawyer who accompanied him. Is this a serious post?
I suppose you believe him when he says he didn’t use steroids. In which case, why didn’t he just say that when first asked about it 10 days before the press conference?
I don’t get why Favre is such a big deal anymore. Sure he’s a future hall of famer but he’s not that good anymore. Is he better than even half of the starting QB’s in the NFL? I’m not too sure that he is.
The Vikings are going to pay this guy $12 million in 2009. That’s beyond absurd.
There are too many good teams in the NFC for the Vikings to do anything. Who cares about Brett freaking farve
The Alex stuff never bothered me because I could always rattle off a LONG list (like Pete’s example) of guys who did real things that were more serious than rub you the wrong way.
Up until the steroids, there were few things this guy actually did that was anything more than “not my cup of tea/ not how I would handle it” type antics.
minnesota deserves so much better
Ortiz didn’t look genuine to me at all. A-Rod at the very least admitted he did steroids, Ortiz won’t even admit it. And everybody knows, or at least thinks, he did.
Giats and Colts in the Superbowl. My prediction is that Steve Smith becomes the Giants’ number one receiver.
“Ortiz looked genuine. He didn’t read from a script,”
Sure, that’s why it took him 10 days “to get the facts straight.”
i want a federal law passed that all west coast baseball games start at 4:00 pm pacific coast time.
“Selena Roberts confirmed A-Rod’s positive test with 4 different sources. The Players Association couldn’t protect him with the phony excuse that they used for Ortiz.
Ortiz’ positive test was from one source and can be easily refuted.”
The player’s union should have been out front on “The List” before the first name was leaked. All these concerns they had about the list but they just sat back silent. Moronic.
Soul —
You bought that Papi nonsense about supplements and such? Well good for you! Let me try to guess your favorite book.. is it “Gullible’s Travels”?
Ortiz suggested one year bans for anyone caught, but he doesn’t seem willing to apply that standard to himself. That’s makes him El Hypicrito to me.
“Ortiz looked genuine.”
Without the assistance of the body language interpretters used for Alex, how can you be sure?
The difference in treatment was monumental. There are roughly a few hundred players (104 is the tip of the iceberg IMO) who should say “Thanks” when they see Alex. He took the heat and bored the whole world with the coverage so each new revelation is greeted with a shrug now.
I think Favre will do well. 30 touchdowns, 20 TD’s is my prediction for Favre. Vikings make the playoffs then lose in the first round.
who is favre and what does he do for a living?
ESPN is all over the story. who cares!!!
“Brett Favre, the new active leader in stupidity. Just go away.” i could nto have said thi better myself. I just want this guy to suffer a massively debilitating injury that would really prevent him from ever returning. He is just an annoying guy to hear about.
“Brett Favre, the new active leader in stupidity. Just go away.” i could nto have said thi better myself. I just want this guy to suffer a massively debilitating injury that would really prevent him from ever returning. He is just an annoying guy to hear about.
30 touchdowns and 20 td’s dang, 50 TD’s? Impressive
randy l.-I second that motion. I hate these 10:00 games.
What does Robert’s 4 sources mean? Ortiz was confirmed as on the list. Arod admitted to what he did. Ortiz went the deniability route.
Ortiz lost his credibility by going out of his way to comment after Arod was caught and open his mouth many times. Steroids, not steroids, supplements, Andro, who cares, what a hipocrite. Him and his best friend Manny cheated just as much.
Ortiz, like Giambi, admitted nothing other than being careless. We dont know if Ortiz took andro juice for example. I know if I were in that position I would irrevocably name some of the popular substances that I never took. Ortiz admitted nothing.
But back to Pete’s post… can we discuss what is really important in the Yankee Universe? Namely, how is Kate Hudson being accepted with the other wives and girl friends? I think we could have the makings of a terrific reality tv show. Certainly better than Housewives of New Jersey! lol
It’s not Favre’s fault that people fawn over his every move. People even spend time talking about how they shouldn’t fawn over his every move!
It’s Fare’s life, if he wants to come back and somebody is willing to hire him, that’s their business.
Brett Favre is coming back !?! Awesome ! he is young and has many more great years ahead of him…… !
*Favre’s* life.
Pete…come on man. Rooting for Vick over Favre? I hope you wish you could take that back.
Favre is now the biggest Prima Donnna ever and takes the spotlight off of the Eagles with Vick and T.O. with his usual need for headlines. Plaxico’s issues are way in the background behind Favre and Vick. Football has stuff all over the place. Big Ben with the accusations. Stallworth killing someone driving drunk and getting essentially no jail time.
The way Favre is leaving this game makes you respect Mariano, Elway, Aikman and others on their way out.
it is official:
ps3 price drop to $300
I gurantee that Pete doesn’t want to take that back because he CAN take it back. It’s his blog.
“Ortiz looked genuine. He didn’t read from a script, he didn’t look at his teammates for 30 seconds trying to manufacture tears like A-Rod did etc.”
Yeah sure. But he also hung out and trained with the same trainer Arod did. A trainer who is banned from baseball for dealing steroids.
OOPS! ESPN has failed to rehash that February story yet that they played off as nothing at the time.
genuine my ….
for people who think the yanks are cheap in the draft:
from BA
“The Mets failed to sign their fifth- and sixth-rounders, and only had two players—Matz and 13th-round pick Zach Dotson, a Georgia prep lefty signed for $500,000—who signed for as much as the Yankees gave their 44th-round pick. No large-revenue team uses its money less in the draft than the Mets.”
We all know Ortiz did steroids.
BUT, his pure apology and the way he went about it, made him believable.
All Brett Favre did was beat the Patriots in a Super Bowl and keep them out of the playoffs last year. No wonder Pete thinks he is “the new active leader in stupidity.” I guess former Patriot Donté Stallworth doesnt even get an honorable mention in the list of sports clowns for killing a person.
Manny, Arod and Ortiz were all good friends. Amazing two of them was doing stuff, Ortiz though is credible removing himself. They hung out with the same Dominican trainer who was under scrutiny.
Ortiz said he was careless, Arod loosy-goosy, different words – same result.
Ortiz took many things he didn’t know about supposedly and didn’t diclose, but he definitely can tell you he didn’t take steroids… does this include HGH????
Ortiz said he bought “legal” supplements and vitamins over the counter and in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC !!! How many things are legal in the DR and can be bought over the counter? Wasn’t that where Arod got his and you can get it over the counter???
Anyone that believes Ortiz is credible just sees what they want to see.
Giambi was on his own at the time and the first to sort of come clean. He moved on and shut his mouth, didn’t comment on others. Ortiz felt the need to speak his mind, knowing full well he was “careless” to use his words so how is he not just as guilty in his own mind. Maybe the Big Papi split personality thing makes him think he is two different people.
Ortiz looked genuine?
Yeah, genuine liar. He waited 9 days to talk to MLBPA lawyers and then said that he never took steroids but was careless at GNC? Give me a break. Ortiz used every steroid in the book 100 times over. Which is why he can no longer perform without them.
RalphieD,
You want to talk about a bad draft look at Toronto. They failed to sign 3 of their first day picks.
And how many pop psychologists segments/ columns would there have been saying the pot and now the accident/ bad license regarding Michael Phelps are harbingers if he wasn’t likable?
Like someone said to their letter to the ESPN ombudsman: “I’m looking for consistency.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn.....id=4405442
There are different standards of covering people and much of it is based on whether or not the media likes someone. Are all reporters guilty of it? No, but too many are.
I’m a big Armstrong fan. I never heard that stroy that Pete gave.
Ortiz also never came clean on all he did take. Why one might ask???? Because he is afraid of disclosing everything first. And second, if he doesn’t disclose everything now, he runs the risk someone will uncover something else down the line.
Manny is on his own island. On the initial list and is stupid enough to get caught again. At least Ortiz and Arod weren’t caught later on after all this stuff was out in the open. How stupid can you be?
“We all know Ortiz did steroids.
BUT, his pure apology and the way he went about it, made him believable.”
Yeah I don’t agree. I think it’s more about Ortiz being friendly to the press. When that happens, the press doesn’t do their job.
Jim:
Unlike you, I didn’t think it would be wise in a tongue-in-cheek post to mention the death of a person. That doesn’t seem like something to make fun of. As for the Patriots last season, I think they did very well considering they didn’t have Tom Brady. I don’t blame Favre for anything. I think his retiring/unretiring act has grown thin, which was the point I was making. Most people understood that. It didn’t seem that complicated.
Favre a top 5 QB? 30 Td’s? Papi looked genuine? What’s going on here today?
E-Gawa, I’m with you.
Pete, question though: Why is Donte Stallworth not on the stupidity list for causing the death of an actual human being? You’re not insulting the victim, you’re insulting the perpetrator of the crime. And deservedly.
I predict 30 TD’s with around 20 INT’s for Favre.
That’s my prediction and I’m sticking to it.
Because the death of a person is not something to be made fun of. Try and have some class please. I realize that will be tough for some of you. Jeez.
But we’re not making fun of the death of a person, we’re isulting someone who killed anpther person. Someone who deserves to be insulted. That’s all I’m saying.
I’ll shut up now.
Wesy Coast games are bad for the blog.
Wesy = West
Maybe Pete was talking about the silly back and forth Lance and his teammate, the one who won, had?
Not sure.
The fact that you’re even trying to mince words in that obviously joking post and want to include the death of a person is frightening. Have some common sense. Stop.
Seriously, does anyone still root at all for Brett Favre? This guy has become such any annoying joke of a man its sad. I dont wish an injury on anyone but I do hope the man suffers an excruciatingly awful season and hopefully, like Peter suggested, just goes away. Its like a little kid throwing a tantrum to get some attention, in this case maybe if the media just ignored his washed up ass he would dissapear.
Way to kill a positive thread guys.
Pete,
Great post. And we only have to wait 5 months for Favre to retire again!
Well it’s obviously a joking post. Of course.
I just find it a little unfair to have Vick and Favre on the list and not Stallworth.
This is of course not a paricularly important “problem”. So I will stop as you asked.
Looking for a Yankee fix prior to the Yankee game starting; story on Pat Venditte is on E:60 on ESPN tonight.
Favre has a two year deal. Which means the offseason should be another back and forth of whether to come back or not. Maybe he will retire and try to play in a warmer climate for his old bones. Buy a condon in Florida and play for the Dolphins. That seems to fit no?
How many boxes of Kleenex will Brett Favre need at his next press conference ?
LOL this caller to WFAN switched from being a Yankee to Met fan 12 years ago because her husband was a fan……and also, the Mets “look out for the underdog”all over the world (You Gotta Believe, etc…). That’s already hard to stomach. She then proceeds to explain how she’s upset with the Mets because she wants to install a kettle corn booth at Citi Field and they haven’t gotten back to her. Mrs. Smith’s Old Fashioned Kettle Corn? I already hate her kettle corn, lol.
Not deserving to be on the list, but what’s people’s take on Josh Hamilton and his brief relapse??? Something to pity or something that shows what type of person he is?
I am not sure. I can’t feel bad for him that’s for sure as he has a wife so those picks were not good. But sorry to see him resurrect his career, be a feel good story, be a model for people to get back after battling addiction only to look completely ridiculous publically.
She goes from kettle corn to David Wright’s concussion…she’s just all over the place. LOL
Yum Kettle Corn
Anyone that could just switch teams that easily is not someone I would buy kettle corn from.
Leave Phelps off that list… a little ganja never killed anybody
An article written by Tyler Kepner about Damon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08.....ref=sports
I’m all for it.
pat – are you around?
That’s the nature of the media. Vick kills dogs and is turned into a victim. A-Rod takes steroids and is an enemy.
coming to the defense of Michael Phelps. Definitely not a clown or worthy of being on this list.
Why is Phelps on this list?
Guys Pete wasn’t making a list of everyone that did something bad in the sports world–he’s just listing a few stupid ones that make Alex look better, as a joke. How does Dante Stallworth make Alex look better? I don’t think Alex should be mentioned with the likes of Stallworth. That being said…I would switch Phelps for Ortiz.
QUESTION GUYS!
Is King Felix going to be a free agent after this season?
JZirinsky (Washington, DC)
Keith: How did the Yankees do in this year’s draft?
Keith Law (3:51 PM)
Solid. I do think most of the value of the draft is in Heathcott/Murphy. Cotham’s interesting, heard very mixed reports on him all spring before he hurt his knee, but too many scouts told me “generic college starter” for me to get excited just yet.
Favre gets 12 mio $ and a starting job on a possible superbowl contender he wanted to have for the last 14 months. And he gets all this done without having to go through training camp which he hates. If that’s stupid I want to be that stupid, too.
Don’t mix up being stupid with being annoying. Scott Boras is annoying too but he gets the job done.
King Felix is not going to be a free agent for a while, 2012. Each year though he is arbitration eligible with the number growing.
I really think you have to give A-Rod credit for admitting way more than anyone else did about his use of steroids. Even if you don’t believe if was just three years, it is WAY more than anyone else has admitted. I don’t know exactly how rampant steroid use is/was, but I can only imagine if all the biggest hitters of the era have been implicated, it was quite rampant.
All we’ve gotten from everyone else is an outright denial, an excuse that they tried it once,or that they were just careless and don’t really know what they took. A-Rod admitted he took it for three years, no doubt that must have been tough.
I think people get the point of Pete’s post.
He said he probably missed some guys/girls too.
Forget about all the semantics.
I’m glad ARod is on the right path now.
If you’re keeping stallworth off the list, then why include vick? should arod be mentioned in the same sentence as vick? should the torture of however many dogs be something to joke about? no disrespect to the person stallworth killed, and i do think that what stallworth should in no way be joked about, but in the same vein, should what vick did be joked about either?
I love Brett Favre in a Brett Favre kind of way.
And while A-Rod is being such a humanitarian, it would be nice if he hit a little more.
Why is Phelps on the list? Maybe your right … he could have been just auditioning to join Cheech & Chong’s old act.
To his credit though, I think it may have been more of a case Armstrong’s teammate Contador fighting with him. I could be wrong. But if Lance did better than expected when he joined the team, and threatened Contador’s position as team leader, then Contador could have taken offense. I heard more negative stuff coming from Contador than from Armstrong. As best I can tell, Armstrong rode the Tour de Frnace for no salary this time.
It happens. In F1 racing a couple years ago, the defending world champ (Alonso) blackmailed the team principal to make sure his car was faster than his teammate’s because he was the defending champion or saw himself as the team leader. The teammate (Hamilton) was a rookie at the time who turned out to be just as fast as Alonso, and Alonso didn’t like it. In the end the hissy fit Alonso made cost the team all their championship points and somewhere between 50-100 million bucks too.
okay so he’s not a free agent…but.. (im not familiar with the arbitration rules) but what if both sides don’t come to an agreement, can he opt to be a free agent?
Dude, leave Pitino alone. If we removed everyone who committed marital infidelity from their jobs we’d have a 60% unmployment rate. Abortions are legal and, frankly, it is nice that he paid — lots of guys wouldn’t even do that. I don’t see why coaching has anything to do with marital fidelity.
You forgot the two biggest clowns out there. Manny and Ortiz. Manny gets busted for steroids, then his name gets leaked. Ortiz has his name leaked, and instead of being a man like A-rod, hides behind the union and its stupid stories which allow him to pretend that he never took steroids.
BTW .. A-Rod still needs full-blown hip surgery this winter, right? Is that going to be the same procedure Mike Lowell had, or was Lowell’s more like A-Rod’s first operation? Can we expect the same half-season-or-longer recovery period?
I hope he eventually gets back to being the player he was before the hip got hurt.
Bill:
Manny.
Clown.
Dead-on, yo.
Vick did his time for his crime. He owned up to it and the NFL is accepting him back. He made a harsher mistake then Alex, but like Alex, he paid for it. Stallworth spent 24 days in jail for killing a person– Vick spent around 3 years. He even funds for the dogs he abused to be taken care of. For now, that’s a lot different then Stallworth. He’s no angel, but he’s differnt now in a better way.
Glad to see any sports write call out Favre. What a joke, plain and simple.
pete,
what has phelps done?!?!?
NOTHING. the fact that you even put him in the same conversation as ARod is simply absurd
Felix isn’t going anywhere. He made 3.5 last year or something, arbitration he might get to 5 or a bit more. He is clearly worth that and more. If Seattle can’t lock him up they will deal him for a big package of prospects. He will be in his mid twenties looking for a contract. You can be sure the Sox will be hounding them although I have to say the Mariners must have been less than impressed with the Sox talent. Sox would love to let potentially let Beckett walk and slot King Felix in there with Lester. Thing is a ton of teams, Angels included would want to be in the mix too.
“Michael Vick, who killed dogs but is now somehow easier to root for than Favre.”
i disagree… but we’ll see how the season plays out. Favre may get booed, but there will be incidents involving Vick. extra security and whatnot…
“He even funds for the dogs he abused to be taken care of. For now, that’s a lot different then Stallworth. He’s no angel, but he’s differnt now in a better way.”
you, are a truely gullible person!
Brett Favre has retired more times than George Burns.
Peter,
When Favre joined the Jets last year all of your media friends (print and talk) went way overboard. Few are willing to admit it was a mistake and an obvious attempt to sell PSL’S. Unfortunately, the media always go for the hyped story instead of the more subtle truth.
Aren’t sports a wonderful thing? No matter how bad you look there will be someone who comes and tops you.
They’re all despicable but Vick is to other sports lowlifes as Babe Ruth was to Tony Womack. Farve is a narcissistic fool but Vick is a sadist beyond redemption
They’re all despicable? No, what’s despicable is this post.
Brett Favre, who as a Jets fan I hate, has done nothing morally wrong.
Lance Armstrong, a hero if ever there was one, has endured years of baseless accusations of cheating, none of which amounted to anything.
Omar Minaya blamed someone else for something? Um, whatever?
Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian of all time, smoked pot?
Oh, but by all means let’s pepper these names around Michael Vick, a sociopath who killed dogs for his own amusement. Right. Gotcha.
Seriously, this post is embarrassing. I take a backseat to no one in enjoying Pete’s writing, but this is the kind of Stupid that really begs for a retraction and an apology to your readers.
Toast:
Here’s my apology: I’m sorry you have no sense of humor. Calm down.
Pete, stick to sports you know something about.
Armstrong did his best to minimize public criticism of Contador during the Tour de France and did a much better job of riding for the team than Contador did. In one of the last Alpine stages Contador foolishly and needlessly attacked on the last climb, enabling a a competitor to gain time on his teammates Kloden and Armstrong (who both had podium positions at that point). Armstrong, riding behind, avoided attacking or following attacks, lest he pace the 4th place rider up to his teammates, until he was sure he could break free alone.
Contador’s tactics cost Kloden any chance of holding on to his podium position and cost Armstrong any realistic shot at holding second place.
“Lance Armstrong, a hero if ever there was one, has endured years of baseless accusations of cheating, none of which amounted to anything.”
They retested blood samples from 1999′s Tour de France and a French pretty much proofed Armstrong was on EPO by retracing several positive samples back to Armstrong. The same year (’99) he tested positive for testosterone in the Tour but got away because he could offer some wishy-washy explanation (and frankly, because Tour de France officials probably did not want any more desaster happening after the police raids in previous years and the expulsion of Pantani from cycling just days prior the Tour). Pretty much every of his most important helpers (Landis, Hamilton) tested positive. Armstrong was accused by people very close to him and he vehemently defended shady doping guru Dr. Ferrari with whom he worked together.
It’s pretty safe to assume Armstrong did doping. Given that he won the Tour seven times in a row when all the other top drivers did doping and couldn’t come close to him.
You really should have mentioned that Pitino did the makeup queen on a table in a restaurant. It’s a small fact that really enhances the overall story, don’t you think?