Thursday, February 14, 2008

It may not be my place...

I have never been a huge fan of baseball. Actually, from living on Long Island ( I grew up in Kansas ) I have come to dislike the sport a little. Just because people are so fanatical about the teams out here, but that is a separate issue.
I bring this up only because I have become intrigued by the steroid allegations against Clemens. To be honest, I had never heard of him until I watched a piece that “60 Minutes” did. The piece consisted mostly of an interview with Clemens where he denied ever doing steroids for various reasons. I am a skeptic in most regards but I believed him. Clemens seemed honestly offended that Mr. McNamee was ruining his career. I also read in the “New York Times” today that Clemens “insisted” on having the hearing that took place Wednesday. Unless Clemens is planning on leaving the country and going into hiding for the rest of his life, does it not seem like these are the actions of an innocent man? It is unfortunate that other players have been found guilty of using steroids because it makes the public question every athlete on the field.
I think South Park put it best in the episode “Up The Down Steroid”, “Taking steroids is just like pretending to be handicap in the Special Olympics; because you are taking all of the fairness out of the game.” It is sad that these grown men are so insecure about their careers that they feel the need to cheat.

This isn’t the whole episode of South Park but it has the rest of the speech that I quoted around four minutes in.

5 comments:

koryraman said...

Haha I loved the south park video...I dont really watch south park but that video was really funny! I agree with you on the whole Clemens ordeal I watched almost the entire thing at my internship at SNY because it was on all 50 tv screens they have there and was just completely disgusted by the whole thing.

Anonymous said...

The guys from south park are way smarter about their steriod useage than the MLB.

j31parrish said...

Funny video. It's sad that some people ruin the titles hero and role model for people who truly deserve it.

Larry Knobel said...

The way that MLB has let this take over the entire sport is just wrong. As for Clemens, he looks like he has the face of a guilty man and is someone who is trying to save his reputation but going to Congress to fight it.

Mark Walters said...

First of all, it's a shame that an idiot like Clemens has distorted your view of a wonderful American sport. When you think about it, steroids are only illegal because we say they are, somewhat like gambling. There's always the analogy of an investment banker that's getting old and tired of his job, but has the option to take a drug that will make him better so he can prolong his career and do better business. Who wouldn't jump on an opportunity like that? I don't trust Clemens, but that's partly because I hate him. As for baseball, I plan on getting used to all this steroid garbage, after all, this is the "steroids era."