Alright we got it already; Manny Ramirez took performance-enhancing drugs. This picture just says it all I think; it's like A-Rod is saying "Hey buddy, we found you and your next and good luck to you too because you can take the heat from me."
Major League Baseball is tainted. We've heard the story over and over and it has just gotten plain sickening in my opinion. Whether it be Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, A-Rod, Rafael Palmeiro, or who ever else is featured on the Mitchell Report that took these enhancers, its the same story every time. So why is it glamified all over ESPN and every other sports channel? Each player that has been caught uses lie to lie to cover up the situation and try to sneakily get by with a slap on the wrist. These PR moves have been done constantly by first denying the fact of taking the drugs then admitting and being "truly" sorry about what happened in the past. I was watching Marion Jones's admittance to using steroids during her dominance in track and field and the Olympics and you kind of have to just laugh that they are actually trying to make the fans feel bad for them when they cheated the sport that they controlled for years. We, as sports fans, are suckers for great athletes and giving them extra chances, but I have had enough especially after the latest case involved "Manny being Manny." These repetitive occassions of steroid use have not only turned me away from baseball, but some other sports in general. It makes you think if so many baseball stars are taking these enhancers who says that basketball and football players are not as well, it just seems to be too obvious to get a step ahead of other competition. Its a sad day in sports when you have to look back and say maybe that our 2004 World Series Championship may hold a mental asterisk upon it with Ramirez on that magical squad, which Bill Simmons wrote recently in an ESPN article.
On the other hand, Manny could care less about what we think about this so why should we. Again he seems to be in his own little world and is saying everything right now to sort of save what is left of his image. You kind of feel bad for the Los Angeles Dodgers for a second with them having such a great start to their season with so much young talent and potential then as a Red Sox fan you think we've been down that road and did you guys really missed how he screwed us over in Boston. I think its time as sports fan to step our foot down finally, I've had enough hearing it everyday about steroid users admitting and asking for forgivence; the other atheletes you have to feel for now is those who are clean, but which ones are really left out there? I just hope Papi Ortiz is not the next to come out, but it seems apparent after the horrible seaon he is having so far with such a fall from greatness scenario in place.
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