But for whatever reason that was not enough. A few years ago when he reached the 600 home run plateau people were predicting that he would break the all-time home run record set by fellow accused PED user Barry Bonds. He could hit for power and average, he was graceful in the infield and was fast. He was a high school phenom that the scouts could not say enough about.
Heck I remember hearing allegations that he was gay back in the 1970s and it was like so what.Ī-Rod on the other hand was probably one of the most talented players of his generation. He has always been a decent and caring person who I have admired. Now they have to deal with it, which since I am an Orioles fan I say, good on them. The Yankee method of getting greedy to obtain the best ballplayers that they could afford blew up in their faces. They made the deal with Rodriguez knowing of past allegations and had to deal with the fallout when he admitted using them in 2009. Now, mid-way through that contract, with A-Rod still due 114 dollars the Yankees, are scrambling to figure out a way to unload him and his contract. It was a period that he signed a monster 10 year 275 million dollar deal with the Yankees. Today’s bombshell tore apart the web of lies that he surrounded himself with during the interregnum of 2003 and today. I would not.”īut the allegations and suspicions dragged on as Rodriguez battled injuries and saw his on field performance plummet.
He told Jeff Passan in response to Passan’s question “have you used performance enhancing drugs since 2003?” “I have not. No A-Rod wasn’t outed as a homosexual, but rather for using PEDs after he told God and everybody that he wasn’t the old “young and dumb” A-Roid of 2001-2003 but the older smarter and cleaner A-Rod. Alex Rodriguez, sometimes in better days known as “A-Rod” and after his initial admission of using Performance Enhancing Drugs, or PEDs as “A-Roid” and by his HGH and other PED dealer Anthony Bosch as “Cacique” appears to have have been outed by the Miami New Times. Now, Pyle’s decision to marry doesn’t offend me at all because it has nothing to do with baseball and something happened today in baseball that did offend me. The marriage came just five years after he received an honorary promotion to the rank of Corporal from Marine Lieutenant General John F Goodman and about a year and a half after the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell rule was ended. The marriage occurred in the newly gay state of Washington. America’s favorite funny fictional Marine Gomer Pyle, officially came out of the closet and married his battle buddy of the past 38 years.