It’s overkill on a lot of levels

So what now?

Was anyone really blown away by the annoucement that Alex Rodriguez juiced? Maybe at first, you shook your head and said..”Oh boy.” But after reality set in, was it really that earth-shattering?

When the steroids talk first began, and I mean really took up speed about 4-5 years ago, I was hooked. I wanted to know everything. From names to where the players got their “goods”. You name it, I couldn’t get enough of it. I wrote numerous articles and columns for my college paper. As sports editor, I couldn’t let this go without sounding off. I was in love with steroid talk.

Maybe I’m getting older. Maybe I heard enough of it. But I just don’t care anymore. I’m bored by it.  Even hearing Alex Rodriguez’s name attached to the topic doesn’t do it.

True baseball fans, I think, have to accept that steroids were a part of the game for a good decade and a half. Names, that at one time, were honored and beloved by fans across America, are now tarnished. Tarnished by their own actions, and by the era they played in.

Alex Rodriguez is just the latest great name to be added to this list. I don’t think it matters what he says (if he does) regarding these test results. His image has taken a serious hit, a hit that many others have taken as well. It was a part of the game. We need to embrace that and move on.