Gothamist: Apologies all Around from Giambi

Max

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:53:41 -0500

Naive? Cynical? Seems like everyone is doing the po-mo rationalization shuffle today. It is not naivette to say "jee that guys looks freaking huge" and then be slammed by one and all as a cynic or what not, with excuses of "the balls are faster and harder", "year round conditioning", etc etc. OK, so you give the guy/team/sport the benefit of the doubt (which is not naivette). So when someone finally gets caught with his hands in the provebial cookie jar, you say we cannot freak out? Seems Bushian logic to me. I say raise hi hell and clean up the game. I enjoy the game, and like many do not consider myself a monster whose only interests are my own enjoyment or entertainment. These guys are harming themselves, their sport, their families, etc. Sure everyboy does it, just like every government tortures people- shuffle shuffle shuffle....

toyochin

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:28:45 -0500

I think it's less naive than it is self serving. People are happy when they're breaking home run records and they have to know something's up, but they want to stay in denial. It's not cheating fans care about. Where do you draw the line between steroids and supplements anyway? And very few people raised a stink when McGwire admitted he was using Andro when he broke the HR record. It's not the players' health either. Fans don't care if players are shooting up cortisone to numb pain, even if it results in severe damage to the body, like Alonzo Mourning and his kidney. They don't care if football players are popping pain killers and getting hooked on them. To me, that's cynical, not naive. Fans are saying "Entertain us, even if it kills you. Just don't tell me how you do it because we're happy in our illusions."

tien

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:14:36 -0500

sure, there is some naiveté involved, but you never want to hear that a pro athlete, someone who is revered by people, is using the juice or anything else.

MT

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:31:17 -0500

Does anyone really care if he did steroids? Doesn't this all seem a little over the top? The whole thing strikes me as extremely naive on teh part of the public.

Max

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:15:55 -0500

We can only hope that he has as good a year as last year, that would certainly make him worth every penny.