Maybe The Steroids Affected A-Rod's Memory - Page 2
"I felt a tremendous pressure to play, and play really well" in Texas, the New York Yankees third baseman said. "I had just signed this enormous contract ... I felt like I needed something, a push, without over-investigating what I was taking, to get me to the next level."
Rodriguez also said part of the reason he started using drugs was the heat in Texas.
"Can I have an edge just to get out there and play every day?" he said to himself. "You basically end up trusting the wrong people. You end up, you know, not being very careful about what you're ingesting."
Rodriguez added: "I am sorry for my Texas years. I apologize to the fans of Texas."
Rodriguez, who joined the Yankees for the 2004 season after a trade from Texas, said his years as a Yankee "have been clean."
"I've played the best baseball of my career since," he said. "I've won two MVPs since and I've never felt better in my career. Of that I'm very proud of."
And what do the Yankees have to say about this admission?
"We urged Alex to be completely open, honest and forthcoming in addressing his use of performance-enhancing drugs," it read. "We take him at his word that he was. Although we are disappointed in the mistake he spoke to today, we realize that Alex — like all of us --is a human being not immune to fault."We speak often about the members of this organization being part of a family, and that is never more true than in times of adversity. Alex took a big step by admitting his mistake, and while there is no condoning the use of performance-enhancing drugs, we respect his decision to take accountability for his actions. We support Alex, and we will do everything we can to help him deal with this challenge and prepare for the upcoming season."
*waves hand* I have a couple of questions?
Why should we believe anything this guy says? It isn't like he's exactly had a record of telling the truth at all times. If he lied about taking drugs as recently as 2007, what makes us believe he is telling the truth now? And what is this excuse, "I didn't know what I was taking"? Are we to believe that there was a guy in the shadowy corner of the Rangers locker room saying, "Psst...c'mere...hey, I got somethin' that'll make you feel reeeeeeeeal good, make you play reeeeeeeal good ball, you wanna play good ball, huh? You wanna hit that ball good? You do a couple of these, you feel mighty fine!" And Alex, out of his total naivete, just decided to pop or swallow or be injected with whatever the person with the needle or the pill bottle gave him, without even asking what it was, or even what it was for? Did he believe the guy was giving him an injection to clear up his complexion?
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