Recently Manny Ramirez, after receiving a 50 game suspension for a banned substance, in an act of bewilderment said "it's not like I killed anybody." Really?! No you didn't kill anybody, but what you did test positive for was a female hormone that is taken by steroid users to mask the inflated levels of testosterone in their system. So while you didn't kill anybody, asshole, you did BLATANTLY cheat, and BLATANTLY try to cover it up... that's premeditated cheating in the 1st degree, Manny.
And have you read the quotes spewed out by the accused. And by the accused I mean their publicist, their sports agent, and the lawyer. It's so sad how disengenuous these CHEATERS sound while they read apologies off a sheet of paper prepared by their goon squad. Here are a few of my favorite:
Mark McGwire, "Asking me or any other player to answer questions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve the problem... My lawyers have advised me that I cannot answer these questions without jeopardizing my friends, my family and myself. I intend to follow their advice." pussy
Here's a good one-two punch by Jason Giambi, "Guys that work their butts off and they're hitting home runs, now it's because they're on steroids. Even injuries, a guy gets hurt, 'Oh, he's on steroids.' It's a little sickening to me." 2002... 5 years later after getting caught in 2007......
"I was wrong for doing that stuff. What we should have done a long time ago was stand up -- players, ownership, everybody -- and said: 'We made a mistake.'" what a two-faced douche
And Manny's explanation, "Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy." I think I just had a minor seizure
These guys are all horribly pathetic simply because they believe that their veil of twisted logic and lie-through-the-teeth mentality is bought by the public. They deny deny deny and think that is good enough because it's how they can snake out of accusations in front of Congress. Barry Bonds says he was a "late bloomer" when he put on 40 LBS of muscle at age 36, like his testosterone cycle kicked in 12 years later than 98% of men in this country. Not to mention he is the only player in history to have progressively better numbers (in most categories, HR, RBIs, Slugging, AVG.) from age 35 to 40.
Crap, I realized I just passed my testosterone peak (age 24)... gotta go shoot up.
