This morning, I checked out what the Boston papers had to say this morning about the Alex Rodriguez steroid scandal. Not-so-shockingly, it has been a huge topic in Beantown, along with Tom Brady apparently being so, um, tamed by Gisele Bundchen that he let her feed him in public. Yikes!
That twosome was also spotted wearing matching outfits. You see, Squawker Jon, if Tom Brady would agree to it, why won’t you for our Squawker blog photo? Of course, Tom and Gisele are wearing black shirts and blue jeans, and I want us to wear matching Snuggies, but still!
Anyhow, I digress. I was a bit taken aback to see this headline in the Boston Herald -“Sympathy for Yankees slugger”:
Red Sox player Kevin Youkilis told the media this about A-Rod:
“It’s an unfortunate thing to hear that,” Youkilis said. “It’s also a good thing that he came out and admitted it. Sometimes it’s hard to go out there and admit to something in your past. There’s a lot of people in this world who have done something wrong. Myself, I’ve done things wrong, not in that nature.
“But it’s tough. I think it’s tough for people in general in life to admit to some of the things they’ve done wrong.”
The first baseman went on to wonder why A-Rod’s name was the only one leaked from the 104-player list:
“I don’t know if someone had it in for him,” Youkilis said. “It seems like just to take one name out of that group is a little odd. The whole thing is kind of unfortunate. Some of the players were betrayed (when the confidential results were leaked).
Those weren’t the only sympathetic comments in Beantown. Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe called out the New York tabloids for being too harsh on A-Rod.
So much hate. So little time.
Sorry, I just can’t get into hating the guy that much. We ripped into Bonds and Clemens for denying the obvious and treating us like stooges, now we tear into Rodriguez for admitting his guilt and saying he’s sorry?
Shaughnessy also criticizes out those Boston fans who are rejoicing over the A-Roid news:
Red Sox fans, gleeful over this A-Rod scandal, need to remember that there are 103 other players who tested positive in 2003. Someday, those names could be released. There’s a pretty good chance that one or two of the Sox stars from 2003 will be on it. What do you say about A-Rod when that happens?
Fellow columnist Tony Massarotti also expressed sympathy for A-Rod and wondered why he’s the only name on the list that we’ve heard about:
…we cannot help but wonder why certain sources selected Rodriguez’s name from a list of 104 and streamlined it to the nation when 103 others effectively were ignored.
Why, because Rodriguez is generally better than everyone else? Because he has the most to lose? Because he is an easy target? Because neither he nor anyone else has proven capable of defending him?
Massarotti continues:
Red Sox fans, gleeful over this A-Rod scandal, need to remember that there are 103 other players who tested positive in 2003. Someday, those names could be released. There’s a pretty good chance that one or two of the Sox stars from 2003 will be on it. What do you say about A-Rod when that happens?
It is a bit funny that I’ve read more sympathetic comments about A-Rod in the Boston media, than in the New York media. I don’t quite know what to make of it yet!
But what do you think? Leave us a comment.
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