"An Unopen Letter To Baseball Fans"

Today, Wednesday Feb. 18th, we're only a week away from Spring Training games opening up...so, I'm about good and ready to look ahead to my favorite sport. HOWEVER, before we can all do so...we need to visit ONE LAST TIME ...with one of the greatest "Dog and Pony Shows" EVER yesterday, as Alex Rodriguez MET the MEDIA for the first time since his admission of steroid use.

At this juncture, I really don't think I have it in me to point out the list of how many times he LIED AGAIN, contradicted humself NUMEROUS TIMES, professed his LOVE for the teammates who were there to support him ...and basically..accepted ZERO BLAME for anything he's ever put into his body. I mean, other than that...what he said was just fine.

Oh, and on the very same day that's going on...thee idiot Commissioner, Bud Selig says he's bothered by the suggestion that he's to blame for the steroids era. His quote..."I don't want to hear the commissioner turned a blind eye to this or he didn't care about it. That annoys the you-know-what out of me. You bet I'm sensitive to the criticism". Well you OUGHTTA BE!!! Because while you weren't solely to blame...you were definitely a big part of it babe!

At this point kids...I'm ready to let it go..because, quite frankly, I really don't care what they're taking to gain a competitve advantage, because I know damn right well, that if there was something available for me to be better at what I do for a living, even if it was illegal ...BUT my company had no desire to test for it because they were going to make even more money off of me...you bet your sweet bippy I'd take it! (that was an incredible run-on sentence! My 3rd grade teacher would be so disppointed!) But anyway, if you're being honest with yourself...so would most of you!! If you could take a pill and be a better salesman, plumber, chef...whatever...ya know ya would!!!!

Also, from a business standpoint...the game of baseball has never been healthier than it has been during the steroid era. After the work stoppage in '94 that cancelled the World Series, they were in trouble. A whole bunch of people walked away...swearing to never come back, But, they came back in droves 4 years later during the '98 home run chase between Mark MCGwire and Sammy Sosa. That, in itself, may have saved the game...so, if you were an owner of a baseball team...would you care what it took to put the butts back in the seats? Probably not if you're being honest! Especially since Three-quarters of the teams are playing in stadiums built SINCE McGwire and Sosa's run, so, NOBODY involved was turning a blind eye to this!! They were in it together!

This INCLUDES the Players Union...which fought so hard AGAINST drug testing. The funny thing is...they probably didn't even need to, because thee owner's didn't care. The players were goin' deep and gettin' paid! Thee owners were raising ticket prices and gettin' millions in sponsorship dollars from half thee idiots involved in the bailout.....and thee only suckers involved in the whole deal...are the fans...who ever believed in the FIRST place...that this was anything more than business!!

So, from this day forward...I officially don't care what they do! During this "steroid era"...the pitchers were cheating just as much as the hitters!!! And to be honest...I don't care what you're on or how strong you are...if Major League Umpires enforced the strike zone the way it's written in the book...from the letters to the knees...or gave everybody else besides Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and extra 3 inches off both sides of the plate...we wouldn't even be talking about this!!! You wanna fix baseball?? Well, that's good...because thee owners and players have NO interest in doing it! And if you were them...neither would you!

But please...Alex, Roger, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmerio, BUD Selig...don't insult me and talk to me like I'm stupid EVER AGAIN!!

Now play ball!!!!