by Kelly Monteith

Created on: February 27, 2009   Last Updated: March 02, 2009

Once again baseball season is upon us, with that comes word New york Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez admitted he took steroids between 2001- 2003 while playing for the Texas Rangers.This only came to light when Sports Illustrated.com made it public, and whether or not through his agent or the New York Yankees, Alex decide to set the record straight and admit he had made a mistake.

With spring training just beginning, A-Rod's feeble attempt to apologize to both players and fans was just a clumsy performance.While explaining how he and his cousin would give each other injections while neither one knew what they were doing, Rodriguez thought this would clearly ease his conscience, while trying to save the rest of his career, while hoping to be named to the Baseball Hall of Fame when his playing days were over.

Like Roger Clemens before him, A-Rod is really more worried about his stats then the fans.Rodriguez is one of the most disliked players in the the game today.Larger then life contracts, with the "I'm better than you" attitude, and now the steroid episode no doubt will make him the target of every baseball fan, who will boo and jeer him until he leaves the game, while losing the closeness shared with his Yankees teammates.

How many Yankees players would have rather been somewhere else other than the Alex Rodriguez press conference? The phony tears along with the phony personality go hand in hand.

However this is not all about Rodriguez; it is whether or not we can get through one season of baseball without the "S" word.Sadly, this may go on and on until MLB and the player's union say enough is enough.What did the Mitchell Report prove? Yes, MLB would crack down on players who got caught, but would be happier if they turned a blind eye to the complete process.The only thing the hearings proved were it was not only a waste of time, but a waste of the American taxpayer's money, nothing still has not and will not be done to satisfy those who oppose the taking of banned substances.

If the word cheater" is beside your name, well then that is how people will remember you.While those who get caught and make excuses for their actions, we tend to forget there are many players out there who have trained the "natural" way; hard work.Look at Ken Griffy Jr., David Ortiz and Albert Pujols, these are just a few who have defied those who felt the need to inject a substance or rubbed a creme on their bodies to give them the extra push needed to break existing records.We seem to be too obsessed with the "bad boys" of baseball then the real heroes of the game.

The steroid controversy will never end as long as players "cheat" the system.We should not care if a player takes a banned sustance, after all it's up to that player whether or not he does not live to see his 50th birthday, because he died to cancer, related to steroids.When that player realizes his situation will he then tell his story of how taking steroids should have been the last thing he did, while making a name in baseball history?

What may bother us more than anything is a player who insists he did not take any banned sustance, while under oath.That is where forgiveness need not apply.A player who admits he did wrong at the moment his name is leaked has a better chance of surviving the disappointment of fans who believe their favorite player made a mistake, and will never do it again.

The next time Alex Rodrigues steps up to the plate, swings the bat and hits a homerun we without doubt wonder if he still is under the influence of a banned substance, or has he learned his lesson.

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