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For  a while I was delusional.  I wanted to believe Barry Bonds wasn’t a user.  Maybe it’s my childish naivete.  Maybe it’s that I like to believe the best of people and give them the benefit of the doubt.  So when Barry was smokin’ balls out of the park at record breaking clips and putting up some of the best seasons ever, I thought he was just super human.  Maybe, if one had personal trainers and dieticians and ’round the clock consultation, one could gain 25lbs of muscle at age 35 and defy age.

But then reality set in.  And all the evidence began to stack up. Skepticism started to creep in, then take over.  Then Giambi was caught doing it. Canseco kept ratting players out. Petitte admited to doing it. Tejada was nailed.  Clemens.  And a litinany of other players.

Now A-Rod. A-Rod.  This was a guy I really respected and appreciated as a ballplayer. I never thought Alex Rodriguez would have ever done steroids.  But there was over the weekend.

The only question left is, who’s next?  At this point no one will shock me.

I still love the game.  I just hate what’s been done to it. It’s really a shame.  It’ll be hard to explain to my now 5 year old son as he grows up.

But then again, look at Wall St.   Cheating just seems to be par for the course these days in our society.

Let’s just hope it doesn’t ruin everything we hold sacred. Like baseball.

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