Has this steroid business gone too far?

You hear a lot of odd things on New Jersey Transit trains especially my line, the Northeast Corridor Line. Mainly its things about how your day was, and what Broadway Show are you going to see or how was it? But last night one conversation behind me caused me to listen in. I originally was listening to Coldplay on my Ipod, but stopped when I heard the words Arod and steroids.

I stopped my Ipod and eavesdropped. It was two men talking about the allegations against Arod. It was an interesting conversation to say the least, but one specific topic caught me off guard, "Has this steroid mess gone way too far". One of them brought up the fact that ever since mandatory testing came along, most players if not all have stopped using them, in fear of getting caught, but every year theres always a handful that gets suspended for "usage of illegal substances". And besides, what happens back in 2003, stays in 2003, not to be brought back up six years later in 2009.

The other one said that all he has been hearing lately is all about this steroid mess and Arod. He'd much rather drop the issue with him all together and just let the 2009 season begin as usual. The he said that since someone leaked his name and no one elses, the issue is never going to be brought to rest until the person who leaked his name is sent to jail and fined for all the money he has.

Then the other one chimed in and said none of this would ever have happened if Joe Torre never wrote the book. After that I stopped listening in, because we had reached Penn Station and the City that Never Sleeps. I was going to Marquee yesterday for a party that I only stayed 90 minutes at. But as I was walking there, I was thinking, has this gone too far? From what I've been hearing, all of the sportscasters have been talking about Arod and the steroids. In my opinion this has been blown way out of proportion. Walking down 8th Avenue, you see the Yankees and Mets symbols all over every bar reminding you that you can come and watch the games here. But for how many people has this issue ruined the game for them, knowing that many of the players in the 90's were essentially cheating? For me thats bullshit, if your a fan of the game, you know how hard it is to hit a fastball coming at you at 90+ mph even being on steroids.

All I can say for certain that ESPN agrees with me, I heard this this morning before my grandmother changed the channel that theyre doing a story about the steroids going too far, so at least I know that I'm not the only one who feels that way.


I'm pretty sure that this doesnt make any sense, you got to forgive a girl who just woke up.