say it ain’t so Barry…
So, during the whole, did he or didn’t he argument surrounding Barry’s alleged steroid use, I stood by him. I admitted that while yes he did seem to get rather large rather quickly, he was also getting older. Everyone gets bigger when they get older right? And once the testing became mandatory and he didn’t shrink down to nothing like Sosa did, well, that seemed to only help my point.
Alas, I can live in denial no longer. An article in the newest Sports Illustrated includes excerpts from a new book coming out that details Barry’s steroid use. Starting soon after the home-run debacle that was the Sosa/McGuire record race. Which, I think, makes Barry’s addiction that much worse. He did it so that he could compete with McGuire and Sosa?? Two men who, after that historic season, have disappeared from baseball’s radar? I thought Barry was better than that. Then again, I had hoped that he was above using chemical enhancements as well.
So, in conclusion. Barry- you have crushed that last little bit of childhood naivete that rested in my baseball loving heart. You, Mr. Bonds, have taken away the last bit of innocence that kept me from being a completely cynical, dead inside person. You have made my heart so black indeed, that I find myself questioning the greatness that is Papi.
And for that I say, shame on you Barry. Shame on you.
